It’s been 40 years since Walter Hill‘s hugely influential action film The Warriors first hit theaters. The film follows the exploits of the titular Coney island-based gang falsely accused of killing the messianic leader of a city-wide peace summit to unite…
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Katharine Hepburn and “Olly Olly Oxen Free”
There are certain films that you have watched in your childhood that need to be revisited as an adult. Olly Olly Oxen Free is one such film. It has everything in it that would appeal to children – air balloons,…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: The Poseidon Adventure
Because December 31st is crucial to its plot, The Poseidon Adventure was an obvious choice for our last Create-A-Caption of 2018. A New Year’s Eve party on a luxury ocean liner is literally turned upside-down when a tidal wave capsizes…
Read more →The Five Best Charles Bronson Performances
During the early 1970s, Charles Bronson was the biggest star in the world — well, pretty much everywhere except the U.S. However, he quickly attracted the attention of American studios and became a box office attraction stateside with films like…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Logan’s Run
Based on the book by William F. Nolan and George Clayton, Logan’s Run is a sensational and oh-so-’70s sci-fi adventure starring Michael York as Logan 5, a young man living in an idyllic 23rd century society where people only live…
Read more →Dueling Canoes: Burt Reynolds in “Deliverance”
June 11, 1979 is a date I will always remember. It was on that date that I heard that my favorite actor of all-time, John Wayne, had passed away. He still is my favorite actor, even after all these years….
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Smokey and the Bandit
When stuntman-turned-director Hal Needham collaborated with Burt Reynolds, the results were always movie magic. Arguably the pair’s most satisfying picture together was 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, in which Reynolds Bo “Bandit” Darville, is hired to bring 400 cases of…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Burt Reynolds Film of the 1970s?
As we continue to celebrate the life of Burt Reynolds, we will be running a series of polls in which we ask you to sound off about your favorites of his many films. (Which is no easy task given how…
Read more →The Past Is Never Gone: Revisiting “Summer of ’42”
Available on DVD and Blu-ray as part of the Warner Archive Collection, the blockbuster coming-of-age favorite Summer of ’42 remains a compelling work of nostalgia about love and times that have long gone away. Writer Herman Raucher based his long-in-gestation…
Read more →These Hits Are Looking Better Than Ever On Blu-ray!
Question: What’s the only thing better than watching one of your favorite films? Answer: Watching one of your favorite films in the type of glorious high-definition audio and video that only the Blu-ray format can offer! With that in mind,…
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