Writer, producer, and director Irwin Allen is probably most known as the “Master of Disaster” because of his successes with such films as The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, but in the 1960s he was most notably a producer of high adventure science fiction television shows. Programs such as Lost in Space, Voyage to…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) – Review
Tarzan and the Trappers is the result of producer Sol Lesser trying to get a Tarzan television series off the ground but when all three networks turned it down he decided to edit three pilots together into one 70 minute long black and white movie. Who cares if it’s a bit of a disjointed mess?
Battlestar Galactica: Murder on the Rising Star – Review
So far we’ve had episodes that were Space Westerns, War Adventures, and even a Disaster Movie based one, but now with Murder on the Rising Star we move into the Murder Mystery genre, sadly this episode does not include a Space Jessica Fletcher or a Galactic Ben Matlock.
The Guest (2014) – Review
A lone stranger arrives at a quaint homestead, he just needs a place to stay and is willing to help out for room and board, but when threats to the family arise this lone stranger is revealed to be an avenging angel of badassery.
Tarzan’s Fight for Life (1958) – Review
With a title like Tarzan’s Fight for Life, you’d think the film would be some kind of Lifetime movie-of-the-week type story, with Tarzan fighting for his life against something like cancer, but actually, it’s about Tarzan fighting against the ignorant superstitions of the local natives.