Steel Dawn (1987)
This Lance Hool directed feature takes the classic theme of Alan Ladd’s Shane and crosses it with the post apocalyptic world of Mel Gibson’s Mad Max. Taking the lead role […]
Firewalker (1986)
The long shadow of Indiana Jones was still in vogue by the time this J. Lee Thompson effort hit the big screen. Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus who fronted Cannon […]
Silent Rage (1982)
Columbia pictures backed this Chuck Norris flick that takes parts of various genres and balls them up together and believe it or not, makes it work. That’s mainly due to […]
Enter the Ninja (1981)
Though I wasn’t old enough to see this or any of the other Ninja films that were surfacing at the dawn of the 1980’s, I do recall the trailers that […]
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 […]
Forgotten Action Titles For the VHS Fan
Every generation has their very own outlet for lower tier flicks aimed at the fans who love to wallow in less than stellar “A” list productions. MGM and the other […]
House of the Long Shadows (1983)
While the end result might not be what the cast and crew had hoped for, this just might be the greatest idea that Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus had while […]
Missing In Action ….. The Chuck Norris Trilogy
I seem to be going thru this phase where I am fondly recalling the VHS years and more specifically the films produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus that were subsequently released thru Cannon […]
Sahara (1983)
And the Razzie Award for Worst Performance by an Actor in a supporting role goes to ………. Brooke Shields! No fooling! Before going any further I’d like to point out […]
Bronson’s Loose Again : On The Set With Charles Bronson
By author Paul Talbot. I see the name Bronson on a book cover and out comes the credit card. Paul Talbot continues breaking down the career of one of cinema’s […]
Beautiful Faye Dunaway Captured in Movie Posters
With Faye at the TCM Fest this year now’s a good time to cast the light on some of her feature films. With a bit of luck and timing, perhaps […]
The Naked Face (1984)
“Roger Moore walks the tightrope of Terror.” I love those trailers from the past when they were narrated as opposed to today’s styles of coming attractions. Moore squeezed this murder […]
Trunk to Cairo (1966)
Years before Menahem Golan launched Cannon films specializing in many forms of exploitation cinema he directed this odd entry in the careers of both Audie Murphy and George Sanders. Rather […]
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
Pick a name actor. Richard Chamberlain. Sharon Stone. James Earl Jones. Cassandra Peterson or Henry Silva. When I say pick an actor it’s in reference to which one you feel […]
blu-ray Review … 10 to Midnight (1983)
My first blu ray purchase from Twilight Time. I for one have always thought this to be a top notch Charles Bronson thriller. Not quite a slasher film but awfully close with […]
Fifty / Fifty (1992)
If you know anything about Cannon Films who produced countless action films for both the theater and the straight to video age then you know the productions wavered between the […]
