El Cid (1961)
Anthony Mann’s 1961 Spanish reconquista epic. Charlton Heston as Rodrigo Diaz, Sophia Loren. Dead Cid strapped to horse climax.
Charlton Heston
This archive gathers the films featuring Charlton Heston reviewed at Master of Worlds: “Earthquake (1974)”, “El Cid (1961)”, “Midway (1976) and Midway (2019)”, “Planet of the Apes (1968)”, and “Touch of Evil (1958)” — 5 titles in all. Across these reviews the focus stays on how Charlton Heston serves each story: the choices that make a performance work, the roles that anchor a film, and the range visible across different pictures. Rather than rank the performances, the collection treats them as a body of work worth examining. The list continues to expand as additional films are reviewed.
Touch of Evil (1958)
Orson Welles’ 1958 border noir. Three-minute opening tracking shot. Welles as corrupt cop. The genre’s late masterpiece.
Earthquake (1974)
Earthquake is the second-best disaster film of 1974. The Towering Inferno is the best. Both films defined what the disaster genre would be for the next…
Midway (1976) and Midway (2019) — Review
Two substantial adaptations of the Battle of Midway. 1976 ensemble approach with Charlton Heston and Toshiro Mifune. 2019 contemporary CGI with Ed Skrein. 8/10.
Planet of the Apes (1968) — Review
Planet of the Apes has one of the great endings in science fiction cinema and earns its place in the conversation entirely on the basis of that ending. The Statue of Liberty rising from the sand is…