With the amount of hype being generated by the production of Dino DeLaurentiis’s 1976 King Kong remake it wasn’t at all surprising that such films as A*P*E weren’t the only ones trying to cash in on the publicity, so a year later we got Shaw Brothers -the makers of the awesome Infra-Man – and their…
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The Finest Hours (2016) – Review
When you see “Based on a True Story” on a movie poster or trailer one must take such a statement with a grain of salt. Despite what the movies tell us William Wallace of Braveheart fame did not have an affair with Isabelle of France (she was only nine years old at the time) nor…
A*P*E (1976) – Review
APE practically defines the term “quickie rip-off” as the South Korean film industry, teaming up with an American production company, rushed their Kong rip-off to the screen just ahead of Dino DeLaurentiis’s multi-million dollar King Kong remake.
Konga (1961) – Review
“Not since King Kong has the screen exploded with such mighty fury and spectacle!” that was what the 1961 British/American international co-production of Konga proclaimed in their ad campaign, but they may have been overstating their case just a tad.
King Kong (2005) – Review
Hollywood loves remakes. That adage has never been truer than it is today. Audiences are being constantly bombarded by remakes of older popular films – only if their current hot franchises have run out of sequel steam – and with the cost of making movies today it is no surprise that Hollywood likes to play…