Criterion Collection will be releasing Sam Peckinpah’s 1973 western classic PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID starring Kris Kristofferson and James Coburn in July. Buy From Amazon Synopsis: Sam Peckinpah’s cycle of genre-redefining westerns came to a close with this blood- and dust-caked elegy for the American West, which marries […]
James Coburn
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In the late 60s into the 70s actor James Coburn starred in a bunch of great films like In Like Flint, The Presidents Analyst, Duck You Sucker, Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid, Harry in Your Pocket, Hard Times and The Last Hard Men just to name a few. One […]
“Well, you know Chick, like old momma said, next best thing to playing and winning is playing and losing.” Walter Hill’s crackerjack Depression era film HARD TIMES (1975) was his directorial debut. Before this he had been a screenwriter on several films including Hickey & Boggs and The Getaway. Charles […]
One of the all time greatest war films, John Sturges’ THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963) is coming to Blu Ray May 7th. Based on a true story, the action packed adventure takes place in 1943 during World War II behind the fences of a German Stalag where British, American, Polish and […]
Name a director that has made rock solid, gritty and entertaining cinema but hardly anyone knows the name of. Yeah of course I am talking about Walter Hill, hence the headline. He is one of my favorite low-profile directors working today. I really dig some of his work a lot, […]