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Mysterious Island, the thrilling 1961 adventure film, brings Jules Verne's fantastical vision to vivid life. As a sequel to Verne's classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the movie follows a daring group of Confederate prisoners who make a bold escape from captivity during the height of the Civil War by commandeering an enemy balloon. However, their bid for freedom takes an unexpected turn when strong winds blow them drastically off course, stranding them on an uncharted island filled with awe-inspiring wonders and spine-chilling horrors.

From Dynamite Entertainment The world's most famous super spy is back for another thrilling declassified case, as critically acclaimed and bestselling author Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Superman, Aliens, The Last God) celebrates the renowned multimedia superstar character's 70th anniversary in a new comic series! 007: For King and Country kicks off 70 years of 007 with an all-new, nail-biting Bond adventure like no other. Artist Giorgio Spalletta (Red Sonja) joins Johnson for another chapter in a tenure that ComicBook.com has said "perfectly captures Bond's voice." The series starts in April, in line with the 1953 original publication of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale. Accused of murder on British soil, James Bond is marked a traitor by his own government. M has sent the entire legion of 00 agents after 007 to stamp out what seems to be the ultimate betrayal. This leaves Bond on the run, with only 003 - Gwendolyn Gann - as his sole ally. Gann is presumed dead and al...

A publicity image from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) from the collection of  Ken Hulsey Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) interact during a fiery reunion between old flames in Paramount Pictures release Raiders of the Lost Ark. Ravenwood is in possession of the item Jones needs to locate the famed biblical relic that allegedly holds great power. He must acquire it quickly because Nazi agents aren't far behind.   With Adolf Hitler's Nazis rumoured to have pinpointed the secret resting place of the fabled Ark of the Covenant, the sacred artefact that holds the Ten Commandments, the U.S. government enlists the help of the American archaeologist, university professor, and man of adventure, Indiana Jones. Assumed to contain an unfathomable destructive force, Indiana travels to the dangerous mountains of Nepal, and then, to mysterious Cairo, where he teams up with his old flame, Marion, and his friend, Sallah. But, this is a frenzied race against tim...

Xena is a character from Robert Tapert's Xena: Warrior Princess. She first appeared in the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, before going on to appear in the Xena: Warrior Princess television series. Xena's adventures chronicle her fight against evil in a heavily fictionalized ancient Greece. In Hercules, she is depicted as a seductive but treacherous warlord. Further episodes of Hercules featured Xena during May sweeps, and chronicle her evolution from a villain to friend and ally of Hercules. In her own series, Xena set out to redeem her murderous past by fighting against tyranny and evil, and protecting the innocent and weak. Many of her adventures prior to the televised stories are revealed in flashback episodes. Conceived by Robert Tapert, Xena originally was supposed to die at the end of the episode Unchained Heart. However, the studio decided to expand the Hercules franchise, and Tapert chose Xena for a solo series. Xena was raised as the daughter of Cyrene and...

Liane, Jungle Goddess (German Liane, das Mädchen aus dem Urwald) is a 1956 West German film directed by Eduard von Borsody. An expedition discovers blonde 16 year-old Liane venerated by the native tribe in the African jungle and returns her to Hamburg where she is welcomed by her grandfather, ship tycoon Von Amelongen. His nephew Schoening, present head of the firm and prospective heir, tries all to stop his uncle from acknowledging her, including perjury, destruction of evidence, and finally resorting to murder. He dies in an accident driving his car into the river in his flight from the police. There is a subplot around a love quadrangle centered around Thoren, who is secretly loved by biologist Jacqueline who is in turn courted by Hungarian Tibor. Thoren plays paternal protector to Liane before succumbing to her youthful charm and returning with her to the jungle. - Rotten Tomatoes Powerful female. An early female superhero. Powerful and proud. From Femmecentric Yes, ...

From terrororstralis.com Sol Lesser, who produced seventeen Tarzan films between 1933 and 1958, had plans to produce a Sheena film as early as 1952, according to entertainment gossip in Quick magazine in September of that year. That project never came to fruition unfortunately, but plans to produce a Sheena movie didn't die. Somehow the Nassour Brothers acquired the rights to the Sheena film property but they eventually changed their minds and decided to make a television series instead. Twenty six episodes of Sheena Queen of the Jungle were filmed on a shoestring budget in the jungles of Mexico over a seven and a half month period in late 1955 and early 1956. The series was a joint production by Rodriguez Productions in Mexico and Nassour Studios, an American company run by two brothers. The series began screening in syndication while the crew were still filming in Mexico and Irish McCalla was a major star by the time she returned to California. Despite the show being a b...