John Saxon (1935-2020)
Just got the news while watching a Boetticher/Scott western. John Saxon is gone. Another actor I’ve been following since childhood and there aren’t too many left that I can say […]
Recommendations For TCM’s Summer Under the Stars …. August 2020 …. Part 1
Each year the month of August brings the TCM Summer Under the Stars spotlight where 24 continuous hours are devoted to one actor or actress. Sure we get some of […]
Cannon For Cordoba (1970)
For this Mirisch Company Production, George Peppard and his trusty cigar, take center stage in what amounts to a western variation on The Guns of Navarone, The Dirty Dozen, The […]
Venom (1982)
This Piers Haggard thriller represents a shoot I’d loved to have witnessed as a fly on the wall. Better still, a snake coiled up in the corner. Seriously who wouldn’t […]
Death Wish II (1982)
Joining the world of sequels, Charles Bronson, returns to his most famous role of the 1970’s, a time when he was at the height of his box office powers. With […]
Marked Woman (1937)
Bette Davis takes center stage as a “Hostess” caught up in mob doings while Humphrey Bogart finds himself shedding his gangster persona to fight crime as a crusading district attorney […]
Barbarosa (1982)
From director Fred Schepisi, comes this engaging western co-produced by the two lead actors, Willie Nelson and Gary Busey. Not only is it an engaging film with the magic of […]
Lon Chaney Jr. In the Movies : From A to Z
Looking back, Lon Chaney Jr, is one of those actors I discovered more through books than I did actual movies as a child. What I mean by that are the […]
Bird of Paradise (1932)
On a tropical island paradise, Joel McCrea, is to meet one of the screen’s greatest beauties, Dolores Del Rio, in a King Vidor directed pre-code effort that features scenes and […]
June 2020 In Review
While I can’t speak for the rest of you who drop in on occasion, my movie viewing dropped back to it’s normal output now that I’m back to work full […]
