When it came to adapting fantastical pieces of literature into cinematic achievements the team of producer Charles Schneer and legendary visual effects man Ray Harryhausen had proven to be very successful and with their previous two collaborations, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and The 3 Worlds of Gulliver, having done rather well in the fantasy…
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) – Review
After George Lazenby abruptly left the series, following his one and only outing as agent 007 in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli tried to find a new Bond replacement but United Artists had decided that Sean Connery was needed back to save the franchise and with a then-record…
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) – Review
One thing should be made perfectly clear; Brendan Fraser is no James Mason, there, I said it and will stand by that undeniable fact to the end of time. The classic Jules Verne adventure tale of man’s Journey to the Center of the Earth was first adapted to the big screen back in 1959, with…
Howling: New Moon Rising (1995) – Review
That this seventh outing of the Howling franchise uses “New Moon Rising” as its subtitle is a bit disingenuous as there is more old than new in this particular outing and what new we get ranges from awful to embarrassingly bad. This film is also known as Howling VII: The Mystery Woman, which was a…
The Valley of Gwangi (1969) – Review
When stop-motion effects artist Ray Harryhausen is attached to a film where the basic premise is “Cowboys vs Dinosaurs” one has to ask “What more could you possibly want?” The result of such a concept was the 1969 movie The Valley of Gwangi, a film based on a concept that Harryhausen’s mentor Willis O’Brien, the…