In 1982 comic book writer/artist Dave Stevens created “The Rocketeer” a character that was a brilliant homage to the Saturday matinee serial heroes from the 1930s through the 1950s. It’s popularity among comic book fans led to Disney and director Joe Johnston doing their best to bring that comic book hero to the big screen,…
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) – Review
When it comes to cinematic depictions of literary characters Dracula is up there with Sherlock Holmes when it comes to the number of times he has been brought to the big screen, from F.W. Murnau’s silent masterpiece Nosferatu to Bela Lugosi in 1931’s Dracula, Christoper Lee’s run in the Hammer Films and John Badham’s more…