Tag Archives: Ray Harryhausen

Double Feature: The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)/Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

Posted on December 22, 2013 at 1:33 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

When I was a child, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) were one and the same – a four-hour Sinbad miniseries, with all the islands, wizards, beautiful girls, and Ray Harryhausen … Continue reading →

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Clash of the Titans (1981)

Posted on November 17, 2013 at 9:55 am by Jeff Kuykendall

So yesterday I went to Thor: The Dark World (2013), and – probably because I had just re-watched 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) that morning, I was particularly struck by how far special effects have come, how casually sophisticated … Continue reading →

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Mysterious Island (1961)

Posted on November 30, 2011 at 5:09 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Since I just covered 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), this naturally leads us into Mysterious Island (1961), the film adaptation of Jules Verne’s sequel, which follows up on the fate of Captain Nemo and his Nautilus. Eventually. In the … Continue reading →

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