In 1925, the first giant monster rampaged across the silver screen, stunning audiences with amazing prehistoric creations. The film was Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, and it heralded a new age in cinema. Close on its heels was the 1933 classic King Kong, a film that still stands today as one of the best…
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King Kong (2005) – Review
Hollywood loves remakes. That adage has never been truer than it is today. Audiences are being constantly bombarded by remakes of older popular films – only if their current hot franchises have run out of sequel steam – and with the cost of making movies today, it is no surprise that Hollywood likes to play…
King Kong (1933) – Review
During the 1930s, escapism from the realities of the Depression made movie-going more important than ever and in 1933 Merian C. Cooper gave the world just that with King Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World, a film that defined the term escapist entertainment.
King Kong Lives (1986) – Review
The year is 1986, and it’s been ten years since we were treated to the big-budget remake of King Kong, and the eagerly awaited sequel has finally made it to the big screen…okay, maybe not so eagerly awaited; the memories we have of the 1976 remake aren’t all that great, but they’d get it right…