“It’s like killing roaches – you have to kill ’em all, otherwise what’s the use?” Charles Bronson is back as Paul Kersey, peaceful architect turned deadly vigilante in this third (and for my money) most entertaining installment in the Death Wish series produced by Cannon Films. 10 years have passed […]
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The late great Charles Bronson has been one of our favorite furious actors for decades. From his early appearances in 50s genre movies like House of Wax (credited under his real name Charles Buchinsky) through to his co-starring roles in 60s hits like The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape and […]
“Well, you know Chick, like old momma said, next best thing to playing and winning is playing and losing.” Walter Hill’s crackerjack Depression era film HARD TIMES (1975) was his directorial debut. Before this he had been a screenwriter on several films including Hickey & Boggs and The Getaway. Charles […]
Two decades before Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece GoodFellas (1990) about the life of a mobster turned informant, Director Terence Young covered similar territory with The Valachi Papers (1972). Adapted from a book by Peter Maas (author of Serpico), the film tells the true story of Joseph Valachi a member of the mob […]
One of our favorite furious films, Peter R. Hunt’s 1981 action-adventure DEATH HUNT is coming to Blu Ray from Shout Factory August 20th. Special Features will include an Audio interview with stars Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin, German Trailer, Original US Trailer and a Photo Gallery. Based on true events […]
Farewell Friend, or Adieu l’ami, the original title in French, is an odd curiosity. It was a huge international hit when it came out, starring two international icons of the ’60s and 70s, Alain Delon and Charles Bronson. Strange as over the years, the movie seldom comes up in either […]
Chambara movies and westerns have been two genres that have complimented each so beautifully that classics from the former have easily lent themselves as material to the latter. There are movies like Yojimbo, Seven Samurai, and even Rashomon that were remade as A Fistful of Dollars, The Magnificent Seven (not […]
“Ennio Morricone‘s passed away” read the text from my friend. As I woke up from slumber, I didn’t have too many thoughts racing my mind. Just an image of the maestro in motion during one of his concerts. I didn’t know how to feel then, at least for a few […]
Strange the outrage that has accompanied the release of Bruce Willis’ 2018 update of 1974’s Death Wish. The original starred Charles Bronson, an engaging non-actor who deftly presented an everyman’s dilemma: what to do with the emotions left behind by the rape and murder of your wife and daughter. The […]
Welcome to the 5th issue of Furious Cinema’s movie commentary with Sebastian and Peter – your resident CineGuerillas. This is an ongoing series of conversations we have about movies we love. They are virtual “beer and nachos” sit-downs, so you will have to imagine the smell of alcohol, the crunching […]