Hal Needham

“Shadow of the Thin Man” and “Hitman Wife’s Bodyguard” Lead the Latest New Releases

08.13.21 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Aisha Tyler, Alfred Molina, Billy Wilder, Buster Keaton, David Oyelowo, Dick Van Dyke, Elaine Stritch, Hal Needham, Jack Lemmon, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Morgan Freeman, Myrna Loy, Ray Walston, Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Stephen Sondheim, Talia Shire, The Criterion Collection, Van Johnson, Walter Matthau, Warner Archive Collection, William Powell | no comments

This week’s new Blu-ray and DVD releases run the gamut from classic Hollywood pictures to recent theatrical fare, with all of the movie magic you would come to expect. Yes friends, from cult films to documentaries, TV hits to overseas…

And Now, Burt Reynolds and the Greatest Movie Poster of All Time

09.10.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Burt Reynolds, Hal Needham, Hooper, Movie Posters | no comments

There’s a lot to unpack here. For those of you who may not remember, Hooper was a 1978 action-comedy starring Burt Reynolds as Sonny Hooper, the industry’s leading trick driver, whose body has seen better days. He gets roped into…

Create-A-Caption: Smokey and the Bandit

09.09.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: 1970s Films, Burt Reynolds, Hal Needham, Jackie Gleason, Sally Field, Smokey and the Bandit | 2 comments

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…