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Tag: 1970s

‘Carrie’ (1976): A classic go-to for Halloween season

A spiffed-up, bonus-heavy collector’s edition of the Stephen King horror classic.

October 3, 2018September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks5 Comments

‘Rollercoaster’ (1977): TV movie-style disaster film rumbles through…in Sensurround!

1977’s Rollercoaster is a first-rate TV suspenser, blasted onto the big screen via Sensurround.

September 6, 2018September 24, 2024 Movies & Drinks3 Comments

‘Thank God It’s Friday’ (1978): Sanitized Hollywood disco shenanigans

Disney-fied PG-rated hijinks at a distressingly chaste, mildly drug-fueled, not-nearly-as-gay-as-we-expected late 1970s Hollywood disco!

July 24, 2018September 24, 2024 Movies & Drinks2 Comments

‘Hard Times’ (1975): Primitive in tone, sophisticated in execution – a dark comic book comes to life

A mythic fantasy…shot in laconic, bare-knuckled, tough-as-shoe leather “realistic” style, with one central message: you gotta fight to survive…any way you can.

June 26, 2018September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks6 Comments

‘Drive-In’ (1976): Summer fun from a bygone era

Sony’s Choice Collection, their manufactured-on-demand DVD service for old Columbia Pictures library and cult titles, is still pumping out the discs, including one just right for these warm summer nights: Drive-In, the 1976 Columbia Pictures sleeper hit featuring a largely unfamiliar cast of fresh faces.

June 19, 2018September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks4 Comments

‘The Valachi Papers’ (1972): Bronson tough in violent, true-story gangster flick

Violent, pulpy gangster cartoon featuring our favorite Cro-Magnon-American actor, Charles Bronson.

June 4, 2018September 24, 2024 Movies & Drinks4 Comments

‘Emperor of the North’ (1973): Violent, funny, moves like an express train!

Iconic action movie titans Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine battle it out over the Oregon rails in the violent, exhilarating Emperor of the North. Just don’t go lookin’ for meaning, kid.

April 25, 2018September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks2 Comments

‘Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw’ (1976): Lynda Carter – wonderful before Wonder Woman!

On April 3rd, 2018, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce awarded a “Walk of Fame” star to the real Wonder Woman—the only Wonder Woman—Lynda Carter.

April 2, 2018September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks2 Comments

‘Night Terror’ (1977): Valerie Harper stars in tense suspenser

Remember Rhoda, Mary’s best friend and upstairs neighbor on The Mary Tyler Moore Show? Did you know that she, along with her costars, took a suspenseful detour into thriller-movie territory, to spice things up?

March 13, 2018September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks6 Comments

‘Benji’ (1974): Scrappy indie holds up just fine today

When I watch Benji, I feel love.

February 19, 2018September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks3 Comments

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