Should there be a time limit for releasing a sequel? The original movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger came out in 1990, that’s a quarter of a century ago, and now we have a sequel that doesn’t even have Arnie it. What is the bloody point?
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Tarzan the Terrible: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
This direct sequel to Tarzan the Untamed was first published as a serial in the pulp magazine Argosy All-Story Weekly in 1921 and continues Tarzan’s adventures against Germany and his hunt for Jane.
Captain America: Civil War (2016) – Review
I was not a fan of the comic series Marvel’s Civil War, it took characters I had read and loved for decades and then twisted them in directions I did not care for, and hey, that’s their sandbox and one can’t be too pissy about such things, but it was that comic run that made…
King Kong (1976) – Review
That Hollywood was going to remake the 1933 classic film King Kong surprised no one – Universal was actually working on their own more faithful version of the classic but they backed out when Paramount’s modern remake was announced – and it’s this Paramount version, produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Guillermin,…
King Kong (1933) – Review
During the 1930s escapism from the realities of The Depression made movie-going more important than ever and in 1933 Merian C. Cooper gave the world just that with King Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World, a film that defined the term escapist entertainment.