Death Ship (1980)
“This old ship seems to have a life of it’s own” This Canadian made production has always been one of those low budget terrors that I love to revisit. I […]
Paul Newman In the Movies : From A to Z
I’ve settled on Paul Newman as the first actor to be featured in my new A to Z series and I’ve narrowed it down to three reasons. First is the […]
Casting Suggestions For The Apparent Remake of The Dirty Dozen
Every so often news of a remake splashes the headlines of some Hollywood trade paper and most recently Variety had a news break that David Ayer has been hired by […]
Uninvited (1988)
If you’re at all familiar with the directing career of Greydon Clark then you should have a good handle on just what to expect in this thriller starring a trio […]
Ministry of Vengeance (1989)
Here’s another remnant left to us action fans from the VHS era starring a former TV heartthrob and a parcel of well known faces who were still working and looking […]
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 […]
The Gambler (1974)
With James Caan having just solidified his association with the gangster film via The Godfather as Sonny Corleone, he’s well suited to his role here as the gambler in over […]
Uncommon Valor (1983)
Well before Chuck Norris’ Braddock and Sly Stallone’s Rambo decided to go back to Vietnam and rescue the men left behind in POW camps ten years after the United States […]
When Bronson Met Boone On Have Gun Will Travel … Part 2
Before Richard Boone had found his most identifiable character, Paladin, on Have Gun Will Travel he had headlined an earlier television show called Medic from 1954 to 1956. Here he […]
