While the title evokes images of the legendary adventurer running up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum Of Art in order to get in shape
Tag: 1970s
The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad
After the great Ray Harryhausen gifted the world with the vibrant 7th Voyage Of Sinbad back in 1958 (the first colour movie to employ his
Black Christmas
Back in the glory days of the slasher genre, Christmas themed stalk and stab flicks were suprisingly prevalent. Such sleazy gore fests such as Silent
The Brood
Divorce does odd things to the creators of genre entertainment and I’m not talking about the stressful heartbreak of such films as Marriage Story or
The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin
While still relatively new to the sword clashing and empire trashing worlds of Kung Fu that were brought to us by our friends, The Shaw
Prophecy
Eco-horror is possibly one of the stranger off-shoots of a genre that’s pretty strange to begin with, that boasts a pantheon of various, wonky releases
Zombie Flesh Eaters
Let us mull over the career of Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci for a second, shall we?The undisputed king of trashy spaghetti splatter, the man
King Kong
Remakes are a mixed bag. You either enhance the original concept with an updated viewpoint and enhanced technology or you bury it deeper than a
The Flying Guillotine
Not to be confused with the more popular Master Of The Flying Guillotine (as if you would…), which cheekily hijacked the titular device despite not
Tentacles
I think we’re all in agreement when I say there’s nothing worse than going out for a midnight swim and being grabbed firmly by the
Five Deadly Venoms
Also known as The Five Venoms – which sounds suspiciously like Spider-Man’s symbiote empowered villians teamed up to form a barbershop quintet – this film
Phantasm
During the 70’s, the horror genre had made huge steps in moving away from the cobwebby old backdrops of Hammer’s various movies thanks to the
Battle For The Planet Of The Apes
As the Apes franchise ground onward to it’s fifth and final instalment during what’s known as the “classic” section of the franchise, it was becoming
Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes
One major plus point about the classic Planet Of The Apes franchise, regardless of your opinion about the about the sequels that followed in the
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes
Those who sat through the stupendously depressing ending of Beneath The Planet Of The Apes would be completely forgiven for angrily muttering “oh fuck off”
Beneath The Planet Of The Apes
In many ways Planet Of The Apes has the perfect ending. While Charlton Heston’s flinty astronaut bellows his impotent rage at the revelation that the
Rocky II
Back in 1979 sequels weren’t exactly the booming business it is now (example: pretty much every franchise ever made INCLUDING this one) but Sylvester Stallone
Rocky
Regardless of which sport manages to float your boat (including boating), surely the most cinematic sport of them all must surely be boxing: a literal
The Black Hole
In a time where both Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 and George Lucas’ Star Wars had not only both changed the face of Science Fiction cinema but
Enter The Dragon
When looked at objectively, the sizable legend of Bruce Lee actually contains a suprisingly small amount of material with a handful of TV appearances and
