Should there be a time limit for releasing a sequel? The original movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger came out in 1990, that’s a quarter of a century ago, and now we have a sequel that doesn’t even have Arnie it. What is the bloody point?
Tarzan the Terrible: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
This direct sequel to Tarzan the Untamed was first published as a serial in the pulp magazine Argosy All-Story Weekly in 1921 and continues Tarzan’s adventures against Germany and his hunt for Jane.
Captain America: Civil War (2016) – Review
I was not a fan of the comic series Marvel’s Civil War, it took characters I had read and loved for decades and then twisted them in directions I did not care for, and hey, that’s their sandbox and one can’t be too pissy about such things, but it was that comic run that made…
King Kong (1976) – Review
That Hollywood was going to remake the 1933 classic film King Kong surprised no one. Universal was actually working on their own more faithful version of the classic for years, but they backed out when Paramount’s modern remake was announced, and it’s this Paramount version, produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Guillermin,…
King Kong (1933) – Review
During the 1930s, escapism from the realities of the Depression made movie-going more important than ever and in 1933 Merian C. Cooper gave the world just that with King Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World, a film that defined the term escapist entertainment.