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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It’s Agatha Christie times two as guest writer Rick29 investigates the 1974 film version of Murder on the Orient Express, starring Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot, as well as the 2010 British TV adaptation, with David Suchet as the Belgian sleuth.
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Not to be confused with the recent remake starring Johnny Depp, 1974’s Murder on the Orient Express is a rollicking adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie novel. The first class compartment of the December 1935 departure of the Orient Express…
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The entertainment world has suffered another irreplaceable loss, British actor Albert Finney has died at the age of 82 following a brief illness. The character actor was best known for his versatility and range, a skill set that earned him…
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Often when a film becomes a smashing box office success, the production studio that made it believes they can replicate its ticket sales with the next generation, and so, every 15-20 years the same titles crop up with new casts…
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Right out of the gate February has a great amount of new releases. Along with recent theatrical hits, there’s a bunch of vintage favorites with stars ranging from Marlon Brando to Dudley Moore making their DVD and Blu-ray debuts this…
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She was the original scream queen who played beauty to the titular beast in The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and, sadly, Julie Adams has died at the age of 92. Best known for her work in that Universal Monsters…
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Back in the 1930’s and 40’s, a trip to the movies was like an all-day sucker. You got more than just one film…and I don’t mean an interminable series of coming attractions. Viewers were treated to a newsreel (this being…
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For over 50 years the BBC series Doctor Who has had viewers of all ages enjoying the deeply human adventures of the otherworldly Doctor and his companions. With the great Jodie Whittaker‘s debut season as the show’s first-ever woman Doctor…
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In the 1948 favorite Key Largo, A World War II vet (Humphrey Bogart) ventures to the Florida Keys so he could pay his respects to a lost comrade’s widow (Lauren Bacall) and hotelier father (Lionel Barrymore). Unfortunately, his hosts’ latest…
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