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A Quickie With Lisa Marie: I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (dir....
Despite only appearing in 5 films and dying 8 years before I was born, John Cazale is one of my favorite actors. You might not recognize his name but, if you love the films of the 70s, you know who...
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A Quickie With Lisa Marie: The Conversation (dir. by Francis Ford Coppola)
As a result of my continuing effort to see every single film ever nominated for best picture, I’ve been lucky enough to both discover and rediscover a handful of excellent films that, for whatever...
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Review: A Bridge Too Far (dir. by Sir Richard Attenborough)
“Well, as you know, I always felt we tried to go a bridge too far” — Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning With the recent passing of Sir Richard Attenborough I decided to bring up one of the films which first...
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Shattered Politics #60: Absolute Power (dir by Clint Eastwood)
The main reason that I enjoyed the 1997 Clint Eastwood film Absolute Power was because it features a murderer who also happens to be the President. As someone who dislike the idea of any one person...
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Shattered Politics #72: Welcome to Mooseport (dir by Donald Petrie)
The 2004 film comedy Welcome to Mooseport would probably be totally forgotten if not for one thing. This is the film that was supposedly so bad that co-star Gene Hackman looked at the final cut and...
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Lisa Watches An Oscar Winner: The French Connection (dir by William Friedkin)
Earlier today, thanks to Netflix, I watched the 1971 best picture winner, The French Connection. Based on a true incident, The French Connection is the story of two NYPD detectives, the reasonable and...
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Embracing the Melodrama Part II #44: The Poseidon Adventure (dir by Ronald...
A few years ago, when I first told Arleigh that I had recently watched the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure, I remember him as being a bit shocked and amazed that I had made it through the entire film....
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Film Review: The Split (1968, directed by Gordon Flemyng)
The Split is one of the many films to be based on one of Donald Westlake’s Parker novels. A classic antihero, Parker was a ruthless professional criminal who was only partially redeemed by being so...
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Rough Justice: THE FRENCH CONNECTION (20th Century Fox 1971)
Originally posted on crackedrearviewer: First of all, I’d like to thank Kellee Pratt of Outspoken and Freckled for inviting me to participate in the 31Days of Oscar Blogathon. It’s cool to be part of...
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Things Could Be Worse: 8 Fictional Presidents Who Were Terrible At Their Job
2016 is an election year and things are looking pretty grim right now. It’s enough to make you throw your hands up in frustrating and demand that someone push the reset button. However, things could...
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A Movie A Day #39: Prime Cut (1972, directed by Michael Ritchie)
Nick Devlin (Lee Marvin) is a veteran enforcer for the Chicago mob. His latest assignment has taken him out of the city and sent him to the farmlands of Kansas. Nick is the third enforcer to be sent...
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Lisa Reviews An Oscar Nominee: Bonnie and Clyde (dir by Arthur Penn)
If you’re ever visiting my former hometown of Denton, Texas, you owe it to yourself to do two things. Number one, go to Recycled Books and Records. It’s right across the street from the old courthouse...
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A Movie A Day #68: Hoosiers (1986, directed by David Anspaugh)
I’m back! Even though it has only been a week since I last did a movie a day, I feel like I’ve been gone forever. Thank you to everyone who commented or messaged me while I was gone. It turned out...
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A Movie A Day #164: Split Decisions (1988, directed by David Drury)
Craig Sheffer seeks symbolic revenge and Gene Hackman picks up a paycheck in Split Decisions! Ray McGuinn (Jeff Fahey) is a contender. Ever since he let his father’s gym and signed with a sleazy...
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A Movie A Day #217: Wyatt Earp (1994, directed by Lawrence Kasdan)
Once upon a time, there were two movies about the legendary Western lawman (or outlaw, depending on who is telling the story) Wyatt Earp. One came out in 1993 and the other came out in 1994. The 1993...
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A Movie A Day #251: Cisco Pike (1972, directed by Bill L. Norton)
Yesterday, the great character actor Harry Dean Stanton passed away at the age of 91. Cisco Pike is not one of Stanton’s best films but it is a film that highlight why Stanton was such a compelling...
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A Movie A Day #258: The Hunting Party (1971, directed by Don Medford)
Old west outlaw Frank Calder (Oliver Reed) wants to learn how to read so he and his gang ride into the nearby town and kidnap Melissa Ruger (Candice Bergen). Because he saw her reading to a group of...
View ArticleRecipe for Disaster: THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (20th Century-Fox 1972)
Originally posted on cracked rear viewer: Although 1970’s AIRPORT is generally credited as the first “disaster movie”, it was 1972’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE that made the biggest splash for the genre....
View ArticleAn Olympic Film Review: Downhill Racer (dir by Michael Ritchie)
For the past few days, like all good people, I have been totally obsessed with the Winter Olympics! Last week, I asked my friends to suggest some Winter Olympic-themed movies that I could watch and...
View Article40 Years of SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (Warner Brothers 1978)
Originally posted on cracked rear viewer: Unlike today, when superheroes dominate at the box office and your local multiplex, costumed crusaders were dead as the proverbial doornail in theaters of the...
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