Roy Thomas Archives

Fire and Ice (1983)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 25, 2002Sword and Sorcery/Animation

Animator Ralph Bakshi collaborates with fantasy illustrator Frank Frazetta to make a fine and underrated sword and sorcery film that comes with a vigour that puts in the best spirit of Robert E. Howard

Director: Ralph Bakshi

Actors: Steve Sandor, Leo Gordon, William Ostrander

Category: Fantasy

25 August 20021 February 2026 by Roog

Conan the Destroyer (1984)

Rating: ★★

May 31, 2001Sword and Sorcery

This sequel to Conan the Barbarian makes the mistake of watering the primal brutalism down to a PG rating and what results ends up being a pedestrian comic-book adventure

Director: Richard Fleischer

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Olivia D'Abo, Tracey Walter, …

Category: Fantasy

31 May 20014 May 2026 by Roog

Man-Thing (2005)

Rating: ★★

Sep 9, 2007Marvel Comics Adaptation/Creature in the Swamps

The bastard child among the spate of pre-MCU Marvel Comics adaptations during the mid-2000s, a film based on their swamp-dweller that throws out most of the comic-book

Director: Brett Leonard

Actors: Matthew Le Nevez, Jack Thompson, Rachael Taylor, Alex O'Loughlin, …

Category: Horror

9 September 20076 August 2026 by Roog

Ghost Rider (2007)

Rating: ★★½

Mar 26, 2007Comic-Book Avenger/Demonic Superhero

Film adaptation of Marvel Comics' demon superhero emerges as better than it had the right to be. The risibility of the image of a motorcycle-riding demon hero is made to work through some vivid and way-out effects

Director: Mark Steven Johnson

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Peter Fonda, Wes Bentley, …

Category: Fantasy

26 March 200722 February 2026 by Roog

Morbius (2022)

Rating: ★★

May 28, 2022Marvel Comics Vampire

Sony’s attempts to wring everything possible from the Spider-Man copyright in order to compete with the MCU continue with this film devoted to the Spider-Man vampire villain

Director: Daniel Espinosa

Actors: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, …

Category: Horror

28 May 202221 March 2024 by Roog

Red Sonja (2025)

Rating: ★★

Sep 19, 2025Warrior Woman/Sword and Sorcery

Following the disastrous Brigitte Nielsen film, a new version of Robert E. Howard’s Amazonian warrior woman finally emerges here from the people behind the revivals of Hellboy and the Jason Momoa starring Conan

Director: M.J. Bassett

Actors: Matilda Lutz, Robert Sheehan, Luca Pasqualino, Rhona Mitra, …

Category: Fantasy

19 September 202513 September 2026 by Roog