"You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve," said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest … more
Seamlessly blending together elements of multiple genres, including historical drama, action, adventure, war epic, and romance, director Michael Mann paints a beautiful and breathtaking picture of the … more
WARNING: This review may contain spoilers! I suppose it's not surprising, what with the current trend of adapting fantasy literature into films, that Philip Pullman's novel The … more
Note: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the same film as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The film just uses the original U.K. title rather than the U.S. title. … more
Screenwriter and novelist William Goldman's book, The Princess Bride, was first published in 1972. For years Goldman, who wrote the screenplay for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, attempted to have … more
German director Wolfgang Petersen, the man responsible for the harrowing WWII epic Das Boot, may seem like an odd choice to direct a film adaptation of Michael Ende's children's book, The NeverEnding … more
In 1985, Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones and E.T.)served as an executive producer on The Goonies, an adventure film based on a story by Spielberg and directed by Richard Donner (Superman). Since … more
The Jurassic Park: Adventure Pack includes the three blockbuster films, the first two of which were directed by Steven Spielberg, and the last of which was directed by Joe Johnston. The films are loosely … more
-This review pertains to the original DVD release, not the remastered edition- In 1990, the final film in the BBC's Narnia series made its debut. The series, which consisted … more
-This review pertains to the original DVD release, not the remastered edition- In 1988, the BBC produced the first of four films based upon The Chronicles of Narnia books … more
"Once a king or queen in Narnia, always a king or queen. Bear it well, Sons of Adam! Bear it well, Daughters of Eve!" -Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, … more
In the annals of film history there have been many great comedic duos: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Walter Matthau and Jack Lemon... but now come Wallace and Gromit. … more
In 1981, Steven Spielberg (Jaws) and George Lucas (Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope) reinvented the pulp adventure genre that they had fallen in love with during their youth. Their film Raiders of the … more
In 1981 Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were at the top of their game. Spielberg had directed Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, while George Lucas had directed American Graffiti and … more