Hercules vs. Moloch (Ercole contra Molock, 1963) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

An eruption of popularity sparked by Pietro Francisi’s Hercules (1959), starring Steve Reeves, helped make the Italian peplum or sword-and-sandal ...
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Thor (2011) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Kenneth Branagh’s reassertion of his claim to a place in the movie mainstream after some notable failures to make good ...
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Atlantis, The Lost Continent (1961) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

This often tedious quasi-science fiction saga stands as perhaps the nadir of George Pal’s reign as the leading producer of ...
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Malpertuis (1971) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Belgian director Harry Kümel scored a hit with his Red Lips (aka Daughters of Darkness, 1971), and for a follow-up ...
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Clash of the Titans (2010) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

Neither the outright disaster I expected nor a good movie, Louis Leterrier’s remake of the semi-classic 1980 Desmond Davis-helmed tale ...
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Jason and the Argonauts (1963) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

The first attempt at tackling Greek myth by the production team of Ray Harryhausen and Charles H. Schneer, who kept ...
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast

I suppose you could call this the Robin Hood of “my” generation, in that director Kevin Reynolds’ take on Nottingham’s ...
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