Author: Michael Sellers
Legend of Tarzan — Analysis by Demos Sachlas
The Legend of Tarzan: Analysis by Demos Sachlas In the original novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, it was Tarzan’s father who was commissioned by the British Colonial Office to travel […]
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Legend of Tarzan: Major Divide Opens Between Critics and Audience
Opening day isn’t quite over yet, but it’s already abundantly clear that while for most films there is a strong correlation between critics response and audience response — not so […]
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Legend of Tarzan Review by Blaine Burgin
MY review of Legend of Tarzan: I saw this movie last night by myself, and will be going again tonight. Tonight, I am taking family members with me, so they […]
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Legend of Tarzan Review by Martin Powell
THE LEGEND OF TARZAN A Review By Martin Powell I don’t remember ever being introduced to Tarzan of the Apes. Seems that I’ve known him all my life, probably from […]
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Legend of Tarzan Box Office Results: $8.5M Friday, Projects to $23M thru Sunday
UPDATE 2:30 PM FRIDAY. This from Deadline Hollywood — first projections based on matinees back east. Think of this as exit poll numbers. Disney/Pixar’s Finding Dory is ruling No. 1 with an […]
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Review of Legend of Tarzan by Leia Barret Durham Powell
Review by Leia Barret Durham Powell Last night, my husband Martin and I boarded a bus-full of die-hard Edgar Rice Burroughs fans (ECOF 2016) to attend an advanced screening of […]
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Cinemablend Review of Legend of Tarzan: “Romantic, Exotic, Dramatic”
A romantic, exotic, dramatic, bold and exciting revitalization of the Tarzan story, steeped heavily in the lore created by novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs….it’s the movie’s inherent, authentic Old Hollywood feel […]
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Time Magazine: Legend of Tarzan “Revisionist, Anachronistic, Weird and Beautiful”
Sections of this film are so imaginative, and so lovely, that they deserve our open-heartedness, not our scorn. Excerpt So what are we supposed to do with Tarzan, now that […]
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Parade Review of Legend of Tarzan: A Rollicking Tale of Adventure, Romance, and Eye Candy
Director David Yates, who made his bones with all four movies of the Harry Potter franchise, works with all the tools in his impressive kit—and what must have been every […]
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Illinois Times: Yates’ Tarzan A Rousing, Moving Success (a reviewer who gets it)
by Chuck Koplinski Legendary film producer Darryl Zanuck once said, “The secret to success in Hollywood is giving the public what it wants before it knows it wants it.” In […]
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Chicago Reader Review: Legend of Tarzan Makes a Strong Case for Reinvention
The tale of the man raised by apes has been told ad nauseam, yet David Yates, who directed the last four Harry Potter movies, makes a strong case, visually and […]
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Chicago Daily Herald: New Tarzan Swings as Relationship Drama, Adventure (3.5/5 Stars)
It’s a romance, a bromance, a show-mance and a go-go-go-mance. Just when you thought we didn’t need another adventure based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ king of the jungle, David Yates’ […]
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Houston Press Review of Legend of Tarzan — “At last, a Hollywood reimagining witha point!”
At last, a Hollywood reimagining with a point. David Yates’ two-fisted pulp-studies spree The Legend of Tarzan doesn’t just update Edgar Rice Burroughs’ white-boy jungle-bro for our age of heightened […]
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CNN: “Fresh”* Review for Legend of Tarzan
*(The review is mixed but is rated “fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes”) …. In some respects “Legend of Tarzan” is a step up from previous adaptations. It’s more fun than “Greystoke: […]
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NY Times Gives Legend of Tarzan a Favorable Review
“The Legend of Tarzan” has a whole lot of fun, big-screen things going for it — adventure, romance, natural landscapes, digital animals and oceans of rippling handsome man-muscle. Its sweep […]
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Legend of Tarzan and the Critics: Welcome to Life in the Arena
Fans of Edgar Rice Burroughs had a grand moment Tuesday night when they screened David Yates’ Legend of Tarzan at Warner Bros. Studios and discovered that after the longest of waits, […]
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Hollywood Reporter: Box Office Predictions for Legend of Tarzan are Inching Upward Toward $35M
Here’s a bit of good news that got buried in the Rotten Tomatoes quickstep today. A month ago the over/under index for Legend of Tarzan’s opening weekend box office was somewhere in […]
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Nerdvana Review of Legend of Tarzan — Nice Thumbs Up!
There hasn’t been a live-action Tarzan film in almost two-decades, quite a drought for a franchise that has produced over fifty films in the past century. But regardless of the […]
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Film Geek Guy Review of Legend of Tarzan
‘The Legend of Tarzan‘ strangely feels like a comic book movie. As something that really wants to take itself seriously in all its gloominess, it mostly works when it wants […]
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Legend of Tarzan: Deadline Hollywood Review
Deadline Hollywood, often a pretty hostile place, has reviewed Legend of Tarzan favorably and seems to get what David Yates was going for. Here are some highlights and a link. […]
