CRIMEWATCH: Death Wish
Strange the outrage that has accompanied the release of Bruce Willis’ 2018 update of 1974’s Death Wish. The original starred Charles Bronson, an engaging...
Tagged: revenge
NEVADA SMITH | 50 Furious Westerns
One of the greatest revenge themed Westerns is Henry Hathaway’s NEVADA SMITH (1966) starring Steve McQueen. The story is set in the 1890s and...
Leonardo DiCaprio faces a brutal wilderness in THE REVENANT
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s latest film THE REVENANT stars Leonardo DiCaprio as legendary 19th century frontiersman Hugh Glass who, after being attacked by a bear...
Lee Marvin is out for payback in POINT BLANK
On July 8th Warner Home Video will be releasing John Boorman’s 1967 crime classic POINT BLANK starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson on Hi-Def...
Abel Ferrara’s Grindhouse Revenge Classic MS. .45
“It will never happen again!” read the tagline for this dark seedy crime film. On March 25, 2014 Drafthouse Films will release Abel Ferrara’s...
DEATH WISH 40th Anniversary Edition
On February 4th, 2014 Warner Home Video will be releasing a special 40th Anniversary Edition of one of the late great Charles Bronson’s most...
The VINCENT PRICE Blogathon: THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES
In the tradition of films like Phantom of the Opera, Murders in The Rue Morgue and House of Wax, this 1971 AIP horror classic...
10 Furious Valentine’s Day Films
Valentines Day is the time when the geekiest of geeks turn to thoughts of romance and matters of the heart. Throughout the years movies...
Fernando DiLeo: Maestro of Italian Crime Cinema
Fernando DiLeo wrote and directed some of the best works in the poliziotteschi (Italian crime) genre. Films like Milano Calibro 9, La Mala Ordina,...
CRIMEWATCH: Sitting Target
Douglas Hickox’s British cult crime thriller Sitting Target (1972) along with Get Carter (1971) and Villain (1971) was a film that garnered a strong...
