Robert E. Howard Movies
- 2010
James Purefoy stars as Solomon Kane, a wandering 16th century hero whose haunted past forces him to redeem himself by battling a growing evil in his homeland in this big-screen incarnation of Robert E. Howard's cloaked pulp character. Deathwatch's Michael J. Bassett directs from his own script, with Max von Sydow, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Alice Krige, and Mackenzie Crook co-starring. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, (more)
- 2010
The Conan property gets resurrected in this Marcus Nispel-directed Nu Image/Millennium production, with a script supplied by A Sound of Thunder's Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly. This will be a new start for Robert E. Howard's character, who was previously brought to life by Arnold Schwarzenegger in two films, as well as in a TV series in 1997. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
Brigitte Nielsen appears as warrior woman Sonja, who unites with a couple of other gladiator types (including Arnold Schwarzenegger) to overthrow the evil queen Gedren (Sandahl Bergman) and avenge the deaths of Sonja's family. This story descends from the writings of Robert E. Howard (author of Conan). ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, (more)
