Director Michael O’Herlihy’s 1966 The Fighting Prince of Donegal stars Peter McEnery as the peace-loving but brash young rebel Irishman Hugh O’Donnell, who inherits the title of Prince of Donegal. He is kidnapped and jailed by […]
Director Hal Needham’s 1980 action comedy sequel Smokey and the Bandit II (aka Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again) brings Burt Reynolds back from the 1977 hit original Smokey and the Bandit as truck driver […]
Director Roger Vadim’s teasingly steamy 1966 The Game Is Over [La curée] stars Jane Fonda in her glorious prime as Renée Saccard, the selfish young wife of a middle-aged Parisian businessman Alexandre (Michel Piccoli), who falls […]
Co-writer/ director Carlos Marques-Marcet’s quirky comedy of personal relationships Anchor and Hope (2017) is really quite special. It is richly enjoyable, very funny, touching and thoughtful, with four lovely performances in memorable characters, as well as […]
Director Peter Tewkesbury’s likeable 1963 romantic comedy boasts a good cast in Cliff Robertson, Rod Taylor, Jane Fonda, Robert Culp, Jo Morrow and Jim Backus, and a decent screenplay by Norman Krasna, who adapts his […]
Director Phil Karlson’s taut, tense, crisp, and expertly made little 1952 black and white film noir thriller Kansas City Confidential [The Secret Four] stars John Payne, Coleen Gray and Preston Foster, and is based on […]
Cult director Phil Karlson’s excellent little-known 1953 film noir crime melodrama 99 River Street is a satisfying walk on the wild side that keeps up a cracking pace from start to finish, with Franz Planer’s […]
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