With the endless obsession and speculation about who has played James Bond or Batman, movie fans would do well to realise that this sort of
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Tarzan Goes To India (1962) – Review
By the time 1962 rolled around, it was all change again for the Lord of the Apes as the obscenely muscular Gordon Scott made way
Tarzan’s Three Challenges (1963) – Review
It’s strange to think how prolific Tarzan movies were in the 30s, 40s and 50s, especially considering that Edgar Rice Burrows’ jungle dwelling avenger doesn’t
The Mighty Peking Man (1977) – Review
Insisting that all the 70s remake of King Kong was missing was more Asians and a far hornier ape, Shaw Brothers studios broke away from
The Shadow (1994) – Review
After Tim Burton’s Batman broke big in 89, the race was on to try and find the next gloomy, brooding, urban vigilante to bring to
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom (2023) – Review
Even though the imminent demise of the endlessly beleaguered DCEU has been common knowledge for some time now, the controversial connected universe has longer to
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny (2023) – Review
How much did we really need another Indiana Jones movie? After Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull screwed up Last Crusade’s note perfect ending with CGI
Battle Beyond The Stars (1980) – Review
If you thought Guardians Of The Galaxy was a space opera that boasted some exceedingly eccentric characters, you really should take a gander at Battle
The People That Time Forgot (1977) – Review
As a young child, any kind of public holiday meant that the lunchtime airwaves would be alive with movies of varying genres and even more
Tarzan Triumphs (1942) – Review
1942 brought a sizable change to life in the Great Encarpment as Sol Lesser (who had previous produced rival Tarzan movies for Twentieth Century Fox)
At The Earth’s Core (1976) – Review
Sometimes a movie is so relentlessly cheesy and dated that it virtually becomes critic proof. Take that series of epically staged Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptations
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure (1959) – Review
By the late 50’s, Tarzan had swung through many adventures in numerous incarnations, but few would guess that Edgar Rice Burroughs’ lion wrasslin’ loin clother
The 13th Warrior (1999) – Review
Before Robert Eggers’ The Northman and six seasons of Michael Hirst’s insanely popular Vikings, movies featuring those notoriuos, shaggy Nordic marauders (let alone good ones)
Avatar (2009) – Review
There’s no doubting the success of Avatar, James Cameron’s all-conquering sci-fi that saw the self proclaimed king of the world defy skeptics once again and
Warlords Of Atlantis (1978) – Review
Doug McClure suddenly finding himself stranded in fantastical realms and fighting off rubbery monsters seemed to happen so often during the 70’s it seemed to
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Perhaps it’s only fitting that the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies seemed to be getting worse the more money they made at the box office;
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
I’ve never really been one to complain about inferior sequels taking the sheen of a glowing original, but I really have to think that the
Space Amoeba (1970) – Review
Boasting an original title that translates as Gezora, Ganimes, and Kamoebas: Decisive Battle! Giant Monsters of the South Seas – but released in America with
Back To The Future Part III (1990) – Review
Sometimes movies just get a bad rap for no other reason than they decided to do something a tad left field. Take the concluding chapter
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End
There’s always that pressure for sequels to expand on all that has come before, but where do you go when the franchise started by being
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