The Killer Elite (1975)
Espionage and San Francisco replace hardened outlaws and Mexico for this Sam Peckinpah effort that once again sees the director assemble a first rate cast for more slow motion blood […]
Quick Change (1990)
“What’s so memorable about a clown stealing a million dollars?” Considering that clown is Bill Murray under the make up who has surrounded himself with a winning team of actors […]
The Crimson Tide (1995)
I may not be old enough to recall the days when the likes of Gable and Bogart had new movies in theater houses but I am old enough to recall […]
Cabo Blanco (1980)
I like to refer to this movie as “the lost Charles Bronson film.” The first reason I can come up with is that wayyyy back when I was a kid […]
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
It’s hard to come up with a better vehicle to showcase the on screen chemistry of cinema icons Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas than the tale of Wyatt Earp and […]
Robbery (1967)
Mike’s Take on Stanley Baker Movies ….. Part 2 Based on a true life incident, this Stanley Baker thriller was also one of those titles that he scored a producer […]
The War Between Men and Women (1972)
Comedy writer and director Melville Shavelson takes a stab at an uneven mixture of comedy and an odd sense of style with Jack Lemmon as the central figure in this […]
Raise the Titanic (1980) Jason Robards Run Day 5
When Lord Grade made the decision to bring Clive Cussler’s best selling novel to the screen he made the logical decision of hiring Jerry Jameson to handle the directing chores. […]
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967) Jason Robards Run Day 4
From low budget two day fodder for AIP to 20th Century Fox, Roger Corman finally was given the keys to a bigger production number and a cast of over 20 […]
Inherit the Wind (1988) Jason Robards Run Day 3.
Jason Robards as Henry Drummond and Kirk Douglas as Matthew Brady. These two fine actors have big shoes to fill. If you’ve ever seen the excellent 1960 version of the […]
Hour of the Gun (1967) Jason Robards Run Day 2.
If given the chance to star in a version of the O.K Corral tale I’d like to think an actor would jump all over the Doc Holliday character though they’d […]
Comes a Horseman (1978) Jason Robards Run. Day 1
One could almost subtitle this film The Ballad of the Three J’s. Jane Fonda, James Caan and Mr. Jason Robards. It’s a tale of greed mixed with a pure hatred […]
Spotlighting Jason Robards Beginning September 2nd.
For 5 consecutive days I’m going to going to look at some films featuring an actor I never really liked much while growing up. Perhaps it’s because many of the […]
A Promise is a Promise (Once Upon a Time…..)
My Number 2 Son is in grade 11 and has a movie class on his schedule. Where was this choice when I was in high school? I so badly want […]
