The Four Musketeers 1974   PG, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Charlton Heston, Christopher Lee, Faye Dunaway, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Geraldine Chaplin, Roy Kinnear, Michael Gothard, Simon Ward, Sybil Danning
This very good sequel to Richard Lester's "The Three Musketeers" has plenty of good action. Musketeers Athos (Oliver Reed), Aramis (Richard Chamberlain), and Porthos (Frank Finlay) team up with D'Artagnan (Michael York) to rescue the fair lady, Constance (Raquel Welch).
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 Frankenstein 1992  TV, 81 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Drama / Thriller
aka: Frankenstein: The Real Story
Director: David Wickes
Cast: Patrick Bergin, Randy Quaid, John Mills, Lambert Wilson, Fiona Gillies, Timothy Stark, Jacinta Mulcahy, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Vernon Dobtcheff, John Scarborough, Roger Bizley, Michael Gothard, Marcus Eyre, Jon Laurimore, Amanda Quaid
Patrick Bergin plays Dr. Victor Frankenstein, creator of the "monster" (Randy Quaid) that develops a rage against Frankenstein and kills Frankenstein's bride, Elizabeth (Fiona Gillies). Frankenstein chases his monster to the Arctic and then discovers that he has both a physical and psychic link to the monster when he learns that if the monster is wounded, Frankenstein also suffers.
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 Ivanhoe 1982 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Douglas Camfield
Cast: James Mason, Anthony Andrews, Sam Neill, Michael Hordern, Olivia Hussey, Lysette Anthony, Julian Glover, John Rhys-Davies, Ronald Pickup, George Innes, David Robb, Stuart Wilson, Michael Gothard, Tony Haygarth, Philip Locke
This TV version of the Sir Walter Scott classic is well done; the photography is excellent, with good performances all around. Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Anthony Andrews) returns to England after the Crusades only to immediately get involved in a struggle against the tyranny of Prince John (Ronald Pickup). King Richard (Julian Glover) has been kidnapped, and Prince John refuses to pay the ransom. With help from Rebecca (Olivia Hussey)–whose Jewish father, Isaac of York (James Mason), was held by the anti-Semites and Ivanhoe rescued–Ivanhoe finds hope in rescuing the throne of England. Then, Ivanhoe's partnership with Robin Hood (David Robb) will right many of the wrongs in England.
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La Vallee 1972  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Valley Obscured by the Clouds
The Valley
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Cast: Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Michael Gothard, Valerie Lagrange, Jerome Beauvarlet, Monique Giraudy
A bored and sophisticated diplomat's wife (Bulle Ogier) seeks rare feathers for export from her home in New Guinea. She joins a group of hippies on an expedition to the "Valley obscured by the clouds," which is not shown on any map, in search of a tribal commune. They find the commune, and our heroine experiences a new lifestyle to her liking. Musical score by Pink Floyd.
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Lifeforce 1985  R, 101 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May, Patrick Stewart, Michael Gothard, Nicholas Ball, Aubrey Morris, Nancy Paul, John Hallam, John Keegan, Chris Jagger, Bill Malin, Jerome Willis, Derek Benfield
When uninvited extraterrestrial vampires visit Earth, the terror begins.
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Warlords of Atlantis 1978  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Kevin Connor
Cast: Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer, Lea Brodie, Michael Gothard, Hal Galili, John Ratzenberger, Derry Power, Cyd Charisse, Daniel Massey
Explorers arrive on the lost continent of Atlantis only to be met by monsters intent on ruling the human world.
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| 1. The Four Musketeers (1974)
2. Frankenstein (1992)
aka: Frankenstein: The Real Story
3. Ivanhoe (1982)
4. La Vallee (1972)
aka: The Valley Obscured by the Clouds
aka: The Valley
5. Lifeforce (1985)
6. Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
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