40 years after its release William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) still stands apart from all other horror movies. There’s never been a film that has achieved the kind of realistic psychological thrills it contains. That’s why we consider it to be a masterpiece of cinema. Based on a book by […]
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During the Great Depression young Addie Loggins (Tatum O’Neal) has been orphaned after her mother dies. At the funeral, Moses Pray (Ryan O’Neal) one of her mother’s ex-lovers, pays his respects. Addie seems to think that he could be her father, but he insists he’s not even though they’ve “got […]
“Boards don’t hit back” On June 11th Warner Home Video will be releasing a 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition of ENTER THE DRAGON (1973) the film that made the late Bruce Lee an international superstar. There will be several brand new features included so if you’ve already bought previous editions […]
Hal Ashby’s 1973 comedy-drama/road movie The Last Detail has been one of my favorite films ever since I first discovered it. The premise is rather simple: Two Navy officers, Signalman 1st Class Billy “Badass” Buddusky (Jack Nicholson) and Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Richard “Mule” Mulhall (Otis Young) are given Shore […]
Terrence Malick’s directorial debut masterpiece BADLANDS (1973) will be released in a new high definition Blu Ray edition from Criterion March 19th 2013. Martin Sheen stars as Kit, a James Dean-esque young man who falls in love with a doe eyed high school girl named Holly (Sissy Spacek). When her […]
Writer-Director Michael Crichton’s 1973 sci-fi/western cult classic WESTWORLD is set in the “near future” where the technological advances have helped to create a new kind of adult themed amusement park called DELOS which is populated by computerized androids who appear to be human and are used to bring the visitors’ […]
Before Robert Altman’s Neo Noir The Long Goodbye (1973) which revolves around the character of private detective Philip Marlowe, another film was made called Marlowe (1969) starring James Garner in the title role. If you watch both these films back to back you can clearly see the differences. One is […]
Every movie geek has a collection of crown film jewels that they go back to when things are getting too watered down, fake or boring. These are like gifts that keep on giving and can be replayed over and over and always deliver that much needed dose of cinematic excitement […]
Fresh off the success of the award winning masterpiece The Godfather (1972), Robert Duvall took a role in this film playing Earl Macklin, a convict who is being released back into society after a stretch in prison. Macklin doesn’t know yet that as he’s breathing in the fresh air of […]
Clint Eastwood’s High Plains Drifter opens in very much the same way as the 1964 spaghetti western A Fistful of Dollars in which “The Man With No Name” (later revealed to actually have a name: Joe/Manco/Blondie) rides into a small town on horseback. The main difference being this character first appears […]