Rollerball (1975) – Director: Norman Jewison – 4/10 (passable/mediocre)It requires quite a bit of patience to disentangle the jejune social commentary of Rollerball from the obstreperous reality of the game, the depiction of which dwarfs the rest of the storyline; the gratuitously bloated plot protracts film’s spuriously profound message ad […]
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Two of our favorite crime films from the 1970s will be released on BluRay from Warner Archive later this summer: Arthur Penn’s neo-noir mystery NIGHT MOVES and Richard Rush’s raucous buddy comedy FREEBIE & THE BEAN. Synopsis: L.A. detective Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) has problems. Missing persons and bedroom stakeouts […]
Karel Reisz’s 1974 drama The Gambler looks at the obsessive compulsive sickness of gambling addiction. James Caan stars as Axel Freed, a highly intellectual college professor who teaches classic literature. What’s most intriguing is his dual nature which has him explaining the writing of Dostoyevski one minute then carousing with […]
“Oh forgive me Paul for prattling away and making everything all oogy.” Not only is MISERY one of my favorite horror/thrillers, it’s one of my favorite movies period. Based on the 1987 book by Stephen King, the story focuses on a popular writer Paul Sheldon (James Caan) who has just […]
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 […]
Warner Archives has got a whole new slate of releases coming and we’ve picked out two of our favorites from the 1960s which actually happen to be Paramount Pictures titles. We highly recommend searching through their eclectic online shop as well as ordering their new streaming video channel which features […]
I’ve been a fan of Howard Hawks for many years now. I think what made Hawks’ work appealing to me was the fact he could take any genre and entertain you through his mastery of it. Whether it was comedy, adventure, western or a crime picture, he was one of […]
Frank (James Caan) is a master safe cracker who also owns an automobile dealership as a front to prove hes a legit businessman. His years of taking scores and past imprisonment have turned him into someone who doesn’t have time to waste on the bullshit thrown his way. We can […]
In the early 70s, movie audiences were certainly accustomed to crime films, yet when Francis Ford Coppola’s gloriously endearing mafia film was released in 1972, it clearly transcended all the rest. Featuring a cast of such acting luminaries as Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and Robert Duvall, it has […]
I first saw Lady in a Cage (1964) on cable several years ago. At the time, I didn’t know anything about it, and it turned out to be one of those cool little movie gems you find every once in awhile. I found myself just enjoying the hell out of […]