Being a huge fan of cinema of the 1970s, I love discovering new films that have slipped past me. Peter Hyams‘ 1974 crime classic Busting was one that I thought I saw years ago but after watching it recently, I realized I actually hadn’t seen it at all. The movie stars […]
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FILM REVIEW In between making his hit films The Godfather Parts 1 and 2, Francis Ford Coppola chose to develop an original screenplay he had written several years earlier. This was, like his 1969 film The Rain People another of his smaller, more personal works and very much an example […]
Two of our favorite film classics are hitting Blu Ray! Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 conspiracy masterpiece The Conversation starring Gene Hackman and David Lynch’s 1986 psychological mystery thriller Blue Velvet starring Kyle McLachlan, Isabella Rosselini, Laura Dern and Dennis Hopper. Both these movies have garnered a devoted following from film […]
One of my favorite films from the 1970s is Peter Yates’ Mother Jugs and Speed (1976). The film follows a police officer (Harvey Keitel) who was busted for selling speed on the job (hence his moniker). After he’s let go from the force he has to find a new occupation, […]