Hollywood loves a good swashbuckler and if it’s not Errol Flynn as Captain Blood duelling a nefarious Basil Rathbone, then it’s Errol Flynn as Robin Hood duelling a nefarious Basil Rathbone — Hollywood is fond of sticking with what works — but no greater font of swordplay and action can be found than within the…
Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987) – Review
With Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, we get our first full-length Scooby-Doo movie (if we discount Scooby-Doo Goes Hollywood as it was barely 49 minutes in length), but not only was this their first “real” movie, it continued with the inclusion of real ghosts as part of the mystery, which we’d seen in the 1980s’…
The Black Knight (1954) – Review
“There comes a time in every man’s life when he must fight for what he wants most,” and with those stirring words the adventures of The Black Knight begin, a film that wonderfully illustrates the dream of Camelot and the heroic ideal. Unfortunately, aside from namechecking the likes of King Arthur and Guinevere, there isn’t…
Scooby-Doo Goes Hollywood (1979) – Review
What exactly are the key ingredients for a good Scooby-Doo mystery? There should be a spooky locale for the gang to visit, some sort of ghost or monster, and the required comic shenanigans for our cowardly canine and friends to be caught up in, but most importantly, there should be a god-damned mystery. Unfortunately, in…
Knights of the Round Table (1953) – Review
Though credited as being based on Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur, Richard Thorpe’s Knights of the Round Table bares but a passing resemblance to Malory’s collection of Arthurian tales. Instead of covering the numerous exploits of Arthur and his knights, this movie focuses almost solely on the forbidden love affair between Lancelot and Guinevere.