Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "King Kong"

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King Kong Lives * (1986, Brian Kerwin, Linda Hamilton, John Ashton) – Classic Movie Review 4659

In director John Guillermin’s unloved and unwanted 1986 sequel to his 1976 King Kong remake, the great ape Kong (Peter Elliott) is resuscitated after falling off the World Trade Center tower and falling into a coma […]

Nov, 16

The Son of Kong *** (1933, Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher, John Marston, Victor Wong, Lee Kohlmar, Ed Brady) – Classic Movie Review 4658

‘SEE! The cannibals! The earthquake! The sea serpent! The fighting monsters of ages past!’ It is irresistible, isn’t it? Probably the first monster movie sequel, it starts by announcing itself as ‘a serio-comic phantasy’. Producer Merian […]

Nov, 15

King Kong ***** (2005, Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis, Jamie Bell) – Classic Movie Review 412

Fresh from Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson had the chance to pay homage to the 1933 King Kong classic monster movie that he had adored all his life, and gleefully grabbed it with this loving […]

Nov, 16

King Kong *** (1976, Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange) – Classic Movie Review 411

There’s a huge monster, high adventure, tongue-in-cheek humour and even a dash of sex in director John Guillermin’s busy and conscientious but patchy and rather uninspired 1976 remake of the 1933 all-time great fantasy adventure […]

Nov, 16

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