This film is based on a novel by Anne Rice, best known for her vampire books. I think the story is intended to speculatively fill in a chronological hole in Jesus's childhood about which not much is said in the Bible. The result is a lot like an X-Men movie in which Jesus's superpowers begin to manifest themselves at the age of 7. His parents are frightened by their unusual son and urge him to refrain from using his supernatural…
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The Three Stooges Meet Hercules 1962
The Stooges play three idiots who work in a drug store in Ithaca, New York. Their next door neighbor is an inventor who's working on a time machine. Naturally, the Stooges can't keep their hands off the device, and as a result everyone ends up transported to ancient Ithaca, Greece. The result is a fun send-up of muscleman peplum films and ancient epics like Ben-Hur. I think the Three Stooges were a little past their prime at this point, so…
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Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze 1975
This '70s adventure flick, based on the popular action hero of 1930s and '40s pulp fiction, is a whole lot of fun. It's not an origin story; you're just expected to know who Doc Savage is and what his powers are. I didn't have a clue, and I doubt many viewers of the '70s would have known much about him either. From what I can tell, Savage is a superior athlete, a scientific genius, and seems to possess some knowledge…
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The Maltese Falcon 1941
Bogart is at his best in this classic proto-noir thriller. For a guy who played so many anti-heroes, his portrayal of Sam Spade may just be his anti-est. It's a joy to watch a movie with so many despicable yet magnetic characters. The rest of the cast is phenomenal as well, and the rapid-fire dialogue is some of the best of its era. If the film has a flaw, it may be that it's TOO talky. Would it have killed…
