Created by Marvel Comics writer Steve Gerber and produced by animation house Ruby-Spears Productions the Saturday morning cartoon Thundarr the Barbarian may have only thrilled children for two years but forty years later and you will still find many fans of this animated classic, a series that could be considered the precursor to shows like…
Tag: Fantasy
The Invisible Boy (1957) – Review
The dream of most actors is that after their big break they will have a long career that would allow them to explore a variety of interesting roles, whether that be in film or television, but one does not expect such an outcome from what was basically a prop from a motion picture. In 1956…
Hercules (1983) – Review
Superhero fans will most likely know professional bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno from his stint playing The Incredible Hulk for the CBS television series co-starring the late great Bill Bixby but when that show concluded in 1982 Ferrigno set his sights on the big screen in the hopes of achieving the superstardom of fellow bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger,…
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob (2021) – Review
The Scooby gang has encountered all sorts of foes over the years, from men in masks posing as monsters to honest to goodness zombies and witches, but in The Sword and the Scoob, our heroes may be facing a magical menace that even their crime-solving skills can’t solve. Given the Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s…
Barbarella (1968) – Review
Adapting comic books to the big screen is nothing new but in 1968 producer Dino De Laurentiis and director Roger Vadim weren’t interested in the likes of Batman or Superman, instead, they set their sights on a French science-fiction comic book about a space-going heroine who solved many her problems through her sexual liberation. This…