Five Cinematic Adaptions of King Arthur
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword directed by Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels) is just the latest in what has been a long Hollywood fascination with King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Consider the following. The Sword in the Stone (1963) This animated Disney classical musical concentrates […]
Five Fabulous Flicks Featuring Mystics
With Dr. Strange coming out Friday, (the buzz says that it’s the trippiest Marvel movie yet), inevitably the mind turns to other magicians, wizards, witches, and sorcerers supreme who’ve dazzled us on screen. As the following examples show mastering the Dark Arts is a veritable cinematic tradition. The Wizard of Oz (1939) This technicolor, musical-comedy-drama-fantasy, […]