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Tag: Jules Verne

War-Gods of the Deep (1965) – Review

Posted on November 22, 2024November 13, 2024 by Mike Brooks

Thanks to filmmaker Roger Corman, actor Vincent Price became almost synonymous with American author Edgar Allan Poe – starring in several successful films based on Poe’s works – but it was this connection that American International Pictures hoped to capitalize on when they produced City Under the Sea,

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The Core (2003) – Review

Posted on October 6, 2023February 27, 2025 by Mike Brooks

A group travelling to the centre of the Earth is certainly nothing new, Jules Verne tackled such a topic back in 1864 and we’ve seen film adaptations of his novel ever since, but director Jon Amiel took such a well-worn premise into the disaster movie genre in a film that’s about as scientifically accurate as…

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Warlords of Atlantis (1978) – Review

Posted on May 23, 2023May 22, 2023 by Mike Brooks

Atlantis is the mythical island which supposedly sank beneath the waves thousands of years ago and it hasn’t stopped making trouble since, from the writings of Plato to the screenplays of Hollywood this fabled landmass has provided a great backdrop to some quite entertaining tales, also not so entertaining ones, and today we will be…

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Mysterious Island (1961) – Review

Posted on July 30, 2021July 28, 2022 by Mike Brooks

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…

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Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) – Review

Posted on July 23, 2021August 30, 2022 by Mike Brooks

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…

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