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1. The Future of Weird Tales Magazine: (Press Releases); ... It launched the careers of such authors as H.P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, and Robert E. Howard; even Tennessee Williams made his first sale at Weird Tales. The original magazine folded in 1954, but ...; Created on 21 October 2011
2. Marcus Nispel’s Conan the Barbarian - a one dimensional movie in 3D: (Fantasy films); ... brutal as this is asking for brutal honesty, so here goes: Marcus Nispel’s Conan the Barbarian is a mind-numbingly awful film and an insult to the memory of Conan creator Robert E. Howard. I have no doubt ...; Created on 24 August 2011
3. Ridley Scott and the BBC to adapt The Man in the High Castle: (Science fiction TV); ... and Nazi Germany are also deftly handled, as Goebbels's Operation Dandelion plots to launch a nuclear attack upon the Japanese Archipelago Home Islands. The cultural interplay between Robert Childan, an ...; Created on 09 October 2010
4. Solomon Kane: the best fantasy adventure not coming to a cinema near you: (Fantasy films); ... Although the plot of Bassett’s adaptation bears no relation to any of Conan creator Robert E. Howard's stories, Bassett has captured their spirit remarkably well. What he has crafted is an origin story ...; Created on 14 July 2010
5. Iron Man 2 review: Robert Downey Jr.'s excellent comic adventure: (Science fiction films); By now you may have read some negative early reviews of Iron Man 2, the sequel to Marvel Comics' first Iron Man movie starring the inimitable Robert Downey Jr. Empire claimed the sequel felt "inessential, ...; Created on 29 April 2010
6. Harrison Ford to join Cowboys and Aliens: (Science fiction films); ... book for DreamWorks and Universal. While Robert Downey Jr. was initially in talks to star as Zeke Jackson (a former Union Army gunslinger), Daniel Craig took on the role instead due to scheduling conflicts ...; Created on 07 April 2010
7. New Iron Man 2 featurette: (Fantasy films); ... Stark (Robert Downey Jnr) and includes interviews with the two actors, Scarlett Johannson, who plays Natasha Romnoff, aka Black Widow, and director Jon Favreau. At the conclusion of Iron Man, Tony ...; Created on 30 March 2010
8. Solomon Kane about to unleash bloody mayhem across the UK: (Fantasy films); ... year, including early reviews of the movie on its premier at the Toronto International Film Festival and a look at the stories by Robert E. Howard on which the film is loosely based: Solomn Kane, Redemption ...; Created on 18 February 2010
9. Solomon Kane, Redemption and White Supremacy: (Fantasy films); ... We haven't yet had a chance to see the movie, but I have taken the opportunity to revisit the stories by Robert E. Howard on which the movie is based, stories I first came across in my teens (many ...; Created on 19 January 2010
10. Solomon Kane: a dark and bloody triumph?: (Fantasy films); ... have generally been positive. Fans, as you might expect, are considerably more enthusiastic than some in the "official" press, but that is only to be expected. Based on Robert E. Howard's pulp fiction ...; Created on 22 September 2009
11. In defence of Marcus Nispel, newly crowned director of Conan: (Fantasy films); ... fair, as Brett Ratner’s fall from the throne back in May went unmentioned on this site, even though I was never enthusiastic about Ratner (X-Men: The Last Stand) taking the reins of Robert E. Howard’s ...; Created on 16 June 2009
12. By Crom! Brett Ratner to direct new Conan movie?: (Fantasy films); ... and Thomas Dean Donnelly have steeped themselves in Robert E. Howard's classic tales of the 1930s for their inspiration. Word is that Ratner was so taken by their script that we can pretty much take his ...; Created on 09 November 2008
13. Robert Downey Jr. signs on for Iron Man 2, 3 and The Avengers: (Fantasy films); In addition to signing on for a repeat performance as the brilliant billionaire Tony Stark in Iron Man 2, Variety reports that Robert Downey Jr. has now also agreed to star in Iron Man 3 and another Marvel ...; Created on 30 October 2008
14. Pathfinder (2007): a Viking epic that strays from the path but doesn't entirely lose its way: (Fantasy films); ... of Frank Frazetta and Robert Howard's gory fantastical art; the action is typically superb and well choreographed. It has something of the comic book look of 300 but lacks its directorial or cinematographic ...; Created on 28 January 2008
15. Beowulf: (Fantasy films); Beowulf, directed by Robert Zemeckis, will hack a bloody swathe through our cinemas this November. The latest in a long and otherwise uninspiring string of adaptations of the epic Anglo Saxon poem, ...; Created on 15 September 2007
16. Best/worst film adaptation of a literary work?: (Science fiction books); ... and Children of Dune by Frank Herbert Conan the Barbarian (John Milius director) based on Robert E. Howard's stories (yes, I'm serious) Excalibur (John Boorman director) based on Le Morte D'Arthur ...; Created on 24 April 2007