The tagline to Antoine Fuqua’s King Arthur was “The True Story Behind the Legend,” and in the opening text, we are told, “Historians agree that the classical 15th-century tale of King Arthur and his Knights rose from a real hero who lived a thousand years earlier in a period called the Dark Ages. Recently discovered…
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Movies
Prey (1977) – Review
What do vegetarian lesbians, murder, and invading aliens have in common? The obvious answer would be Norman J. Warren’s cult classic Prey, a dark and twisted film that takes the audience on a claustrophobic trip with a trio of characters that are two parts Lewis Carrol and one part Hitchcockian. There have been many alien…
Quest for Camelot (1998) – Review
Based on the fantasy novel The King’s Damosel by Vera Chapman, Quest for Camelot was Warner Brothers’ attempt at moving in on Disney’s long-held territory of animated fantasy films. Unfortunately, they had very little success as films like The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast were kicking off the Disney Renaissance period, and it certainly…
The Haunted Mansion (2003) – Review
Basing a movie on a novel or stage play would be considered to be a rather common origin for many productions while basing a movie on a theme park ride is anything but normal. Enter Disney Studios who just so happened to own the most famous theme parks in the world. With corporate synergy being…
Daphne & Velma (2018) – Review
In the fifth instalment of the Scooby-Doo live-action film series, we get another “reboot” that has its own take on how the Scooby gang first met, or to be more accurate, how two of the Scooby gang first met because you won’t find Fred, Shaggy over even Scooby-Doo in this particular mystery. The big question…