The Indiana Jones series, based on cliffhanging movie serials, pits our hero against enemy armies as he tries to save sacred artifacts from dire misuse.  In the first three movies, Jones rescues unique magic items from the Old Testament, Hindu, and New Testament mythos (these are in the most recent Dungeons and Dragons expansion set, I believe).  ( Read more... )

One of Napoleon's soldiers becomes entranced by a spectral woman.  He follows her to the looming castle of a crumbling baron.  There he uncovers a mystery containing an old romance, murder, revenge, witchcraft, madness, and shifting identity.  It sounds like a perfect vehicle for a young Jack Nicholson.  Or at least that's what director Roger ( Read more... )

Filmmakers have had a hard time adapting the supernatural horror of H.P. Lovecraft to the screen.  On the page the stories are wordy, evoking dread through accumulated verbiage, with Cyclopean vistas and eldritch tomes and all manner of unspeakable dread.  Trying to convey these feelings in a visual medium falls short, and having characters speak ( Read more... )