The Ewoks were embarrassing but no more than the scenario in the first movie where they fly up the Death…
I really dig Dickens but in pretty much the opposite way to you, Frank. I love the whole acting tradition…
It’s a very good movie, although the plot is preposterous. Burton is very good, it’s a great shame the drink…
Rule number 1 , always use some other schmucks money. If we have a change of government in Queensland, maybe…
Category Archives: Adventure
THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER (1982)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: George Miller SCREENWRITER: John Dixon, Cul Cullen FILM STARS: Kirk Douglas, Tom Burlinson, Terence Donovan, Sigrid Thornton, Jack Thompson, Tony Bonner, Chris Haywood, Gus Mercurio, Tommy Dysart, Bruce Kerr, David Bradshaw, June Jago, Lorraine Bayly, Kristopher … Continue reading
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Lewis Milestone SCREENWRITER: Charles Lederer FILM STARS: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Richard Haydn, Tarita Teriipaia, Matahiarii Tama, Percy Herbert, Duncan Lamont, Gordon Jackson, Chips Rafferty, Noel Purcell, Ashley Cowan, Eddie Byrne, Tim … Continue reading
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (1974)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Kevin Connor SCREENWRITER: Michael Moorcock, James Cawthorn FILM STARS: Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon, Keith Barron, Anthony Ainley, Godfrey James, Declan Mulholland, Roy Holder, Andrew McCulloch, Ron Pember, Brian Hall, Peter Sproule, Steve James COUNTRY: … Continue reading
TOM JONES (1963)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Tony Richardson SCREENWRITER: John Osborne FILM STARS: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, Diane Cilento, George Devine, David Tomlinson, Rosalind Atkinson, Wilfrid Lawson, Jack MacGowran, David Warner, Lynn Redgrave, Julian Glover COUNTRY: … Continue reading
KING SOLOMON’S MINES (1950)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton SCREENWRITER: Helen Deutsch FILM STARS: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas, Lowell Gilmore, Kimursi, Siriaque, Sekaryongo, Baziga, Munto Anampio, John Banner COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Jean Francis Webb … Continue reading
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Michael Curtiz SCREENWRITER: Norman Reilly Raine, Seton I. Miller, Rowland Leigh FILM STARS: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, Alan Hale, Sr., Melville Cooper, Ian Hunter, Una O’Connor, Herbert … Continue reading
HATARI! (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Howard Hawks SCREENWRITER: Leigh Brackett, Harry Kurnitz FILM STARS: John Wayne, Hardy Kruger, Elsa Martinelli, Red Buttons, Gérard Blain, Bruce Cabot, Michèle Girardon, Valentin de Vargas, Eduard Franz COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Martin Milner TYPE: … Continue reading
ROYAL FLASH (1975)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Richard Lester SCREENWRITER: George MacDonald Fraser FILM STARS: Malcolm McDowell, Alan Bates, Florinda Bolkan, Oliver Reed, Tom Bell, Joss Ackland, Christopher Cazenove, Henry Cooper, Lionel Jeffries, Alastair Sim, Michael Hordern, Britt Ekland, Bob Hoskins COUNTRY: England … Continue reading
A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA (1965)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Alexander Mackendrick SCREENWRITER: Stanley Mann, Ronald Harwood, Denis Cannan FILM STARS: Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Deborah Baxter, Dennis Price, Lila Kedrova, Nigel Davenport, Isabel Dean, Gert Fröbe COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Richard Hughes TYPE: … Continue reading
NORTH TO ALASKA (1960)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Henry Hathaway SCREENWRITER: John Lee Mahin, Martin Rackin, Claude Binyon, Wendell Mayes uncredited), Ben Hecht (uncredited) FILM STARS: John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, Capucine, Mickey Shaughnessy, Karl Swenson, Kathleen Freeman, John Qualen COUNTRY: USA … Continue reading
I'm a fan of Kubrick and no, you're not being harsh. I think those enthralled by it back then are…