Adventure Movies

Gunga Din (movie 1939): George Stevens’ adventure pays homage to British colonialism while revamping The Front Page. Cary Grant and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. star.

Solo: A Star Wars Story (movie 2018) review: Ron Howard adventure is kneecapped by The Force of (Disney’s) Corporate Pressure. Alden Ehrenreich and Emilia Clarke star.

Star Trek Beyond (movie 2016) review: Justin Lin’s action sci-fier is the new series’ most satisfying entry, but John Cho’s gay Sulu is a problem. Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto star.

Star Wars The Force Awakens: Negative Reviews Few But caustic as critics complain about blandness and lack of originality in J.J. Abrams film.

Boycott Star Wars: Episode VII Controversy: Waste of Time and Space as much ado about pointless, meaningless attempt to create heated Twitter debate.

The Cave of the Silken Web (movie 1927) review: Long thought lost Chinese blockbuster remains intriguing thanks to its focus on some fierce women.

Shirtless Kellan Lutz in The Legend of Hercules, with Gaia Weiss. Kellan Lutz Hercules movie: Zero percent Rotten Tomatoes approval rating Starring Kellan Lutz, best known as the hunky and…

Star Trek: Into Darkness with Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan. Star Trek: Into Darkness weekend box office: Downright disappointing domestic debut. J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek: Into Darkness, featuring Chris Pine as…

South (movie 1919) review: Explorer Ernest Shackleton and his landmark Antarctic expedition are depicted in beautiful and harrowing detail in this silent era documentary.

Actress Eve Brent, best remembered for playing Jane twice opposite Gordon Scott’s Tarzan, died August 27 of “natural causes” at Pacifica Hospital of the Valley in Sun Valley, Calif. She…

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides box office: Starring Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz, latest franchise entry about to become one of the biggest box office hits in film history.

Hop movie box office: Despite mostly negative reviews, Tim Hill’s fantasy adventure is doing good business, while Duncan Jones’ well-received thriller Source Code is not.

The Way Back movie box office: Peter Weir’s ‘inspirational’ adventure tale has turned out to be a commercial fiasco. Jim Sturgess stars.

Season of the Witch box office: Supernatural Nicolas Cage action-adventure is the Oscar winner’s latest commercial flop in the domestic market.

Gulliver’s Travels movie box office: Starring Jack Black, Rob Letterman’s costly version of Jonathan Swift’s classic novel is a domestic bomb.

Desert Nights: Enjoyable John Gilbert Sahara adventure dares to ask old philosophical question. Mary Nolan bathes naked and Ernest Torrence steals show.

Avatar vs. Titanic box office: Which record-breaking James Cameron epic has actually been the bigger blockbuster? Sam Worthington, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star.

Avatar box office breaking more records (as long as inflation is set aside). But what is truly the most successful movie ever made?

Land of the Lost Movie: Chaka, Will Ferrell and Arthur Conan Doyle plus Anna Friel and Danny McBride in reboot of cult TV series.

The Wild Women of Wongo (movie 1958) review: You’ll enjoy this title if you focus on what truly matters: Beautiful physiques and lotsa weirdness. Ed Fury and Johnny Walsh star.

Box office: Hellboy II and Journey to the Center of the Earth to become 2 of the the year’s most notable domestic underperformers.

Steven Spielberg’s latest Indiana Jones movie has become a major box office hit around the globe. Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf star.

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (movie 1925) review: MGM star Ramon Novarro delivers a charismatic performance in Fred Niblo’s still impressive silent era mega-blockbuster.

Sparrows (movie 1926) review: Silent era icon Mary Pickford meets Jesus while fighting the evils of child trafficking in William Beaudine’s memorable sentimental melodrama.