Movies have had castaways stranded on so-called desert islands for decades before ABC’s “Lost” put it on the small screen, even there preceded decades before by CBS’s comedy favorite “Gilligan’s Island.” The top contenders in the island castaway movie category: Mysterious Island (1961). Escaped POW’s catch a Confederate balloon tethered near the prison yard and […]
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Kids love monsters. The problem many parents and caretakers face is that kids want to watch gory, graphically violent horror movies, especially when their friends are all talking about Jason, Chucky, Freddy or other horror movie stars. But there are other options for movies that are much more kid-friendly. Here are some movies that feature […]
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Dec
Dec
Honorable mention- Son of Kong (1933), King Kong Lives (1986), Gorilla at Large (1954) , Queen Kong (1976) 10. Konga (1961) Michael Gough stars as Dr. Charles Decker, a mad scientist who defies every law of nature by turning a tiny baby chimpanzee into a giant rampaging gorilla! This British answer to King Kong is […]
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May
May
After the worldwide success of Director/Producer Peter Jackson’s King Kong franchise rebirth (2005), it comes as no surprise that talks have been circulating of a second film of equally epic proportion. Movie rumor blog sites across the vast span of the Internet have recently exploded in a frenzied flutter of details on an upcoming flick […]