The character of Emmanuelle, first introduced by Emmanuelle Arsan in her 1967 erotic novel has been adapted several times of the years, most famously in a series of 1970s films starring Sylvia Kristel in the starring role of a young sexpot giving in to amorous, and often anonymous, sexual escapades with strangers.
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Giving off strong Disney Channel TV-movie vibes, 2004’s D.E.B.S. offers a campy teen spy story most notable for its central Romeo and Juliet star-crossed lovers romance being set between two young women on opposite sides of the law. Sara Foster stars as Amy Bradshaw, the star pupil at the clandestine academy for young women (recruited from secret SAT questions designed to uncover those with the aptitude for espionage) training them in Discipline, Energy, Beauty, and Strength.
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Director MJ Bassett‘s Red Sonja is a bit of a mixed bag that makes several decisions about Sonja and her world that drastically limit the character’s effectiveness on-screen. The first choice is to offer a tragic origin story but somehow not allow for Sonja’s communion with a god granting her the fighting skills necessary to take her revenge until the end of the movie. The choice leaves Sonja a capable warrior for much of the film but far short of the larger-than-life She-Devil with a Sword who has entranced readers for more than 50 years.
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50 years after its release, Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story takes a look back at Steven Spielberg‘s Jaws examining the troubled production, its immediate box office success, and the film’s lasting legacy 50 years later. Director Laurent Bouzereau uses both new and archival interview footage from cast and crew to take us through the years from the publishing of Peter Benchley‘s novel, which inspired the film, to how the film is revered today.
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For a long time co-writer/director John Boorman‘s 1981 film was, for many, the definitive take of Arthurian legend on film. In the four plus decades since, Excalibur feels a bit forgotten. Shot entirely on location in Ireland, the film won immediate acclaim for its viaual style, costume design, and cinematography. Cast with mostly unknowns (with a couple of notable exceptions) the film adapts Thomas Malory‘s Le Morte d’Arthur covering Arthur from conception through death.
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