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Monthly Archives: June 2023
The Longest Yard (1974) Robert Aldrich, Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. Read More »
A Hole in the Head (1959) Frank Capra, Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker
Tony Manetta runs an unsuccessful Miami hotel, on which he can’t meet the payments. Read More »
Terrorism: It Could Happen Here AKA Italia: Ultimo atto? (1977) Massimo Pirri, Luc Merenda, Lou Castel, Andrea Franchetti
About a group of terrorists trying to execute their mission. Read More »
Goliath and the Barbarians AKA Il terrore dei barbari (1959) Carlo Campogalliani, Steve Reeves, Chelo Alonso, Bruce Cabot
When barbarians invade his village and kill his father, a local man wages a one-man war against them. Read More »
The Trojan Horse AKA La guerra di Troia (1961) Giorgio Ferroni, Steve Reeves, Juliette Mayniel, John Drew Barrymore
In the final year of the 10 year long Trojan War, Ulysses devises his infamous scheme to get into Troy. Read More »
Among the Cinders (1984) Rolf Hädrich, Paul O’Shea, Derek Hardwick, Yvonne Lawley
Author Maurice Shadbolt went before the cameras to play father to the main character Read More »
Stardom (2000) Denys Arcand, Jessica Paré, Victoria Snow, Jessica Mackenzie
A sports photographer in rural Canada sends a picture of a high school athlete Read More »
Bugsy (1991) Barry Levinson, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel
New York gangster Ben Bugsy Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. Read More »
The Player AKA Der Spieler (1938) Gerhard Lamprecht, Eugen Klöpfer, Lída Baarová, Hedwig Bleibtreu
Quite a fine and engaging interpretation of Dostoevsky’s novel. Read More »