Kester Pelagius
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NERO
05/29/08 10:07:46 | 0 Comments
SYNOPSIS Twilight falls over ancient Rome as the boy Nero is caught up in political machinations beyond his control during the reign of mad Emperor Caligula. With his father murdered Nero is separated from his exiled mother and sent to live as a slave on a farm. When Caligula is assassinated and Claudius crowned Emperor, Nero, now a teen, returns to a troubled Republic where he is reunited with his mother; the devious scheming... -
ODYSSEUS - VOYAGE TO THE UNDERWORLD
04/16/08 17:18:56 | 0 Comments
Last year when I reviewed the Sci-Fi original movie Sands of Oblivion I issued a plea to the Sci-Fi channel asking they "step away from these cheap horror productions for a while and get back to your SF roots. Give your producers and directors a chance to explore different frontiers of storytelling. Even a bit of tongue-in-cheek sword-and-sorcery... -
ATTACK OF THE 50' PEPLUMANIA! - PART 3
04/09/08 14:30:48 | 0 Comments
In Peplumania Part 2 I mentioned how Disc #12 of the Mill Creek Warriors 50-movie pack (of which most of the reviews in this series are based) appeared to suffer from a manufacturer's defect and I'd sent a e-mail to Mill Creek inquiring after the availability of a replacement disc, received an prompt and courteous reply, and would let you know... -
ATTACK OF THE 50' PEPLUMANIA! - PART 2
04/09/08 14:29:59 | 0 Comments
We left off in Part 1 talking about my recent purchase of Mill Creek's astounding Warriors 50 movie pack. .
It's chockablock full of cheesy sword-and-sandal flicks. However, as with most impulse buys, after discussing it online I found out that one of the DVDs
(there are 13 flippers in total in the set)...
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ATTACK OF THE 50' PEPLUMANIA! - PART 1
04/09/08 14:29:06 | 0 Comments
Sword-and-sandals movies, also known as peplums, are essentially low budget costume epics. The genre seems to have come into it's own in the late fifties to early sixties with Italy leading the legionnaire charge. These movies were the B-grade action thrillers of their day. Often noted for casting bodybuilders as the titular hero they also had dancing girls (often scantily clad) and dubbed dialogue that falls somewhere between terrible and ludicrous. They were finally supplanted as...
