Tag Archives: Fantasy

Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)

Posted on November 14, 2020 at 9:55 am by Jeff Kuykendall

The best thing about Waxwork (1988) was its enthusiasm. The debut film of Anthony Hickox, the son of legendary editor Anne V. Coates (Lawrence of Arabia) and director Douglas Hickox (Theater of Blood), it wore its love of monster movies … Continue reading →

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The Thief of Baghdad (1961)

Posted on September 16, 2020 at 8:37 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Although the Douglas Fairbanks vehicle The Thief of Bagdad (1924) was a pastiche not based on any particular tale in the Arabian Nights, it inspired a strain of remakes, each of which banked on the audience’s familiarity with the title … Continue reading →

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Flash Gordon (1980)

Posted on August 20, 2020 at 3:11 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Watching the interviews and reading the essays included in Arrow Video’s new deluxe Blu-ray edition of Mike Hodges’ Flash Gordon (1980), I’m struck at how poorly received the film was on release. At the time, I was too young to … Continue reading →

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