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Secondhand Reviews: "John Carter"82

Secondhand Reviews: "John Carter"

Rated PG-13 for action violence. If the film had been an accurate reflection of the bloody nature of the source material novel, it would have been a very hard "R". * * * * * * * * * * Only once in a very great while while do...

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John Carter of Mars79

John Carter of Mars

The glorious science fiction and fantasy opened new horizons: broad open spaces, alien landscapes, super powers, rocket ships of grandeur, extraterrestrial villains and much more. The sky used to be the limit for the imagination of an author. But now, they could travel a million galaxies the very edges of the universe (if there was an edge). It is in this milieu that a new hero was born in February 1912. The hero is John Carter of Mars. And his creator was the formidable Mr. Edgar Rice Burroug

7 comments    books film disney
Truly Blank Verse80

Truly Blank Verse

Truly Blank Verse I am not at all what might be considered a fan of poetry. Oh, don’t get me wrong; I read, and read voraciously. I consume mounds of magazines with rigorous, some might say rabid, regularity (as long as they are not People...

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100 Years of Tarzan78

100 Years of Tarzan

Tarzan was created 100 years ago by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Burroughs was born in 1875 Chicago, the son of a Civil War veteran and successful businessman George Burroughs. His mother’s name was Mary. He spent much of his youth on a relative’s...

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Tarzan - on the Screen76

Tarzan - on the Screen

A Visual History of Tarzan in the Movies

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100th Anniversary of John Carter: Best Books Made Into Films: A Princess of Mars and Barsoom76

100th Anniversary of John Carter: Best Books Made Into Films: A Princess of Mars and Barsoom

Most known for his Tarzan series and the movies, animation, and television series that followed from them, Edgar Rice Burroughs was first a science fiction/futurist author at the beginning of the 20th century...

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The Lost Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs75

The Lost Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs

The February 1912 issue of pulp magazine All-Story has it’s place in the history of SF/Fantasy literature, it featured the professional fiction-writing debut of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

16 comments    fantasy book adventure
Review: John Carter75

Review: John Carter

Disney sure knows how to make some beautiful movies, and now with John Carter they know how to make a great movie. John Carter is a book to film adaptation on one of the greatest stories that helped pave the way for movies like Star Wars and Avatar....

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If You Liked Avatar, Here Are More Books and Movies You May Enjoy73

If You Liked Avatar, Here Are More Books and Movies You May Enjoy

Fans of James Cameron's "Avatar" may also like these science fiction movies and books.

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Film review: John Carter71

Film review: John Carter

A review of the film John Carter.

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