When it came to adapting fantastical pieces of literature into cinematic achievements the team of producer Charles Schneer and legendary visual effects man Ray Harryhausen had proven to be very successful and with their previous two collaborations, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and The 3 Worlds of Gulliver, having done rather well in the fantasy…
Tag: adventure
One Million Years B.C. (1966) – Review
Despite the fact that dinosaurs and mankind were separated by about 65 million years this has never stopped Hollywood from thrusting them together time and time again, whether through tales of humans visiting Lands That Time Forgot or having the dinosaurs being brought back through the misuse of science, but today we will be looking…
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985) – Review
Dinosaurs have been brought into the modern world in a variety of different ways, such as atomic testing waking them up from a long slumber or genetic tinkering creating a theme park full of flesh and bloodthirsty monsters, but it was Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World that first introduced the idea of prehistoric beasts…
Moonraker (1979) – Review
When one thinks of the world’s most famous secret agent, James Bond, the phrase “In Space” does not readily leap to mind, but after a little film called Star Wars broke box offices records around the world, producer Cubby Broccoli and the people at United Artists were among many who scrambled to take some of…
Master of the World (1961) – Review
When mountains shake and nations tremble in fear when Vincent Price threatens the very world itself; who do you call? Would the answer “Charles Bronson” surprise you? In 1961, American International Pictures hoped to capitalize on the popularity of other Verne adaptations such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80…