Displaying 3 items of Late to the Movies with the tag "sword and sandals".
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Spartacus
November 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
ben holt, epic, film, kirk douglas, late to the movies, laurence olivier, movie, myth, review, roman, spartacus, stanley kubrick, sword and sandals, tony curtis
Sword and Sandals Month concludes with Stanley Kubrick's blockbuster 1960 collaboration with Kirk Douglas, Spartacus! Ben and Patrick decide once and for all: sword OR sandals?!
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, adapted by Dalton Trumbo, and starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Jean Simmons, and Tony Curtis.
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Jason and the Argonauts
November 22nd, 2024 | 51 mins 5 secs
ben holt, don chaffey, film, greek, honor blackman, jason and the argonauts, late to the movies, movie, myth, ray harryhausen, review, sword and sandals, todd armstrong
Sword and Sandals Month continues with 1963's Jason and the Argonauts! Ben and Brady discuss all the swords, sandals, and classic Ray Harryhausen stop-motion creatures in this loose mythological adaptation.
Directed by Don Chaffey with visual effects by Ray Harryhausen. Starring Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Honor Blackman, and Gary Raymond.
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
November 15th, 2024 | 1 hr 20 mins
adventure, alexandra daddario, ben holt, chris columbus, film, greek, late to the movies, logan lerman, movie, myth, percy jackson, review, sword and sandals, young adult
November is Sword and Sandals month! All month, we'll focus on mythical and mythic-ish movies, starting with 2010's Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz break down the watered-down (ha!) first attempt at adapting Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series.
Directed by Chris Columbus, starring Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, and Alexandra Daddario, and featuring Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Catherine Keener, Joe Pantoliano, and Uma Thurman.