Adventure Movies

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

The Strongest (1929) movie review: The first feature (co-)directed by Alf Sjöberg is a visually splendid Arctic adventure that moves at glacial speed.

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

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

Midnight Madness (1928) movie review: One hour of unadulterated fluff fails to justify the titillating title. Clive Brook and Jacqueline Logan star.

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…

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

John Carter of Mars: Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins in the box office bomb John Carter. March 20 update: Disney has announced that John Carter‘s disappointing box office returns means…

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…

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

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

Avatar records at the domestic box office have been mostly restricted to specific subcategories like Best Weekend no. 3.

The Wild Women of Wongo (1958) movie review: You’ll enjoy it if you focus on what truly matters: Beautiful physiques and the overall weirdness.

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

The Poverty Row jungle flick Nabonga lacks thrills and logic, but it features curious cast members Buster Crabbe and Julie London.

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

In the memorable Sparrows, silent era icon Mary Pickford meets Jesus while fighting the evils of child trafficking. They don’t make them like they used to.

Africa-set operetta Golden Dawn has something to offend, amuse and/or bore everyone. Sweating his black makeup away, Noah Beery is standout.

The Golden Compass movie box office: Chris Weitz’s costly fantasy adventure bombs in the domestic market, but is an overseas blockbuster.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets box office: During Oscar season, domestic audiences opted for critically panned Nicolas Cage vehicle.

Meet the Robinsons’ eccentric characters are key a reason for the enjoyment of Disney’s (Pixar-influenced) futuristic family adventure comedy.

King Kong 2005. The biggest disappointment about Peter Jackson’s King Kong is that, despite all the p.r. regarding Jackson’s fascination with the Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack 1933…

As the embodiment of boredom, Bill Murray sinks Wes Anderson’s meandering all-star maritime mis-adventure The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

A first-rate Tom Hanks learns no one is indispensable in Cast Away, Robert Zemeckis’ adventure flick exalting the Triumph of the Human Spirit nonsense.