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Damnation Alley * (1977, Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sanda, Paul Winfield, Jackie Earle Haley, Kip Niven) – Classic Movie Review 6738

Director Jack Smight’s ambitious but trashy 1977 sci-fi thriller is based on the intriguing cult novel by Roger Zalazny. Jan-Michael Vincent and George Peppard star as young hero Tanner and army major Denton, who lead […]

Feb, 26

Bite the Bullet **** (1975, Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Ben Johnson, Ian Bannen, Jan-Michael Vincent) – Classic Movie Review 6736

Writer-producer-director Richard Brooks’s 1975 action adventure stars Gene Hackman (as Sam Clayton), Candice Bergen (as Miss Jones), James Coburn (as Luke Matthews), Ben Johnson (as Mister), Ian Bannen (as the Englishman Sir Harry Norfolk) and Jan-Michael […]

Feb, 26

Last of the Comanches *** (1953, Broderick Crawford, Barbara Hale, Lloyd Bridges, Johnny Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 6690

Director André De Toth brings adroit, way more than merely just adequate handling to a standard, unsurprising US Cavalry versus the Indians tale about a group of stranded soldiers facing a remorseless Native American raid […]

Feb, 14

Tank Girl *** (1995, Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Malcolm McDowell) – Classic Movie Review 6540

Director Rachel Talalay’s likeable 1995 sci-ft action comedy fantasy feature is a funky, quirky cult film with plenty of attitude. Lori Petty invigorates an in-your-face version of the British comic strip as futuristic heroine Rebecca […]

Jan, 09

Hardware *** (1990, Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch) – Classic Movie Review 6407

Writer-director Richard Stanley’s 1990 British cult sci-fi horror thriller is a full-blooded, full-on shocker affair, with all systems go to combat a routine, derivative tale about a killer robot terrorising the heroine Jill Grakowski (Stacey […]

Dec, 14

Harum Scarum * (1965, Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries, Michael Ansara) – Classic Movie Review 6233

Director Gene Nelson’s 1965 comedy musical is a ridiculous Elvis Presley vehicle, in which he plays Johnny Tyrone, an action movie star kidnapped by Arabs on the way to his new film’s Middle East premiere […]

Nov, 12

The Shooting **** (1966, Warren Oates, Will Hutchins, Jack Nicholson, Millie Perkins) – Classic Movie Review 6212

Director Monte Hellman’s gritty 1966 existential Western stars a grinning Jack Nicholson as a ‘violent, sadistic and merciless’ hired killer called Billy Spear, who comes up against bounty hunters Willett Gashade and Coley (Warren Oates […]

Nov, 08

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