After tackling the fantasy world of Sinbad the Sailor, based on the collections from the stories found in Arabic tales of One Thousand and One Nights, Ray Harryhausen and company took up the mantle of the stalled production of Jonathan Swift’s classic tale Gulliver’s Travels, and with the wonders of “Super-Dynamation”, they attempted to bring…
Tag: Fantasy
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) – Review
After destroying Coney Island, tearing down the Golden Gate Bridge and laying waste to Washington D.C. and the Roman Colosseum in The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Earth vs. The Flying Saucers and 20 Million Miles to Earth, legendary effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen decided to move on from telling contemporary…
Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back (1990) – Review
One must admire a low budget sword and sorcery movie for having the balls to use a subtitle that referenced a certain classic Star Wars sequel but having watched the film that’s about all I can admire of it, and as sequels go this one barely qualifies as such, and the sole purpose for its…
Thundarr the Barbarian (1980-1981) – Review
Created by Marvel Comics writer Steve Gerber and produced by animation house Ruby-Spears Productions the Saturday morning cartoon Thundarr the Barbarian may have only thrilled children for two years but forty years later and you will still find many fans of this animated classic, a series that could be considered the precursor to shows like…
The Invisible Boy (1957) – Review
The dream of most actors is that after their big break they will have a long career that would allow them to explore a variety of interesting roles, whether that be in film or television, but one does not expect such an outcome from what was basically a prop from a motion picture. In 1956…