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 […]
Messenger of Death (1988)
“Someday I’d like a part where I can lean my elbow against a mantlepiece and have a cocktail.” That quote credited to legendary tough guy Charles Bronson has always been […]
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)
aka … Night of the Dark Full Moon … aka Deathouse … ( that’s the name on the print I located and not what I’d call perfect grammar) Years before […]
The Young Racers (1963)
Having come across an aging pocket novel that tied in with this AIP release I was reminded that I had this movie in a box set of Roger Corman titles […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lifeforce (1985)
With the recent death of director Tobe Hooper, it was time to dust off a blu ray I picked up but had yet to open from Scream Factory. I was […]
Cannon Fodder 2 : Another Trio of Titles From Golan / Globus Productions
As discussed earlier in Cannon Fodder Part 1, I grew up a fan of Charles Bronson and I was of an age when he launched into a lengthy contract with […]
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 […]
Diamonds (1975)
Before Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus took Hollywood by storm in the 1980’s making Cannon Films a staple of low budget action films among other genres thus capitalizing on the […]
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 […]
