On July 18, one of our favorite Westerns, the 1966 classic NEVADA SMITH starring Steve McQueen will be released by Kino Lorber on BluRay. Read our review of the film Synopsis: Half-breed Max Sand (Steve McQueen) witnesses the brutal murder of his parents and vows to track down and kill […]
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On September 18th Warner Archive will release Franklin J. Schaffner’s adventure/prison drama PAPILLON starring Steve McQueen on BluRay. Based on a true story, this 70s classic features one of McQueen’s finest performances. Co-starring Dustin Hoffman, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe and Woodrow Parfrey. Synopsis: They called him Papillon, meaning butterfly. If only he had wings […]
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 begins when three outlaws Jesse Coe (Martin Landau), Bill Bowdre (Arthur Kennedy) and Tom Fitch (Karl Malden) viciously rob, torture and kill the parents of young […]
“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. […]
In early October, Alfonso Cuarón’s space drama Gravity was on everyone’s lips as a shoe-in at the upcoming Oscars. It was king of the box office throughout the month and it seemed impossible to meet someone who wasn’t raving about how great the film is. In the past few weeks, […]
Sam Peckinpah’s action packed 1972 crime thriller starred Steve McQueen as Carter “Doc” McCoy a career criminal who after being released from a stint in prison is hired by shady Texas businessman Jack Benyon (Ben Johnson) to plan and execute a bank robbery. Doc is joined by his wife Carol […]
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 […]
Today is the birthday of one of cinema’s most iconic and legendary stars: Steve McQueen (1930-1980). Throughout the 60s and 70s he made his mark in Hollywood playing fast living rebellious characters (The Cooler King, Frank Bullitt, Doc McCoy, Papa Thorton etc) but he was also able to be funny […]
Director Sam Peckinpah was enamored with the Old West and the people who were attributed to that era as can be seen from the many films he made. Beginning with his debut The Deadly Companions (1961) through to his romanticized masterpiece Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), Peckinpah explored […]
Prison escape movies are great adventures, but The Great Escape is among the classiest of all. It has a really cool all-star cast and a whistling tune that puts the River Kwai March to shame. A classic WW2 movie with a title theme that will forever remain stuck in your […]