It’s common knowledge that Cannon films are done on the cheap, and as a result, most of their output is of a less-than notable quality — they basically killed the Superman franchise with their installment — but with Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, we get a film…
Tag: King Arthur
Camelot (1967) – Review
The most surprising thing about Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical Camelot is that it’s really the only musical based on the Arthurian tales we’ve got — that is if you discount Bing Crosby’s A Connecticut Yankee and King Arthur’s Court and the horrible animated film Quest for Camelot — which is odd considering…
Sword of Lancelot (1963) – Review
A central story element of many King Arthur movies would be the tragic love triangle between Arthur, his wife Guinevere and his noble champion Lancelot, but in this 1963 British production, the doomed love story is the bulk of the film’s narrative.
Prince Valiant (1954) – Review
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…
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…