Ray Harryhausen’s Mysterious Island (1961)
Review of Ray Harryhausen’s classic version of Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island (1961), new on Blu from Twilight Time, plus thoughts on three perfect fantasy classics.
Tag: Jules Verne
The First Men (plus Woman) Go to the Moon + RKO
Lunar exploration are the feature attraction in Ray Harryhausen’s First Men in the Moon (1964) on Blu from Twilight Time and Byron Haskin’s From the Earth to the Moon (1958) on spectacular VHS + a bit on RKO Radio Pictures.
VHS: From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
Jules Verne’s eponymous novel and its sequel, Around the Moon, were fused into one screenplay that should’ve been fanciful and filled with plenty of political commentary on the military industrial complex, but being the second-last completed production by dying studio RKO, the film’s budget was reportedly cut down…
Journeys to the Center of the Earth
Reviews of two films in which characters go below the Earth’s surface: the 1959 classic adaptation of Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth and Mario Bava’s fun Hercules in the Haunted World (1961).
Jules Verne on Blu: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Review of Twilight Time’s new Blu-ray of Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), the best of the film versions based on Jules Verne’s classic escapist novel.
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