| Richard III Review |
| by Ted Prigge |
| Director: Richard Loncraine
Adapters: Richard Loncraine and Ian McKellen (based on the play by
William Shakespeare)
Starring: Ian McKellen, Annette Benning, Jim Broadbent, Kristin Scott
Thomas, Robert Downey Jr, Maggie Smith, John Wood, Nigel Hawthorne more |
| Richard III Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| RICHARD III
A film review by Ram Samudrala
Copyright 1996 Ram Samudrala more |
| Richard III Review |
| by Martin Rich |
| Shakespeare's plays contain some of the most graphic descriptions of
inhumanity ever. We tend to overlook these, perhaps because we are used
to quite decorous productions of Shakespeare, but this adaptation of
Richard III for the cinema proves that...more |
| Richard III Review |
| by Alan Cleaver |
| WHEN Clarence is taken off to The Tower it is by motor launch ...
to Battersea Power Station. And when a jubilant Richard III celebrates
his ghoulish seduction of his future queen he dances a jig through a
tube station lined with injured men, women...more |
| Richard III Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| For someone who is a strict traditionalist when it comes to
Shakespeare, and to opera too for that matter, I was amazed at how much
I was enthralled by Ian McKellen's vision of RICHARD III as a World War
II British Fascist. This is a well acted...more |
| Richard III Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper |
| Capsule: This is nothing less than the most
enjoyable performance of Shakespeare I can remember
seeing. By staging RICHARD III sumptuously in
1930s England, Richard Eyre's stage production, the...more |
| Richard III Review |
| by Craig Good |
| "Richard III" is wicked, funny, a delight to see and a delight to
hear. With all the hoopla about Tarantino's flair for dialogue, it's
pleasantly refreshing to be reminded that Shakespeare is hard to beat
for witty banter and poetic insults. Under...more |
| Richard III Review |
| by James Berardinelli |
| RICHARD III (1995)
A film review by James Berardinelli
Copyright 1995 James Berardinelli more |
