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Tag: 1970s

‘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

‘Dying Room Only’ (1973): Vacation ends badly in solid suspenser

Available through Warner Brothers’ Archive Collection (a real rarity, considering how few MTVs from this era have made it onto disc), ABC’s 1973 telemovie, Dying Room Only, directed by Philip Leacock, written by the master, Richard Matheson, and starring Cloris Leachman, Ned Beatty, Ross Martin, and Dabney Coleman, is a model of efficient, effective suspense.

February 14, 2018September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks6 Comments

‘Busting’ (1974): Overlooked, neglected gem from violent, cynical ’70s

“You guys have been watching too many moving picture films.”

December 9, 2017September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks9 Comments

‘The Legend of Lizzie Borden’ (1975): Haunting, dreamy, crazy, brilliant!

Haunting, dreamy, crazy nightmare thrills. There’s a reason I and several million other people my age and older remember so well The Legend of Lizzie Borden, the 1975 ABC made-for-TV splatter shocker: it’s flat-out brilliant.

October 27, 2017September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks3 Comments

‘Twitch of the Death Nerve’ (1971): Splatter giallo inspired Friday the 13th franchise

Whack-fest.

October 21, 2017September 23, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

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