EXCALIBUR is a grand, clanky, brooding fantasy following Arthurian legend from the young king's anonymous background to his rise as ruler of ancient Britain. Nigel Terry is excellent as a naive, altruistic Arthur; Nicol Williamson camps it up amusingly as Merlin; Guenevere (Cherie Lunghi) and Lancelot (Nicholas Clay) provide a couple of steamy moments. Excessive...read more
Apr 2, 2011 8:28 AM EDT
The beauty of adapting the King Arthur legend is its historical vagueness. If experts can't even agree whether or not the man lived, then that leaves plenty of freedom to mess around. At turns the legend has been magical (Excalibur), sanitized (The S… Read more
