Blue Ice (1992)
Blue Ice – It’s when something unexpected and wonderful falls on you out of a clear blue sky and changes your life. This is what retired British agent Michael Caine […]
Movies Can Make for a Good Read
Maybe even a great one! Is the book better than the movie? Did the movie do the book and the author’s vision justice? Damned if I know but here are […]
Now Playing December 28th, 1968 At a Theater Near You
Thankfully Malcolm McDowell has given his consent to allow me to borrow his personal time machine that he used to great acclaim in the Nicolas Meyer sci-fi adventure Time After […]
Games (1967)
Sometimes a game can go too far and with Curtis Harrington in the director’s chair this thriller goes over the edge. Games tells the story of a young couple played by James […]
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 […]
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Here’s a star studded war film from director Richard Attenborough that I can vaguely recall being released to theaters when I was still in grade school. Commercials on television promised […]
Absolution (1978)
Having portrayed a man of the cloth in films like The Night of the Iguana and The Exorcist II, Richard Burton finds himself right at home as another tortured figure […]
Educating Rita (1983)
When an on line celebration of Michael Caine films for his 85th birthday on March 14th, 2018 was put forth, it gave me the opportunity to go though my library […]
The Marseille Contract (1974)
aka The Destructors Long time director Robert Parrish joins forces with a trio of name actors that for me is just too hard to resist. Gentlemen by the names of […]
Sean Connery and the Non Bond Poster Gallery
By the time I was old enough to clue in to who James Bond was on the big Screen, Roger Moore was licensed to kill as 007 working for Her […]
Zulu (1964)
Mike’s Take on Stanley Baker Movies ………. Day 10 I should think that this is the most widely known Stanley Baker film and one I hope he was proud of […]
The Return of “The Novel Idea”
Ok. You might have figured it out by now but when I’m out hunting for VHS tapes, DVD’s and other odd bits of movie paraphernalia, I like to snap pics […]
Get Carter (1971) and Get Carter (2000)
Is Michael Caine’s version of Get Carter taken from the Ted Lewis novel a British classic of the gangster genre? I’m not much for labelling but I will say it gets […]
Star Studded Movie Posters Thanks to Irwin Allen
While Iriwn Allen may have had some success in television producing shows like Lost in Space, it’s the star studded disasters that he presented on the BIG movie screens that I […]
The Magus (1968)
Anytime I have come across a written sentence or two about this film adapted for the screen by the novel’s author John Fowles, I’ve usually found the word boring, meandering […]
Zulu Dawn (1979)
This sprawling battle field epic tells the story of the 1879 Battle of Isandhlwana, pitting the forces of Britain against the Zulu nation. Director Douglas Hickox does a wonderful job […]
