Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh costar in this grandly-mounted barbarian fantasy, shot in Technicolor on location in Norway, Germany, and France.
Category: adventure
J.J. Abrams channels Steven Spielberg for ‘Super 8’ on HBO Max
A monster movie adventure powered by creative kids, a love of movies, and a foundation of mystery and wonder from school kids old enough to make their own zombie movie on super 8 film and young enough to get so excited by it.
Steven Spielberg directs ‘The Adventures of Tintin’
Steven Spielberg’s first foray into motion capture filmmaking turns the legendary boy journalist and globe-trotting adventurer of the early graphic novels of Herge into a big screen hero.
Charlton Heston in the battle of ‘Khartoum’ on Amazon Prime
Laurence Olivier is unfortunately cast as an Arab (complete with heavy brownface makeup) in this sweeping epic of colonial war in 1880 Sudan.
‘Up’ – a wondrous animated odyssey on Disney+
The fantastical adventure from Pixar is a film of whimsy and wonder, mixing Jules Verne imagination with the bubble-gum colors of a children’s picture book and Pixar’s trademark bouncy humor, all stirred with memories of childhood dreams.
Matthew McConaughey is ‘Mud’ on Amazon Prime and Hulu
The third film from director Jeff Nichols is a story of childhood adventure steeped in the rural culture of life on the Mississippi and the mythology of Huckleberry Finn, but this boy’s adventure is also tangled in the world of adults and family bonds.
John Huston’s ‘The Man Who Would Be King’ on Criterion Channel
Sean Connery and Michael Caine star in Huston’s magnificent adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s story, a larger than life tale on a glorious canvas.
James Franco and Seth Rogen ride the ‘Pineapple Express’ on Netflix
David Gordon Green leaped from from indie dramas of small town tragedy to make this hilarious stoner buddy comedy. Written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, produced by Judd Apatow, and Danny McBride and Gary Cole.
Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in ‘Red Dust’ on Criterion Channel
Victor Fleming’s jungle melodrama is as sexy, frank, and grown-up as pre-code cinema gets thanks to the heat of Harlow’s chemistry with Gable
‘The African Queen’ – Bogie and Hepburn on Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel
John Huston’s adaptation of C.S. Forester’s novel is a grand and romantic Hollywood adventure with two glorious performances, gorgeous locations, and a rickety, temperamental steam-powered boat as a memorable costar.