By 1945 director Robert Wise had already made a name for himself having helmed such classics as Curse of the Cat People and The Body Snatcher – with 1944’s Mademoiselle Fifi being his one critical failure – and today we will be looking at his fourth feature film, A Game of Death, which was a…
Tag: adventure
The Incredible Hulk: The Snare (1979) – Review
Richard Connell’s 1924 short story “The Most Dangerous Game” has inspired many adaptations. Yet, none have come close to capturing that premise as a certain episode of a long-running television did back in the late 70s, one that featured Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno, because if you were to imagine a “Most Dangerous Game” you’d…
Tarzan in Manhattan (1989) – Review
By the late 1960s, while Tarzan’s adventures may have faded from the big screen he was far from ready to hang up his loin cloth, Ron Ely had made him a staple of Thursday night viewings and he had quite the splash during the Saturday morning cartoon line-up in the 1970s, but today we will…
Reign of Fire (2002) – Review
Hollywood has provided moviegoers with many post-apocalyptic movies, from the Planet of the Apes franchise to the Mad Max series – the aftermath of “The End of the World” has always been great cinema fodder – but with Disney’s Reign of Fire we get a rather odd entry as it tosses a fantasy element into…
Dragonheart (1996) – Review
Before Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Lord of the Rings proved that fantasy films could be legit blockbuster entertainment, a trilogy that not only brought in huge box office but Academy Awards as well, there was very little in the way of “big-budget offerings” in the fantasy genre. The best examples I had while growing…