The Land of Hidden Men (also known as The Jungle Girl) is a classic Burroughs “lost world” story where the protagonist will stumble upon a lost civilization and the dangers within and eventually find true love. This is of course is all done in the way only Edgar Rice Burroughs can do it.
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Plus One (2013) – Review
In the movies Earth has been invaded by alien forces so often that one must wonder if there is a “Must Visit” brochure at some intergalactic Denny’s out there, that or the Earth has a Giant “Kick Me” sign plastered on it that can only be seen from space. Now in Dennis Iliadis’s +1 aka Plus…
Chappie (2015) – Review
In 2008 Neill Blomkamp was tapped by Peter Jackson to direct a Halo movie – which excited many – but when that fell through he was given money to produce his own pet project District 9 – a film that beautifully blended science fiction with apartheid – and though that film went on to be…
The Bandit of Hell’s Bend: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
The Bandit of Hell’s Bend was the first of the four Burroughs Westerns that he published between 1926 and 1940, and is easily the most traditional; the hero is a taciturn but straight-shooting cowpoke, the female protagonist is the strong frontier woman, and the pages are littered with stagecoach robberies, gunfights and attacks by savage…
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) – Review
Once again director George Miller tosses us into the chaotic post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max, it’s been 30 years since our last visit to the Wastelands and things have only gotten crazier. So fasten your seatbelts and strap on some spare ammo as the summer is about to explode.