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 […]
Outpost in Morocco (1949)
I couldn’t help but wonder while watching this French Foreign Legion tale from director Robert Florey if there were ever any actual Frenchman in the ranks of the Legion. The […]
My Favorites of Lee and Cushing For Halloween
As Halloween approaches it seems everyone has a list of horrors to see and there’s usually very little that interests me when it comes to seeing the ones splashed about […]
Now Playing August 17th, 1977
Under the circumstances of Burt Reynold’s passing, the time seems appropriate for joining me in a look back to the week that was when Burt was KING at the box […]
Mad Dog Coll (1961)
Perhaps a foot note in the history of gangster films, this prohibition era tale offers plenty of gangland flavor and marks the film debuts of two iconic actors and another […]
Cape Fear (1962)
In the days before the video age changed how we watched and discovered movies, Cape Fear is one of those titles that I came across on late night TV thanks […]
Hollywood Exile or How I Learned to Love the Blacklist
By Bernard Gordon I suppose I’ve read enough books on Hollywood history over a number of years to have a decent idea of the players involved in the Communist witch […]
Capricorn One (1978) The Seventies and Elliott Gould
An engaging thriller of the first manned mission to Mars from director Peter Hyams gives Elliott Gould top billing over a first rate cast. Nothing is as it seems in this […]
Escape to Athena (1979) The Seventies and Elliott Gould
An all star cast is featured in this Lew Grade production that allows for a special billing as the star names roll by over the opening credits …… and Elliott Gould […]
