The Deep (1977) – Director: Peter Yates – 8/10 (excellent) This is old-school filmmaking at its finest: not only is it most likely one of the most successful straight treasure hunt adventures to have been put on celluloid, but also an astounding technical feat with some of the most impressive […]
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Preceding Jamaa Fanaka’s critically acclaimed Penitentiary as well as the intense and influential TV event “Scared Straight,” 1977’s Short Eyes (prison slang for pedophile) is a searing “slice-of-life” film that dares to deal with the topic of child molestation. Controversial at the time of its release, Short Eyes eschews the […]
On April 14, 2014 Warner Home Video will be releasing the long awaited fully restored edition of William Friedkin’s 1977 cult classic SORCERER on high definition Blu Ray. We can’t wait to finally see this masterpiece in all its cinematic glory! HISTORY: In 1977, SORCERER arrived in theaters following the […]
“Daddy’s off to the slay the dragon.” Eaten Alive (1977) was Tobe Hooper’s rather mediocre follow up to his 1974 horror masterpiece The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. If you look closely at the storyline, it’s basically a retread of that movie with some slight variations added. Neville Brand plays Judd a […]
In this 1977 spy thriller, a rogue KGB agent Nikolai Dalchimski (Donald Pleasance) steals a secret book containing the names of operatives hidden all over America. They have been part of a deep cover Russian offensive called Telefon (Russian spelling of Telephone) which was a new mind control experiment that […]
“I like to act in films, I like to shoot ’em, I like to direct ’em, I like to be around ’em. I like the feel of it and it’s something I respect. It doesn’t make any difference whether it’s a crappy film or a good film. Anyone who can […]