Extraordinary Adventure 74 There is a scene in House of Flying Daggers where Jin, played by Andy Lau, is being attacked by one of “the general’s” men. He is armed only with a bow and arrow and there is no good shot because his attacker is carrying a shield big enough to hid his entire [...]

Extraordinary Adventure 75 Let’s take just a minute here to talk about Brendan Fraser. He really is quite the anomaly among Hollywood actors. He seems, in certain movies, to possess a degree of movie star swagger and bravado, yet his true persona seems to be somewhere on the level of Encino Man. He seems to [...]

Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion animated effects elevate a hodgepodge of Greek mythology to high art. Or at least high adventure.

Extraordinary Adventure 77 Near the end of The Maltese Falcon there is a famous line spoken by Humphrey Bogart. Throughout the movie everyone had been on the hunt for something called The Maltese Falcon (not to be confused with the somewhat more exciting Millenium Falcon), no the Maltese falcon was (disappointingly) just a sculpture of [...]

A young man is kidnapped by order of his uncle, shipwrecked, and forced to fight a bagpipe duel to save his life. In the end, he comes out on top, and we’re left with a vague fear of uncles.