Genuine prophet or legendary BS artist? The British biopic Nostradamus (1993) sets out to answer that very question, by exploring the life of the titular physician, astrologer, and legendary prognosticator people claim foretold everything from World War II to September 11th. We first meet Michel de Nostradamus (Tchéky Karyo) as a medical student in 16th Century France, where he's fighting the medical establishment. See, the Plague has just popped up again, and Nostradamus is insisting on stuff like burning the infected bodies, washing your hands before touching the infected, and stopping all that bloodletting. People think he's a moron, but obviously, in the future he'll prove to be correct. Eventually, he'll catch the eye of Dr. Julius Scalinger (F. Murray Abraham), who thinks his wacky ideas might be right, and introduces him to the secret library of banned books he's been collecting and keeping away from the Inquisition leaders. These books contain all sorts of occult knowledge, so it's not long before Nostradamus decides he can see the future and starts spitting out his famous quatrains. The sensitive soothsayer can't do anything to stop the death of his wife (Julia Ormand) and his two children from the Black Plague, however, which is just one of a bunch of catastrophes he will foresee and live through. He'll even start prophesizing the rise of some Jew-hating dude named Adolf Hitler. Thankfully we don’t need a crystal ball to see some nudity. Tchéky Karyo shows his backside in multiple scenes; he even gives a distant look at his penis as he takes a tiresome bath. And since his fortune telling turns him into a bit of a celebrity, when his wife dies, he'll take a young, curly haired babe to pound town against a window. We see a boner in your future! Speaking of baths, Anthony Higgins makes a full-frontal appearance while exiting the bathtub. He's King Henry II, who Nostradamus warns to avoid jousting, only for him to die in a tournament. Nostradamus said no jousting! Oh well, you'll be jousting with your joystick seeing his bod! Damn, those dudes were hot in Nostradamus!
