The Shadow

Movies the giraffe watched in 2021: February (25 movies items)

"First viewing - Feb. 26th Tough to tell given the structure of this list, but I watched Dick Tracy first and chased it with The Shadow on this Friday night as a kind of old-school IP adaptations double-feature. I skipped both films when they were in theatres because I just didn't care about either one of them, though you'd think my dad might have dragged me to see them since he grew up with both characters. And of the two, I could just as well have gone on ignoring this one. It's entertaining"

Mustanaamio7's Movie Diary 2019 (251 movies items)

"9.7. 2019 The Shadow aka Lamont Cranston is a mysterious superhero living in the 1930s New York, and he must prevent his nemesis Shiwan Khan from exploding an atomic bomb and conquering the world. The plot works pretty well most of the time in spite of its oddities, and fortunately the film doesn't waste time on drawn-out scenes like many typical modern comic book films. CGI-effects are a little bit dated, but the director doesn't overuse them and they aren't really any worse than the effects i"

Favorite Action Films: 1994-1995 (49 movies items)

" Directed by: Russell Mulcahy Produced by: Martin Bregman, Willi Bear, and Michael Scott Bregman Written by: David Koepp Based on characters created by: Walter B. Gibson Cinematography: Stephen H. Burum Edited by: Peter Horness Music by: Jerry Goldsmith Distributed by: Universal Pictures"

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films: 1994-1995 (42 movies items)

" Directed by: Russell Mulcahy Produced by: Martin Bregman, Willi Bear, and Michael Scott Bregman Written by: David Koepp Based on characters created by: Walter B. Gibson Cinematography: Stephen H. Burum Edited by: Peter Horness Music by: Jerry Goldsmith Distributed by: Universal Pictures"