Goldengirl (1979) – A Review
A review of the 1979 sports drama Goldengirl, starring Susan Anton, James Coburn, Curt Jurgens and Robert Culp, about a woman who is engineered to be the perfect Olympic athlete
1970s
The 1970s Recipe For Disaster
The 1970s Recipe For Disaster - the clichés, tropes and blueprint disaster films followed that made it one of the most popular genres in the 1970s
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976) – A Review
A review of the crime drama Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw, starring Lynda Carter and Marjoe Gortner, that marked Carter's big-screen debut she did before being cast as TV's Wonder Woman
Corvette Summer (1978)- A Review
A review of the 1978 comedy romance Corvette Summer, starring Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Eugene Roche, Brion James and Danny Bonaduce
The Neptune Factor (1973) – A Review
A review of the 1973 sci-fi disaster film The Neptune Factor, starring Ben Gazzara, Ernest Borgnine and Yvette Mimieux - it's sort of like a low-rent version of The Abyss
Remake Recon: The Mechanic
It's a new Remake Recon! This time I look at the original 1972 action film The Mechanic, starring Charles Bronson and Jan-Michael Vincent and then 2011 remake starring Jason Statham and Ben Foster, and see how both Mechanic films stack up against one another
Every Which Way But Loose (1978) – A Review
A review of the 1978 action comedy Every Which Way But Loose, starring Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Ruth Gordon and Clyde the orangutan
Avalanche Express (1979) – A Review
A review of the 1979 Cold War action thriller Avalanche Express, starring Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Linda Evans, Mike Connors & Joe Namath
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979) – A Review
A review of the 1979 western prequel Butch and Sundance: The Early Days, starring Tom Berenger, William Katt, Jeff Corey, Brian Dennehy and Peter Weller
The Swarm (1978) – A Review
A review of the 1978 Irwin Allen disaster film The Swarm about attacking killer bees, starring Michael Caine, Katherine Ross, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Olivia DeHavilland and Fred MacMurray
Coffy (1973) – A Review
A review of the 1973 blaxploitation action classic Coffy starring Pam Grier as a nurse who sets out to unleash her own vigilante justice against drug dealers
Mr. Majestyk (1974) – A Review
A review of the 1974 action film Mr. Majestyk, starring Charles Bronson, Linda Cristal and Al Lettieri, directed by Richard Fleischer, written by Elmore Leonard
The Front (1976) – A Review
A review of the 1976 drama The Front, starring Woody Allen, Zero Mostel and Michael Murphy, about a man who submits his friends tv scripts under his name because he's on the Hollywood blacklist
1941 (1979) – A Review
A review of director Steven Spielberg's 1979 WWII comedy 1941, starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Christopher Lee, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Stack and a huge cast of stars
The Anderson Tapes (1971) – A Review
A review of the 1971 crime film The Anderson Tapes, starring Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Alan King, Martin Balsam and Christopher Walken, directed by Sidney Lumet
The Towering Inferno (1974) – A Review
A review of the 1974 Irwin Allen classic disaster film The Towering Inferno starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Faye Dunaway, William Holden and a host of stars trying to survive a building fire
Hannie Caulder (1971) – A Review
A review of the 1971 western Hannie Caulder starring Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam, Strother Martin and Christopher Lee
Hey Remember – Faces of Death
A look back at the 1978 film Faces of Death and how it became a rite of passage movie that adolescents dared to watch during the VHS era to see just how scary, gross and disturbing it actualy was
