John Mackenzie’s 1980 British crime classic THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY will be released by Arrow Video in a brand new 4K Ultra HD Edition on May 27th. Synopsis: Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) is a businessman with great ambitions. Spotting the development potential of London’s derelict Docklands area years before the […]
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On February 26th Shout Select will be releasing a new BluRay edition of Robert Zemeckis’ 1980 comedy classic USED CARS starring Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae, and Deborah Harmon. Synopsis: Director and co-writer Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Back To The Future trilogy) is […]
“I’m getting too old for this shit.” When people talk about the late “King of Cool” Steve McQueen they usually bring up his big hits like the The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, Bullitt, and Papillon. Maybe you’ll even get a geek like myself that thinks THE BLOB is awesome. […]
If you’re looking for the kind of horror movie that will gross you out completely, Ruggero Deodato’s 1980 Grindhouse shock masterpiece CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST will surely do it for you. Deodato was inspired to make this movie because of all the violence he was seeing on television at the time and […]
Many years before I discovered such films as Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai, Sanjuro and Yojimbo, the 1980 NBC TV epic based on James Clavell’s novel SHOGUN was my introduction to legendary actor Toshiro Mifune, the world of ancient Japanese culture and the samurai. Longtime fans of this classic 547 […]
On May 16th, Warner Home Video will be releasing Samuel Fuller’s World War II Men On A Mission classic THE BIG RED ONE (1980) on Blu Ray. Largely inspired by Fuller’s own experiences during the war, the film is an up close look at the comraderie and adventures of ragtag […]
Shout Factory is continuing its streak of exciting and eclectic Blu Ray releases with SATURN 3, a 1980 Sci-Fi Thriller directed by Stanley Donen (Singin In the Rain) which will be released on December 3rd. Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett and Harvey Keitel star together, and if you think it sounds […]
While watching one of my all time favorite films this past week, Robert Zemeckis’ 1980 screwball classic auto-comedy USED CARS, I discovered a connection. It wasn’t with another film that has a similar theme but something else I’ve been thinking a lot about, specifically what’s currently going on in the […]
If you’re a fan of Woody Allen’s films you most likely have favorites that strike a chord with you more than others. Now that I’ve seen the majority of his work one film in particular I like to revisit the most is Stardust Memories (1980). One Last Look Sandy Bates […]
In 1980, a film came out that celebrated film in all it’s glory. Not so much in a serious way, but in a “your crazy ideas and dreams can come true” kind of way. Director John Landis had made several really great comedies in the 70s including Schlock, The Kentucky […]