Before Marvel was a success on the big screen and before DC tried to do something other than a Superman or Batman film, there was The Pumaman released in 1980. A hero […]
Faster Than…? More Powerful Than…? Able to…? – The Pumaman (1980)
Making Them Pay – Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (1963)
The sins of Babylon are many and it is up to Goliath to make them pay for each and every one of them. Muscleman Mark Forest stars as Goliath or Maciste in […]
Never Mess With Family – Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
If looking for a movie about pirates and revenge, one can do little better than the Italian feature, Il giustiziere dei mari or Avenger of the Seven Seas. Taking the lead would […]
The World’s Mightiest Mortal Indeed! – Hercules (1958)
Over the years, there have been many people that have portrayed the son of Zeus on the big and small screen, but none quite so good as Steve Reeves. Reeves had the […]
Uncharted and Undiscovered was… – The Lost Continent (1951)
When a rocket goes missing somewhere on an uncharted island, it is up to Major Joe Nolan and his crew to go and find it and retrieve the component they need out […]
From Infant Island Comes… – Mothra (1961)
After producing numerous Godzilla films, Toho decided to try something a little different and different it was with the release of Mothra – a movie influenced more from fantasy than it was […]
Introducing the One, the Only… – Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Mighty Joe Young is the story of a girl and her gorilla and a friendship that would survive despite the hardships they would endure. Those times would see them leaving their jungle […]
Beware of False Idols – Sabaka (1954)
There is nothing exceptional about Sabaka or even all that good, though to be fair, there is nothing all that bad either. Everything is simply all right, down the middle and okay […]
Deep in the Heart of Mexico is… – The White Orchid (1954)
William Lundigan and Peggie Castle star in the 1954 feature film The White Orchid, an adventure movie that starts off spinning its wheels a little, yet finishes strongly. As far as movies […]
Feared Above All Else, She Was… – Queen of the Amazons (1947)
Queen of the Amazons finds a woman played by Patricia Morison who has headed out to the jungle in India to find her husband no matter what it takes. What is plainly […]
The Telltale Mind 