[6] John Wayne stars as a crotchety loner cowboy who goes in search of the gang who kidnapped his grandson. Big Jake is not a serious western. It’s more of a nostalgic love letter to old big-studio westerns. Sometimes that love undercuts the drama. Even though a boy’s kidnapping is what spurs the characters into action, they begin their adventure like a trip to Disney …
[4] In this Sinbad adventure, the famed sailor is trying to wed a princess (imagine that), but can’t get her brother’s blessing until he reverses an evil spell that turned the brother into a baboon. The story isn’t much, but at least it throws in several new Ray Harryhausen stop-motion creations, including a saber-toothed tiger, a giant walrus, and some banshees. I enjoyed disparate parts …
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