One thing has become clear by the fourth episode of this show, and that would be that this is not really much of a Tarzan series – despite what the title of the show would suggest – for one he is referred to as John Clayton, and not his jungle name of Tarzan, and he…
Stryker (1983) – Review
Since George Miller unleashed Mad Max: Fury Road into cinemas last year I’ve been waiting for one thing, the inevitable rip-offs, for when Miller gave us Mad Max and Mad Max II (aka The Road Warrior) back in the late 70s and early 80s we were inundated with countless post-apocalyptic Mad Max rip-offs, but we…
Road Warrior Rip-Offs: Guns, Babes and Dwarves in a World Gone Mad
Movies about “the end of the world” have been around almost as long as cinema itself, evolving alongside the industry into a wide range of tones and styles. Broadly speaking, the genre splits into two dominant strands. On one side are the serious, introspective films, such as On the Beach, which focus on the emotional…
Tarzan: Wages of Sin (2003) – Review
In the previous episode Detective Jane Porter’s (Sarah Wayne Callies) insanely jealous boyfriend, Detective Michael Foster (Johnny Messner), tried to kill Tarzan (Travis Fimmel), but instead he ended up taking a high dive off a ten store building. Jane took Tarzan to his Aunt Kathleen (Lucy Lawless) to keep him safe from his Uncle Richard…
Lucifer: Pilot (2016) – Review
Having the main character of your show be the personification of evil is certainly an interesting choice for Network television, but of course the Lucifer we get here isn’t quite the one from the Bible stories but is based on the version created by Neil Gaiman for his Sandman graphic novel series. He may be…