When it comes to bringing classic stories of the fantastic to life there is none better than legendary stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen and after tackling Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island in1961it only stood to reason that he’d eventually get around to science fiction’s other grandfather, that of author H.G. Wells, so three years later the world…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Doctor Strange (1978) – Review
In the late 70s, CBS looked to be very interested in making a splash with television shows based on comic book heroes, hoping to have the same success that ABC had with Wonder Woman, and even though they did success with The Incredible Hulk, things didn’t go as well with their The Amazing Spider-Man series,…
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) From Myth to Movie
With the success of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, it was clear to Ray Harryhausen that tackling legendary adventures not only opened up whole new worlds of creativity it was also quite lucrative and if a journey into the tales of the Arabian Nights worked so well it was only natural that Harryhausen would then…
Underdog (2007) – Review
Over the years a lot of classic cartoons have seen live-action adaptations, from the Flintstones to Scooby-Doo the process has become an industry juggernaut, but long before Walt Disney Productions were re-tooling their own animated classics into live-action cash machines they took a swing at taking a beloved cartoon of old and giving it that…
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) – Review
After tackling the fantasy world of Sinbad the Sailor, based on the collections from the stories found in Arabic tales of One Thousand and One Nights, Ray Harryhausen and company took up the mantle of the stalled production of Jonathan Swift’s classic tale Gulliver’s Travels, and with the wonders of “Super-Dynamation”, they attempted to bring…