Tag: The Mummy (2017)

Tut-Tut-Tut Part I: A Tale of Two Mummies

Tut-Tut-Tut Part I: A Tale of Two Mummies

October 6, 2017 | By

Reviews of two mummy tales: Tom Cruise’s disastrous The Mummy (2017) from Universal + ITV’s excellent mini-series Tutankhamun / The Mummy of Tutankhamun (2016).

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BR: Mummy, The (2017)

BR: Mummy, The (2017)

October 6, 2017 | By

When Stephen Sommers pitched to Universal’s studio brass his vision to reinvigorate their classic monsters into a new franchises, he hit gold with The Mummy (1999), a boisterous and blatant homage of sorts to Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) that benefited from high energy, broad humour, and the buddy-buddy pairing of a male and female leads…

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