Now Playing August 9th, 1974
All aboard the time machine to 1974! Find a seat please! Strap on that seat belt and remember when we arrive in the year 1974 you’ll have to know which […]
Brannigan (1975)
“The Duke’s in London. God save the Queen!” This was the second of two mid 70’s flicks that put John Wayne into modern day shoot’em ups. The first being McQ […]
Now Playing December 14th, 1980.
Combing through a new to me road side antique shop netted me a couple of DVD’s for the movie room and thankfully while rummaging through the shop I came across […]
Day of the Animals (1977)
Brando’s Halloween Pick … aka …. Something Is Out There … aka … Future Animals A fine choice from my co-pilot here in the movie room, Brando the Weiner Dog, […]
Firefox (1982)
We’re back. Yes the Four Horseman of the Video Store Apocalypse, better known to our followers as the Video Store Action Heroes are taking on the popular topic of Planes, […]
Goliath and the Dragon (1960)
aka … Vengeance of Hercules Oscar winner for 1949’s All The King’s Men, Broderick Crawford, ventured overseas to the world of Peplum adventures and in the process gave audiences a […]
More of Those Novel Ideas for Promoting Movies
Never one to pass up on a chance to hunt down movie memorabilia my journeys take me to countless thrift shops and second hand stores. I usually circle the VHS […]
Sabata (1969)
With the arrival of Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars, the so called spaghetti western genre was born and would continue to evolve and bend the accepted way westerns were filmed, […]
A Total of 10 Mini-Movie Reviews From Mars … and some bonus footage to.
Considering I left for Mars, Pennsylvania on Thursday Morning and returned to Canada Sunday afternoon I’d say that sitting in on 10 movies is a pretty good scorecard overall. Not […]
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Like plenty of sequels, this Clint and Clyde follow up to Every Which Way But Loose has most of the old gang dropping in yet doesn’t quite measure up to […]
Hoodlum Empire (1952)
Directed by Joseph Kane for Herbert J. Yates’ Republic Pictures, this black and white crime drama features a large canvas of characters who all converge in the present and a […]
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
Considering this is an AIP production directed by cult fave Larry Cohen, I shudder to think just what we might find in these private files of the one time FBI […]
Slumming With Joan Collins …. A Triple Treat?
By the time Joan Collins became one of the biggest television stars in North America on Dynasty she had already been appearing in movies since the early 1950’s and was […]
Francis The Talking Mule (1949)
Brando’s Pick of the Month This Universal International production from house director Arthur Lubin launched the unlikely comedy of duo of Donald O’Connor and a Mule who just happened to […]
Robbers Roost (1955)
Born in Montana, George Montgomery, was well suited to the western during the decade of the 1950’s when the genre was at it’s zenith. This Sidney Salkow directed effort of […]
Looking Back at 2018 …. Where Does The Time Go?
Here I am a full 5 years into Mike’s Take On the Movies and hopefully still displaying a passion for classic movies from 1999 back to the silent era. I […]
