The recent adaptation does little to deviate itself from the Disney’s classic 1991 telling.
Tarzan
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The Tarzan Collection Starring Jock Mahoney and Mike Henry
For Mahoney, that’s 1962’s Tarzan Goes to India and 1963’s Tarzan’s Three Challenges. He may have been a fine father to actress Sally Field, but he makes for one dull Tarzan. This pair of adventures is notable for getting the character out of Africa and into Asia, yet only the latter sojourn is worth watching […]
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Zorro: The Complete Series
As someone whose bookshelf still contains the Penguin Classics edition of Johnston McCulley’s 1919 novel, “The Curse of Capistrano,” as well as a hardback of Isabel Allende’s 2005 “Zorro,” I’m drawn to many adaptations of Mexico’s mysterious, masked rider, no matter the medium. Although it lasted four seasons, Family Channel’s early-’90s television series is not […]