No Escape (1994)
Directed by Martin Campbell, this futuristic prison flick comes at you as a big scale entertainment that is a cross between a jungle warfare movie, Papillon and Escape From New York. […]
Now Playing August 17th, 1977
Under the circumstances of Burt Reynold’s passing, the time seems appropriate for joining me in a look back to the week that was when Burt was KING at the box […]
Cyborg 2087 (1966)
If you’re a fan of sixties sci-fi and fantasy television then you’d be hard pressed not to enjoy this Arthur C. Pierce penned tale of time travel. Felt like I […]
Gary Busey … A Man of Action
Long before Gary Busey became a media punchline he was a pretty damned good actor. Back in the early 1970’s he apprenticed opposite some well known actors like Robert Ryan […]
Sequel Fever …. The Part 3 Poster Gallery.
With the advent of home video, any film that seemed to break even at the box office was destined to have not just a part 2 but the full trilogy […]
McLintock! (1963)
Rather than focus on the naysayers who take offence to this Duke flick and the reasons why, I’m sticking to my guns here and the fact that I love to […]
Violent Playground (1958)
Mike’s Take on Stanley Baker Movies ……….. Day 11 “Kids don’t walk no more. They roll.” It’s hard not to think of the 1955 Glenn Ford/Richard Brooks hit, Blackboard Jungle […]
Cannon Fodder….. A Trio of Golan / Globus Productions
Do we have a studio nowadays that will leave a lasting memory for today’s audiences as they look backwards in twenty years? A studio that mass produced a large number of schlocky films […]
TCM Festival 2016 ; The Movies Part 2
No fire alarms to speak of over the next two days worth of movies. Just plenty of friendly fans waiting in the lines and sitting in on a few conversations […]
Scavenger Hunt (1979)
It’s a free for all when Vincent Price dies over the opening credits of this low brow comedy sending his money hungry relatives on a madcap race to accumulate as […]
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
I revisited this poke at the Arnold image recently for the first time in many years and while I got a good laugh and chuckle in the intended places I […]
Commando (1985)
I for one love to go back and relive the enjoyment of the action films of my youth. With this Arnold Schwarzenegger title comes the film that one could make […]
The Last Vegas Quartet
I finally got around to watching Last Vegas. It’s a movie that struck me as being tailor made as a variation on The Hangover for the older generation. The film […]
The True Adventures of the World’s Greatest Stuntman
By Vic Armstrong with Robert Sellers I had no idea who Vic Armstrong was when I picked up this book. Now I do and I am so glad I took […]
