‘Jacqueline Susann’s The Love Machine’ (1971): Aggressively inept, trashy schlock (thank god)
Awfulness like this is rare—it needs to be acknowledged and celebrated.
‘The Friends of Eddie Coyle’ (1973): Grimy, low-key gangster flick – a little-seen gem
The Anti-Godfather.
‘The Cowboys’ (1972): Exciting, emotional coming-of-age tale, one of Wayne’s best
A perfectly tempoed coming-of-age Western, with clear meditations on the difference between boys and men, between crime and moral fortitude…and between murder and justice.
‘The Grand Tour’ (1992): Little seen sci-fi time traveler better than remembered
Nostalgia’s a powerful thing.
‘Man of the West’ (1958): A must-see for fans of 50s Westerns or American films
Brutal, raw, deceptively simple but powerfully layered and complex, Man of the West is flat-out one of the best American westerns ever made. Period.
‘The Lineup’ (1958): Nasty noir classic a cult fave for genre fans
Violent, perverted, nihilistic noir classic.
‘Action Jackson’ (1988): A primer on all the 80s action that’s come before
A near-perfect definition of cliche ’80s action and historically significant for soon-to-be-defunct production company, Lorimar.
‘Billy Jack Goes to Washington’ (1977): Senator Billy Jack – a crusader against corrupt government!?
It’s the end of the line for Billy Jack.
‘The Trial of Billy Jack’ (1974): A spectacularly unwieldy mess of a movie
Ready for some more Billy Jack? Of course you are.
‘Billy Jack’ (1971): Long, talky, action-sparse – a mixed-signals ‘message’ exploiter
“Watch his feet, man. He can kill you with his feet.”
