Heartbreak Ridge (1986). Hard-nosed, hard-living Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
One of the reviews here described it as only for the Eastwood faithful, and I feel like that's an accurate description. It's soaked in that Reagan-era jingoistic machismo that makes it eye-wateringly hard to watch at points, and any attempt at - - y'know, any sort of meaningful emotional connection between any of its characters falls pretty flat. Still, some of the insults are genuinely pretty hilarious, so it's got that going for it at least. 3/10.
Rollerball will be released on 4K Ultra HD on November 22 via Scream Factory. The 1975 sci-fi action film is directed by Norman Jewison (The Hurricane, In the Heat of the Night).
William Harrison wrote the scriot, based on his own 1973 short story. James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, Moses Gunn, and Ralph Richardson star. The film was remade in 2002.
Special features will be announced at a later date.
In the future, there are no wars. There is no crime. There is only... the game. In a world where ruthless corporations reign supreme, this vicious and barbaric "sport" is the only outlet for the pent-up anger and frustrations of the masses.
Tuned to their televisions, the people watch Rollerball: a brutal mutation of football, motocross, and hockey. Jonathan E. (James Caan) is the champion player – a man too talented for his own good. The Corporation has taken away the woman, Ella (Maud Adams), Jonathon loves, but they can't take away his soul – even if the diabolical corporate head (John Houseman) tells him he better retire... or suffer the old-fashioned way.
In The Ninth Configuration (William Peter Blatty, 1980), Lieutenant Bennish (Robert Loggia) quotes Victor McLaglen as Gypo in The Informer (John Ford, 1935), correctly guessed by Major Nammack (Moses Gunn).
In today's review, I find out if you can make a killing in the hospitality industry. As I attempt a #positive review of the 1987 T.V. Pilot Bates Motel
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As the barrage of remakes, reboots, and legacy sequels keep reminding us, never underestimate the power of a brand name. A franchise’s most recognisable and distinctive elements can be repurposed and reshaped to fit any mould. Even if the elements are the least bit tangentially related, it could be the inception of something fascinating, if equipped with enough ingenuity. In 1987, equipped with…
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Firestarter (1984)| Episode 402
Jim discusses n adaptation of a popular Stephen King novel from 1984 – “Firestarter,” starring Drew Barrymore, David Keith, Freddie Jones, George C. Scott, Heather Locklear, Martin Sheen, Louise Fletcher, Art Carney, and Moses Gunn. Produced by Dino De Laurentis and Directed by Mark L. Lester, the film focuses on an 8-year-old girl and her father who both have special abilities that a secret government agency wants to know more about. It’s full of action and intrigue as the two try to escape. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.
Visionary director Gordon Parks introduced audiences to the ultimate blaxploitation hero in this blockbuster with an iconic soundtrack by Isaac Hayes.
While the Black Power movement was reshaping America, trailblazing director Gordon Parks made this groundbreaking blockbuster, which helped launch the blaxploitation era and gave the screen a new kind of badder-than-bad action hero in John Shaft…
Ragtime (1981). A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
It's impossible to argue with the fact that Miloš Forman knew how to make good cinema, but more than that, he really knew how society and culture informed a character's interior life, from their personal conflicts to their relationships to how they navigated the world around them. We saw it in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Hair, but I think nevermoreso than here, which feels ahead of its time in its nuanced approach to white privilege and the social structures that silence people. Plus the cast is absolutely stacked, I can't believe I didn't know more about this going in. 8/10.