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The Wild Bunch (30th Anniversary Widescreen Edition)

William Holden, Ernest Borgnine

Warner Home Video, 1999

Warner Brothers need to release the Uncut Version for the full artistic effect of the movie!
I took a college course in 1979 named "Film as Literature" and "The Wild Bunch" was one of the premier films that we studied. But the version that we saw was the "uncut" version - not the shorter so-called "director's cut" version. The purposefulness of the original ...

Thief Who Came to Dinner

Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset

Warner Home Video, 1998

an honest thief - realistic portrayal of disgruntled NASA rocket scientist
The opening scene is filmed at the Johnson Space Center in Houston showing buildings 5 (mission simulator) and 29 (centrifuge), and realistically portrays the kinds of things engineers there discuss and occasionally do. I know because I was there. One intense ...

In the Heat of the Night

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

In the heat of the night
I was very satisfied with my purchase. It arrived earlier than expected and it was in Excellent condition.

In the Heat of the Night

Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger

MGM (Video & DVD), 1993

In the heat of the night
I was very satisfied with my purchase. It arrived earlier than expected and it was in Excellent condition.

Badlands

Dona Baldwin, Ramon Bieri

Warner Bros. Pictures, 1995

Hmmmm ! -- Question .........
Picture of the jacket-cover for this movie says: Starring Martin Sheen & Sissy Spacek. But you look to the right of the cover it reads: Starring: Dona Baldwin, Ramon Bieri. What is one to deduce about this ????

Ride the High Country

Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea

MGM (Warner), 1994

On of the 5 Best Westerns (Color) ever made...
This is an essential film among the westerns. It deserves the reputation it has, among western film lovers, Peckinpah fans, Randolph Scott admirers, and cult film enthusiasts (it is considered a cult film because, while virtually ignored upon initial release, it's ...

Tom Sawyer

Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm

MGM (Video & DVD), 1994

Tom Sawyer review
Great movie. Just as I remembered it...my kids loved it, even in this day and age. Came quickly and was a brand new movie. Enjoy!

The Hired Hand

Verna Bloom, Severn Darden

Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, 2003

Good Work
Like the recent "Sargasso Sea", this flick is a prime example of how the industry can every now and then, with no rational explanation, fumble the ball completely. "Hired Hand" was tossed on the market in '71 with no backing whatsoever and sank like a stone. A year or ...

Blue Thunder

Roy Scheider, Warren Oates

Sony Pictures, 1995

Another Scheider hit !!
I am a big Roy Scheider fan and next to Jaws this may be his best movie. Chopper movies are always great and original along the cover up/conspiracy storyline it makes one entertaining movie. Loved watching Roy in his Trans Am !!

The Rounders

Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda

MGM (Warner), 1994

'Whatever you want to do just tickles me to death'
Director: Burt Kennedy Format: Color Studio: Warner Home Video Video Release Date: June 30, 1993 Cast: Glenn Ford Henry Fonda Chill Wills This is a wonderful comedy about two old cowboys (Fonda and Ford) who whoop off their money in town, and then are ...

Two Lane Blacktop

James Taylor, Warren Oates

Anchor Bay Entertainment, 1999

Criterion Collection Release of Two-Lane Blacktop
This is not a review of the film itself - there are numerous sources of critiques and distillations of the plot (such as it is). Rather, this review is concerned with the presentation of the Criterion Collection dvd release. The packaging is in a paper sleeve and ...

Blue & The Gray

Stacy Keach, John Hammond (IV)

Sony Pictures, 1994

The Complete Miniseries is the one you want
I first saw the complete miniseries in stores in 2001 when the set came out. The thing that really caught my intrest about it was the fact that it was based on the works of Bruce Catton. This had me returning to look at it, trying to decide if I wanted to spend the ...

Race With the Devil

R.G. Armstrong, Wes Bishop

20th Century Fox, 1998

Fun, cheap guilty-pleasure drive-in classic!
This movie rocks. I don't care what anyone says. It's a blast. It was made on a shoe-string budget and, at times, it shows but overall this movie has a cool story, good actors, plenty of action, and some spooky moments. It does have some hilarious moments like when ...

Major Dundee

Charlton Heston, Richard Harris

Sony Pictures, 1996

A personal revenge, miles away from home that has nothing to do with supposed ideals !
Amos Dundee (Charlton Heston) is an outlaw officer of the Army of the United States who - after the bloody massacre by Apache Indians - decides - against all the odds - to search and annihilate the Apache leader no matter how he has to spent, travel or sweat. So he ...

Bring Me the Head Of Alfredo Garcia

Warren Oates, Isela Vega

MGM (Video & DVD), 1995

A search for dignity, simple dignity....
SPOILERS.... At first, many will rent this film based on its title. It has one of the greatest titles in movie history. It sounds like a crass, exploitation film from the 1970's. It may have been made in 1974, but it is not exploitation, nowhere near it. It's ...