Michael Alexander Movies
- 1994
23-year old British filmmaker Elisar Cabrera directed this uninvolving erotic vampire film under the pseudonym "Elisar C. Kennedy." It stars Kerry Norton as Erica, who is plagued by dreams of the occult, ritual sacrifices, a red-haired woman, and strange memories from her childhood. These disturbances prompt Erica to visit a hypnotist (Daniel Jordan), who takes her back through regression therapy and makes a rather startling discovery: Erica was a vampire in a past life, and the red-haired woman, Selena (Redemption girl Eileen Daly), was her servant. The hypnotist wants some of the vampire's power, but she only exists while Erica is hypnotized, so he offers to help her completely take over Erica's body in exchange for vampiric powers. Cabrera later directed Witchcraft X). ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- 1992
- R
When a restaurant owner is hospitalized, he offers his bimbette bunny waitresses a reward if any of them can cure his son's mental problem: fear of women. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jim Hanks, Rikki Brando, (more)
- 1973
- PG
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. Even so, it followed the plot of Dumas' novel fairly closely, its liberties in interpretation taken elsewhere. Coming off the success of Cabaret, Michael York plays D'Artagnan, the provincial, would-be swashbuckler who travels to Paris to make his name. There he encounters the eponymous heroes: cynical Athos (Oliver Reed), dashing Aramis (Richard Chamberlain), and arrogant Porthos (Frank Finlay). The trio introduces him to the world of court intrigue as they work to protect the Queen (Geraldine Chaplin) from the schemes of the villainous Richelieu (Charlton Heston) and his followers, Rochefort (Christopher Lee) and Milady (Faye Dunaway). Lester shot the film in conjunction with its sequel, The Four Musketeers. Originally intended as a single film, the split prompted a lawsuit from the cast demanding payment for both films. ~ Keith Phipps, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, (more)
- 1958
Weddings and Babies is an independent, location-filmed romance set amongst the denizens of the Manhattan "glamour" industry. Viveca Lindfors stars as a model who yearns for more in life than just an hour's shoot. John Myhers costars as a photographer who likewise feels unfulfilled (Sidebar: director Morris Engel had once been a still photographer). It's nice to hear New Yorkers talking and acting like real people instead of characters in a woman's magazine; this sentiment was shared at the Cannes Film Festival, where the film was honored with the Critics Prize. Incidentally, the "baby" in Weddings and Babies is future actor Kristoffer Tabori, the real-life son of Viveca Lindfors. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Viveca Lindfors, John Myhers, (more)
- 1954
American actor Alex Nicol heads the cast of the British crime melodrama The Gilded Cage. Nicol and Michael Alexander play Steve and Harry Anderson, a pair of siblings who become involved in an art theft. Accused of leading the crooks, Harry is thrown into the pokey. Steve, a customs inspector, spends the rest of the film trying to prove his brother's innocence. Gilded Cage was produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman, the same team responsible for the TV adventure series The Saint. Veronica Hurst, an English actress best known for her work in the American horror melodrama The Maze, is the woman in the case. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
