Tag: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Tarzan And The She-Devil (1953) – Review

And so with his fifth entry, Lex Barker set aside his loin cloth and vacated the role of Tarzan once and for all. But while

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Tarzan’s Savage Fury (1952) – Review

As we start to reach the end of Lex Barker’s swing as the constantly bare chested jungle lord, it was starting to feel like all

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John Carter (2012) – Review

Originally titled John Carter Of Mars and not to be confused with John Carpenter Of Mars (which technically would be Ghosts Of Mars), Pixar’s Andrew

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Tarzan’s Peril (1951) – Review

You know, I’ve reviewed so many classic Tarzan movies for this site now (and in the wrong order, no less) that it’s getting virtually impossible

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Tarzan And The Slave Girl (1950) – Review

I wonder if the writers of the old Tarzan films ever panicked when asked to pen yet another adventure featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs’ rippling muscled

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Tarzan’s Magic Fountain (1949) – Review

After ditifully wearing Tarzan’s all purpose loin cloth for an impressive twelve movies, it eventually became time for Johnny Weissmuller to catch the next vine

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Tarzan And The Great River (1967) – Review

If there was a noticable flaw with Mike Henry’s tenure as Edgar Rice Burroughs’ lion grappling, vine travelling adventurer, is that his trio of Tarzan

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Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes (1984) – Review

Since his inception, Tarzan has been primarily the personification of a pulp adventure hero with such actors such as Johnny Weissmuller, Gordon Scott and the

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Tarzan’s Fight For Life (1958) – Review

After wading through a fair few classic Tarzan movies as a result of reviewing them for this site, I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s

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Tarzan And The Lost Safari (1957) – Review

Life in the jungle can be brutal, so it’s fairly fitting if I unleash some brutal honesty and declare Gordon Scott’s debut as Tarzan as

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Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle (1955) – Review

Much like how Tarzan has to let go of one vine to swing on from the next, the Tarzan franchise once again had to leave

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Tarzan And The Trappers (1958) – Review

Despite having a long history of brawling with lions, feuding with hunters and generally sprinting through the underbrush with only a loin cloth to save

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Tarzan The Ape Man (1981) – Review

Edgar Rice Burroughs’ legendary literary adventurer has been the subject of many a version that’s cast a more, shall we say, adult version of the

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Tarzan And The Lost City (1998) – Review

The 90s just really couldn’t get the old pulp heroes right, could they? After Tim Burton created a cinematic sensation with his highly stylized tale

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Tarzan And The Mermaids (1948) – Review

There’s a prevalent saying that states that nothing can last forever, but when it comes to the lengthy nature of Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan tenure, he

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Tarzan And The Huntress (1947) – Review

Playing the same character twelve times on the bounce is nothing to be sneezed at, but it has to be said, by the time we

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Tarzan And The Leopard Woman (1946) – Review

After nine outings for Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan in as many years, you had to believe that the writers at RKO Studios were running a little

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Tarzan And The Amazons (1945) – Review

Anyone who has ever watched the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies in chronological order can’t have helped but notice that from his seventh entry onward, the

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Tarzan The Magnificent (1960) – Review

As sure as day follows night, thunder follows lightning or George Lazenby follows Sean Connery, the times were a-changing once again for the latest cinematic

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Tarzan And The Jungle Boy (1968) – Review

As Tarzan emerges from the sweltering jungle for his latest adventure, there’s almost no sense that the official run of movies was about to slip

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