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…
Tarzan and the Ant Men: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan and the Ant Men is considered by many to be the pinnacle of the Burroughs Tarzan books with the author’s vivid imagination and creativity going on full thrusters but I myself find some of the book’s societal implications a little troubling, then again, it’s also basically a Tarzan meets Gulliver’s Travels story and that’s…
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.
Tarzan and the Golden Lion: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
This ninth book in the Tarzan series was first published in serialized form in the pages of Argosy All-Story Weekly (1922-1923) and follows the adventures that took place in Tarzan the Terrible, dealing with the rescue of Jane and Tarzan’s discovery of the lost valley of Pal-ul-don.