

Cinema Revisited: Small Change (1976)
Directed by Francois Truffaut. Starring Philippe Goldmann, Nicole Félix, Bruno Staab, Jean-François Stévenin, Geory Desmouceaux, Sylvie...


DVD Review: The Silent Partner (1978)
This Canadian production, shot entirely in Toronto, features Elliot Gould as a rather meek bank teller who discovers a clue to a robbery....


Cinema Revisited: Richard Lester's The Three Musketeers
I wish I could remember her name. It was a pretty girl attending high school with me back in the Spring of 1974 when this movie first...


Cinema Revisited: Melody (1971)
Jack Wild and Mark Lester made an impact in Carol Reed’s 1968 musical “Oliver” based on the story of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. A few years later they were re-teamed in this coming-of-age, first-crush romance that was titled SWALK in England (the letters stand for “Sealed With a Loving Kiss,”). “Melody” has no pretensions beyond being a pleasant mainstream film about two adolescents who connect with each other, believe they are in love, and want to permission from the


DVD Review: Sam Peckinpah’s “Junior Bonner” with Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen’s iconic presence in the title role, Sam Peckinpah’s direction, a supporting cast that includes Ida Lupino, Robert Preston,...


DVD Review: Charles Bronson in FROM NOON TILL THREE (1976)
FROM NOON TILL THREE Directed by Frank D. Gilroy. Starring Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Douglas Foweley, Stan Haze, Damon Douglas,...


DVD Review: John Wayne in BRANNIGAN (1975)
BRANNIGAN Directed by Douglas Hickox, Starring John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer, John Vernon, Ralph Meeker,...


DVD Review: Kino Lorber releases The Wanderers (1979) on blu ray
THE WANDERERS Directed by Phillip Kaufman. Screenplay by Phillip and Rose Kaufman based on the novel by Richard Price. Starring Ken...


Carl Reiner’s “Where’s Poppa” released to blu ray
“Where’s Poppa” (1970) has noted TV comedian and actor Carl Reiner helming a screenplay by Robert Klane, based on his novel. It was one...


The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” (1974) now available on blu ray
Joseph Sargent was largely a TV director when he was assigned (over Steven Spielberg, no less) to helm this screen adaption of John...

