Creating a movie franchise that lasts six films and spans fifteen years is no easy task, making it a “good” franchise is even trickier, add in the simple fact that there haven’t been very many good movies based of video game properties and it makes this achievement quite remarkable.
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
The Many Faces of Wonder Woman
Over the years Wonder Woman has gone through some remarkable changes, from being a groundbreaking superhero in a genre that was mostly an “all-boys club” to being a feminist icon supported by the likes of Gloria Steinem, and then to being a star of her own television show that ushered a generation of boys through…
The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) – From Book to Screen
In 1972 writer Martin Caidin wrote a speculative science fiction story called Cyborg, where astronaut and test pilot Steve Austin loses an eye, one arm, and both legs after a disastrous crash during a test flight but with advanced cybernetics, they are then able to replace them with bionic ones.
Rats: Night of Terror (1984) – Review
When it comes to post-apocalyptic movies they mostly fall into two categories; there is your Road Warrior type of film with its bands of leather-clad survivors battling to stay alive in a world ravaged by nuclear war or some such disaster, and then there is your modest science fiction outings like Damnation Alley where we…
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1953) – Review
With Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe Republic Pictures decided to go with a television program instead of their standard theatrical serial episodes, but due to contractual obligations with union employees who worked on the show it had to be released theatrically before it could be broadcast on television.