13th warrior

Notebook Reviews: THE 13TH WARRIOR

John Mc Tiernan – 1999. John McTiernan‘s The 13th Warrior is not as bad as its troubled production would lead you to believe. This adaptation of Michael Crichton‘s novel, Eaters of the Dead is an entertaining Viking action film [...]

September 7, 2021

John McTiernan’s THE 13TH WARRIOR Is A Forgotten Curiosity

John McTiernan‘s 1999 release, The 13th Warrior has become something of a forgotten curiosity. Based on Michael Crichton‘s 1976 novel Eaters Of The Dead, the film preceded the glut of medieval epics that followed in the wake of The Lord [...]

June 7, 2020

20 Years Later: 1999 Was One Of The Greatest Film Years Ever!

Sometimes the stars just align and greatness arrives all at once. Maybe it was because a lot of great filmmakers hit their stride (David Fincher, M.Night Shymalan, Spike Jonze etc) or just pre-millennium fear, but 1999 saw a lot of great movies land [...]

January 3, 2019