Topic: Ray Harryhausen

DVD review: 'Starcrash'

0 . . Starcrash View Larger Image . Also known in some quadrants of the universe as "The Adventures of Stella Star," this Roger Corman low-budgeter...
Dare I say that this is the most famous giant-octopus movie ever made? It Came From Beneath the Sea is a vintage science-fiction thriller that sublimely makes use of legendary Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion mutants and manages to squeeze in a love ...
Jason (Todd Armstrong) is the son of the King of Thessaly in ancient Greece . Jason's life is spared through the intervention of the goddess Hera (Honor Blackman) who helps him throughout the film. From Mount Olympus Zeus (Niall MacGinnis) and Hera ...
I?ll come straight out with it as much as I have a strong appreciation for well-plotted, well-acted, well-directed and well-produced dramas I have always enjoyed a good fight scene. It wasn?t long after I became hooked at that particular show ...
Ray Harryhausen turned 90 years old this year. While watching The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, the style of the film and the wonderful special effects by Ray Harryhausen are instantly recognisable. Their rival on the quest is the evil Koura, who has ...
the Flying Saucers is indubitably mindless, but still a lot of fun. Assisted by his secretary-turned-wife Carol (Joan Taylor), Russ monitors the activity of recent launches that are inexplicably being destroyed as if they were shot down from space. Despite the space ...
The first movie I've ever seen of Ray Harryhausen's was Jason and the Argonauts which, as a tradition, used to play during the holidays, like on Thanksgiving. Safe to say, I was an instant fan ever since.For anyone who ...
A major tool in the cgi world is, perhaps surprisingly, animationconferences, festivals & Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), The Moving Picture Co (MPC), Dreamworks, etc. They also discuss topics useful to the industry suchas the future of software from the perspective of today's ...

The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad

This is one of Ray Harryhausen's best movies of all time. The genie (Richard Eyers) is a young boy who is both charming and helpful, ready to help Sinbad get out of dire straights on the Island of the Cyclops.Thoroughly ...

Monster Movies

The HostWhere most monsters like to hide in the shadows until near the end of the movie, this giant tadpole pops out the water and runs around in broad daylight almost as soon as the movie has started, confusing the fleeing victims ...