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• #2,942. The Choirboys (1977) - Films of the 1970s

  

  The first hour or so of Robert Aldrich’s The Choirboys has the look and feel of a made-for-TV film, but the personality of a bawdy R-rated comedy. Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,941. The McPherson Tape (1989) - Films of the 1980s

  

  “The uncut video footage you are about to see contains the most important evidence yet made public regarding the UFO abduction phenomenon. This footage is from... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,940. Darkroom (1989) - Thrillers of the '80s and '90s

  

  After years away, Janet (Jill Pierce) has returned home for what she hopes will be a quiet weekend with her family. Joined eventually by her boyfriend,... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,939. Busting (1974) - Elliott Gould in the 1970's Triple Feature

  

  Director Peter Hyams has been on my radar for some time. It’s an admiration that stretches back to 1984, when our next-door neighbor took my brother and I to se... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,938. Get Over It (2001) - Random Musings

  

  High school athlete Berke Landers (Ben Foster) discovers his longtime girlfriend Allison (Melissa Sagemiller) has fallen in love with drama student Bentley... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,937. SpaceCamp (1986) - Random Musings

  

  In my review of 1987’s Project X, I said how the final scene of that movie was “so outlandish that you could only find it in a Hollywood movie”. But as I pointe... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,936. Hot Pursuit (1987) - John Cusack in the '80s Triple Feature

  

  It says more about me than it does the movie, but I would love to go on the adventure that Dan Bartlett (John Cusack) experiences in 1987’s Hot Pursuit! Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,935. Better Off Dead (1985) - John Cusack in the '80s Triple Feature

  

  While director Savage Steve Holland and star John Cusack were in the process of making One Crazy Summer, which marked their second collaboration, Cusack broke... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,934. The Sure Thing (1985) - John Cusack in the '80s Triple Feature

  

  Rob Reiner followed up his comedic masterpiece This is Spinal Tap (which was also his big-screen directorial debut) with 1985’s The Sure Thing, a romantic comed... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,933. Citizen Gangster (2011) - Double Feature of Off the Beaten Path...

  

  I knew nothing about the real Edwin Boyd going into 2011’s Citizen Gangster. A veteran of World War II who had dreams of becoming an actor, Boyd, a Canadian,... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,932. The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) - Double Feature of Off the...

  

  “Jack ‘Legs’ Diamond was spawned in the 1920’s - An era of incredible violence This is the way it happened”. Budd Boetticher, who helmed some of the finest... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,931. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) - Double Feature of '60s British...

  

  Inspired by the 1854 poem written by Alfred Lord Tennyson, which detailed a battle during the Crimean War in which the British Light Brigade was badly defeated... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,930. How I Won the War (1967) - Double Feature of '60s British War Films

  

  John Lennon gets second billing in the 1967 WWII comedy How I Won the War, which is a notable appearance for the late musician because it features him in what i... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,929. 3:15 (1986) - Random Musings

  

  The title of this 1986 film is also what everything in the movie builds towards: the big showdown at 3:15 pm. And director Larry Gross manages to generate just... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,928. The Big Racket (1976) - 70s Euro Crime Triple Feature

  

  When writing about Enzo G. Castellari’s 1976 crime movie The Big Racket, Italian critic Morando Morandini said: “It’s a fascist film. It’s a vile film. It’s an... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,927. Killer Cop (1975) - 70s Euro Crime Triple Feature

  

  The Italian title for Luciano Ercoli’s 1975 Euro-crime film is La polizia ha le mani legate, which translates in English to The Police Have Their Hands Tied. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,926. Caliber 9 (1972) - 70s Euro Crime Triple Feature

  

  Forget limiting it to the Euro-crime subgenre; Fernando Di Leo’s Caliber 9 is one of the best crime films I’ve seen, period! From its sharply edited pre-title... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,925. All American High Revisited (2014) - Documentaries Double Feature

  

  If you need a smile, or a pick-me-up, then you’ll want to check out director Keva Rosenfeld’s All American High Revisited. It is an incredibly fun documentary. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,924. Streetwise (1984) - Documentaries Double Feature

  

  In an early scene from Martin Bell’s extraordinary 1984 documentary Streetwise, which follows a group of kids living on the streets of Seattle, we’re treated... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,923. The Nightshifter (2018) - Random Musings

  

  I first came across Dennison Ramalho’s The Nightshifter in late 2019, when I was compiling that year’s Top 10 horror movies list. The premise blew me away, and ... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2023 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES