Posts tagged adventure
Christmas: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

For Christmas, Anton revisits the 2005 film adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s children’s classic.

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How Sean Connery Made The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) a Boys’ Own Blockbuster

The casting of the man who was James Bond transformed The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

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Review: The Three Musketeers (1993)

A minor hit on the path of the modern swashbuckler, from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves to the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

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Review: Shipwrecked (1990)

Shipwrecked is a competent boys’ own adventure, played without irony, revisionism, or computer-generated fakeness.

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Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

The third Pirates film threatens to spin out of control, but such an eccentric vision of a dark and whimsical fantasy world has rarely been as vividly imagined on screen.

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Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

An imperfect film yet still a classic adventure, mostly thanks to Johnny Depp’s iconic performance.

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Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)

A full appreciation of Attack of the Clones requires the upheaval of some established viewpoints on the film.

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Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

A rare sequel that goes in a different direction, darker and deeper, The Empire Strikes Back permanently transformed what the Star Wars saga would be.

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On Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Genre Reflections, and the Franchise Reboot

Anton explores the dinosaur franchise, its science fiction themes, and the nature of the reboot.

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James Bond 007: Octopussy (1983)

Despite a few dreadful missteps, still a rollicking adventure.

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James Bond 007: You Only Live Twice (1967)

The most average of the first five Bond films.

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Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

More extravagant fun. This is both a bad and a good thing.

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