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Director Michael Curtiz’s archetypal action-packed 1939 Western pairs Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland again for the fifth of their nine movies together. In his first Western, Flynn (who thought that he was miscast in […]
Quintessential tough-guy Joe Don Baker enjoys his breakthrough role as real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in the 1973 vigilante film Walking Tall. Quintessential tough-guy Joe Don Baker gets one of his best roles and gives a sterling performance as real-life Southern sheriff […]
Michael Myers again terrorises the feisty Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in the 1981 film Halloween II from original writer/ producers John Carpenter and Debra Hill, with Donald Pleasence also back as Dr Sam Loomis. […]
Director Dick Lowry’s feeble 1983 action comedy brings Smokey back, but beaming original star Burt Reynolds gives this one a miss (except for a quick cameo as ‘The Real Bandit’) while his buddy Cletus (Jerry […]
Director Hal Needham’s tremendous 1977 action comedy Smokey and the Bandit stars Burt Reynolds in one of his most famous and popular iconic roles as the Bandit, who tries to outrun cop Smokey on the […]
The 2010 remake of True Grit (1969) is a very decent, old-fashioned Western with strong, rock-solid performances. But, with its thin, slim-feeling story and relatively low impact, it is a slight disappointment from directors Ethan Coen and […]
Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford star in the sultry and steamy 1966 Texas small-town melodrama film The Chase. Director Arthur Penn’s sultry and steamy 1966 Texas small-town melodrama The Chase finds both the […]