When Edgar Rice Burroughs first published Tarzan of the Apes back in 1912 film adaptations would have probably been the farthest thing from his mind, but one hundred years later movies are still being made about his most popular creation – only the likes of Dracula, Godzilla, and Sherlock Holmes are in Tarzan’s league when…
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The Many Faces of Batman
With the horrifying image of a giant bat this hero strikes fear into the hearts of the superstitious and cowardly lot of Gotham’s underworld, Batman, the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, the World’s Greatest Detective, whose never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American way…wait, no, that’s the other guy. Next to Superman, you’d be…
5 Reasons the Oscars Suck Nowadays (that the Academy STILL hasn’t figured out yet)
What a year for movies, eh? At the time of writing we are midway through February, also known as that time of year where people don’t go to the movies, and if they do it’s only to catch up on what they missed over the Christmas season. Star Wars, the big event movie of the…
Road Warrior Rip-Offs: Guns, Babes and Dwarves in a World Gone Mad.
Movies dealing with “The End of the World” belong to one of longest-running film genres, almost from the beginning of the industry, but the two most common subgenres of this would be the serious take, such as film like On The Beach which tackle how people emotionally deal with the knowledge that most of the…
The Worst Christmas Songs Ever! 2015 Edition
Call me crazy, but I really love Christmas music.