The Three Musketeers

Watching this and its 'sequel' only confirms the tragedy of Oliver Reed's flirtation with the bottle, and he is just one of the wonderful cast. What is especially impressive to me is that with so much scenery available to be... Full review

This film, and its sequel (filmed concurrently) is by far the best movie version of the Dumas novel ever produced. The cast is excellent. The sets and costumes are marvelous. The swordplay (and there is much) is possible some of... Full review

The Three Musketeers has been filmed again and again. This is the best of breed. In fact, it tried to be so faithful to the book that they had to split it into two films. This is the first part.... Full review

THE THREE MUSKETEERS, Richard Lester's comic take of the oft-filmed Dumas adventure story, is not only terrific escapist fare with a brilliant cast, but stands as the most faithful adaptation of the Musketeer saga.The very length of the novel, with... Full review

Alexandre Dumas would more than likely applaud this particular version of his fantastic novel. I remember when I was a kid and first saw the movie in the theater... I was stunned at the cinematography (yeah, a film buff even... Full review

Director Richard Lester hit it right on the nose! Dumas's book THE THREE MUSKETEERS is generally regarded as a kind of classic adventure, but it's more than that. Throughout all the romance and swordplay, it is humor, not adventure, that... Full review

I have loved this film (or rather, these films!) since I first saw them as a child in the early eighties. At that point I hadn't read the novels, but, unusually, I think no less of the films now that... Full review

This film (and its companion piece The Four Musketeers) is the finest adaptation of the Dumas classic. It perfectly captures the blend of romance, adventure, and comedy inherent in the novel. There is some modification for modern viewers, but the... Full review

The Dumas classic, done Richard Lester's way. The swashbuckling swordplay is inventive and ingenious, and sure, the three Musketeers (with Michael York as their newcomer) are engaging and rowdy and sweet, but the star of the picture is a consistently... Full review

Richard Lester has to be one of the greatest directors of comedy there ever was. There are dozens of slapstick gags and situations in this movie and almost 100% of them work. And what an opulent setting they are placed... Full review

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Paul W.S. Anderson is going from the future to the past. The filmmaker known for the "Resident Evil" series and "Alien vs. ... Full Article

The 1973 version which starred Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch and Faye Dunaway; and The 1993 version which starred Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, and Rebecca De Mornay. ... Full Article

Though previously released by Fox Lorber, Anchor Bay's new anamorphic transfers of The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers bring Richard Lester's now-classic action-comedy diptych in a beautifully designed foldout case, with pretty art direction incorporating images of the film's... ... Full Article

Hey folks, Harry here with an interesting little bit that our friend Daniel found on the X-Men movie website... and he had to share it with me, and upon seeing it... ... Full Article

Simplicity: it's a bit of a rarity in these days of twisty-turny screenplays. In fact, so many movies depend on the twisty-turny aspects of their scripts, the modern audience can generally figure out any "twist" long before it ever gets... ... Full Article

Richard Lester's adaptation of The Three Musketeers was only the latest of many when released in 1974, but it arrived with a spirit all its own, one influenced as much by Lester's '60s work as the Alexandre Dumas classic. ... Full Article