While I only ever read one of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Tarzan books, I did grow up watching the Johnny Weismuller movies when they would run on BBC2, and I watched quite a bit of the TV show that starred Ron Ely, back in the 70s, and I think I saw the Disney animated movie a few years back. I even had an idea for a Tarzan screenplay at one point, that would play up a mythical take on the character, removing him somewhat from the action/adventure pulp origins of the character. Fast forward a couple of decades later, and 2016 sees the release of The Legend Of Tarzan. I’m curious as to why they bothered.
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Movie Review: SPECTRE – another mediocre Bond that badly fumbles Christoph Waltz’s chance to be a great villain.
With few options to choose from, we decided on seeing Spectre for our Thanksgiving movie. Yeah, we heard the negative buzz, but the alternative was that or Secret In Their Eyes, which actually gets a lower rating on Rottentomatoes than the latest installment in the Bond franchise. So, is it terrible? No, not terrible, but it is pretty poor. Continue reading “Movie Review: SPECTRE – another mediocre Bond that badly fumbles Christoph Waltz’s chance to be a great villain.”