Chato’s Land (1972)
“Back off Lawman.” This after a racially charged slur and threat from a frontier town sheriff towards the “half-breed” Chato as he stands in front of a bar keep looking […]
The Swiss Conspiracy (1976)
Fifties favorite of the sci-fi genre, Jack Arnold directs an above par cast for this so-so effort with some nice scenery thrown into the background of ….. you guessed it, […]
Planning The Week Ahead in TV Guide and a Heston Curio
I for one couldn’t wait for Mom to bring home next weeks TV Guide so I could go through it day by day and mark the columns with red X’s […]
Bullseye! (1990)
I’d heard this was bad so on the flip side I’ll try to be nice and point out it’s far from Michael Caine and Roger Moore’s best but it did […]
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) Oliver Reed Fest Day 5.
It seems fitting to end my week of Oliver Reed flicks where it really all began for the notorious hell raiser. At Hammer studios where he was cast in the […]
Castaway (1986) Oliver Reed Fest Day 4
I settled on revisiting this Reed film for a variety of reasons. I wanted to include something from the eighties that wasn’t necessarily from his years of low budget fodder. […]
Crossed Swords (1977) Oliver Reed Fest Day 3.
If ever a film springs to life when Oliver Reed is on the screen it just might be this Richard Fleischer directed version of The Prince and the Pauper. For […]
Oliver Reed: What Fresh Lunacy Is This? by Robert Sellers
I’ve been aware of Oliver Reed since my earliest memories of researching movies. This probably stems from going to the library and trying to learn more about the horror films […]
Defiance (1980)
If I didn’t know better I would have thought I had just watched Death Wish 3. Jan-Michael Vincent stars in this rather tame vigilante film from director John Flynn. Tame […]
Chatting Firepower (1979) on St. Lucia
Sophia Loren and James Coburn on the island.
Ralph Waite Memories
Growing up a film fan there comes a time when you start recognizing faces and connect the dots. For me Waite was just the father on a television show that […]
