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 […]
1960s
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On July 18, one of our favorite Westerns, the 1966 classic NEVADA SMITH starring Steve McQueen will be released by Kino Lorber on BluRay. Read our review of the film Synopsis: Half-breed Max Sand (Steve McQueen) witnesses the brutal murder of his parents and vows to track down and kill […]
Hollywood, 1969. Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) former star of the hit NBC TV Western series Bounty Law (1958-63) is on the ropes. His career could’ve taken off like Eastwood and McQueen’s but due to a string of mishaps and bad calls (mostly by his own hand) he’s been left taking […]
Introduction Quentin Tarantino‘s upcoming film, entitled “Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood” immediately brings to mind the amazing cinema of Sergio Leone. It is set to be an opus in the tradition of QT’s own 1994 award winning hit Pulp Fiction, the movie that became a pop culture sensation and […]
It’s Christmas time again! And it’s also another time of the year that we have to witness the debate about whether Die Hard should be considered a Christmas movie or not. To me, I think it is. Basically, the film takes place on Christmas day, the main villain (Hans) talks […]
Year of Furious Films is our newest series on FC where we’ll be choosing our favorite films from each designated year. You may notice that we won’t be going in chronological order, it’ll be more random, but that’s really part of the fun. We’ll be covering a wide array of […]
Dig. The late 60s and early 70s sure were a wild time man. The social and political climate was erupting in America. The KIDS were finally taking over and telling THE MAN to shove it. Vietnam, the Civil Rights movement, drugs, feminism and free love all seemed to collide causing […]
Year of Furious Films is our newest series on FC where we’ll be choosing our favorite films from each designated year. You may notice that we won’t be going in chronological order, it’ll be more random, but thats really part of the fun. We’ll be covering a wide array of […]
There’s nothin like a great spaghetti western! Sabata, one of our favorite furious classics, is coming to BluRay from Kino Lorber on July 22nd! Gianfranco Parolini‘s SABATA (1969) stars Lee Van Cleef (The Good the Bad and The Ugly) as the titular gunslinging anti-hero. The story follows Sabata upon his […]
In Peter Collinson’s original 1969 crime-comedy-caper, Michael Caine starred as Charlie Croker, a suave thief who’s been newly released from prison. Following the death of his old friend Roger Beckermann (Rossanno Brazzi) at the hands of the Italian Mafia, Croker is given plans from Roger’s widow for a heist of […]