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From the late 60s into the 70s Director Peter Yates made a handful of classics including Bullitt, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Mother Jugs and Speed and Breaking Away. His 1972 comedy caper movie The Hot Rock was based on a novel of the same name by famous crime author Donald Westlake (The Outfit). The book was part of a series which followed the adventures of crook John Dortmunder. It [read...] 
Howard Hawks fans will be happy to know that two of his 60s classics starring “The Duke”, the Western EL DORADO and the African safari adventure HATARI! are coming to Blu Ray on March 11, 2014 from Warner Home Video. In EL DORADO (1966) John Wayne stars as Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire who arrives in the small town of El Dorado only to find himself stuck in a [read...] 
In the tradition of films like Phantom of the Opera, Murders in The Rue Morgue and House of Wax, this 1971 AIP horror classic directed by Robert Fuest (And Soon The Darkness, The Devil’s Rain) stars Vincent Price as Dr. Anton Phibes, one of the many memorable characters in the pantheon of his illustrious career. Although this performance is often cited as being campy, Price was really able to show [read...] 
Arthouse Shmarthouse. We’re just kidding, we appreciate our arthouse cinema as much as any film loving website does but sometimes you want to watch something more…well, furious, fun and thrilling i.e. pure entertainment. That’s why we’re really excited about two of Criterion’s upcoming titles in January. These films are both longtime favorites of ours and we really didn’t expect to see them appear. Michael Mann’s THIEF is simply a crime [read...] 
INTRODUCTION: A HISTORY OF THE LIVING DEAD Return of the Living Dead (1985) is often confused with being a sequel to Night of the Living Dead, but it’s not. That was the first true zombie film directed by George A. Romero. The copyright was never properly filed on Night of the Living Dead, and thus it entered the public domain. Nevertheless it was success, so obviously a sequel was going [read...] 
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 4 million in gold which is being sent to Italy for payment on a new Fiat car factory to be [read...] 
When a fleeing criminal named Smiler Grogan (Jimmy Durante) crashes his car on the side of a California highway, a group of fellow travelers come to his aide. Lying near death at the bottom of a hill, Smiler gives up a secret he’s kept for years. It involves a stash of stolen money that he buried in the small coastal town of Santa Rosita. The good samaritans decide to split [read...] 
In 2004, America had the pleasure of being introduced to Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and director Edgar Wright, a trio of British funny guys who bowed at the cinematic alter of all things horror, action, science fiction, and exploitation. They burst into Hollywood with Shaun of the Dead, a warm and fuzzy romantic comedy…. with zombies. Shaun of the Dead was a surprise hit, even earning praise from the zombie [read...] |
    
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