With the success of Walt Disney’s adaptation of the Jules Verne classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, it’s no surprise that Disney would try and adapt more works by the world-renowned author, and so almost ten years since James Mason and Kirk Douglas wrestled with a giant squid aboard the Nautilus we got Haley Mills…
Godzilla Raids Again (1955) – Review
What do you do when you’ve made an extremely successful movie but killed off the title character? This was the problem facing producer Tomoyuki Tanaka and director Motoyoshi Oda when they were tasked with making the follow up to the 1955 monster hit Gojira.
The Amazing Spider-Man (1977-1979) – Review
Due to his amazing powers not being easily realized by filmmakers, Spider-Man was mostly relegated to the pages of the comics and the occasional foray into animation, web-swinging and wall-crawling was not something easily pulled off in live-action, so aside from his silent appearances on The Electric Company he seemed destined to remain in two…
Gojira (1954) – Review
In 1953 Ray Harryhausen introduced the world to the first atomic created monster with The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, spawning such follow up nuclear-created beasts like the giant ants from Them and the towering menace of The Amazing Colossal Man, but the Beast’s most famous descendant was Gojira (Godzilla to those in the English speaking…
Beauty and the Beast (2017) – Review
As Disney continues with their trend of churning out live-action remakes of their animated films it’s no surprise that they’d tackle one of their biggest hits, but with Beauty and the Beast, this is the first time they’ve adapted one from the Disney Renaissance period.