Crimson Tide is one of the most thrilling films of the 1990s. As renegade forces seize control of nuclear weapons in Russia, the submarine USS Alabama sails into dangerous waters. Tensions rise when communications with the Pentagon are lost, prompting…
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Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman! Christopher Reeve is the Last Son of Krypton, who must thwart notorious criminal mastermind Lex Luthor’s (Gene Hackman) evil plot to trigger an earthquake that could destroy…
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The Conversation is Francis Ford Coppola‘s intense study of Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), a surveillance expert who tapes a conversation shared by a young couple in San Francisco’s Union Square. As Caul comes to believe the recording may lead to…
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Spoiler Alert! If you have any intention of watching this movie without knowing how it ends beforehand, be forewarned. There is absolutely no way to discuss it and it’s inspirational impact without revealing the ending, since it was inspired by a…
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My personal favorite “disaster film” is 1972’s The Poseidon Adventure. This ensemble drama whose cast includes Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowall, Shelley Winters, and Stella Stevens (among many others), was adapted from Paul Gallico’s novel of the same name….
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“There’s got to be a morning after. If we can hold on through the night…” Released in 1972, The Poseidon Adventure helped launch the disaster film genre that dominated the decade. It was a brilliant idea really, bring together an…
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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…
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This week’s DVD and Blu-ray new releases come roaring to life thanks to the arrival of the latest entry in the Jurassic Park franchise…but that’s hardly the only new title available worthy of your attention. From a retelling of a…
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The French Connection is nothing short of a cinematic masterpiece. The film’s mix of gritty realism, stunning action sequences and a career-defining role for star Gene Hackman as determined NYC police detective Popeye Doyle makes this one of the greatest…
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Five Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, and Actor, were awarded to The French Connection, William Friedkin‘s fast-moving cop drama based on Robin Moore’s book about a series of drug operations in the 1960s. Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider are New…
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