BRANDO AND BRYNNER IN THE WARTIME THRILLER OF 'MORITURI'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyffmQQszDaOIXPSlcDE4g0lg8_ZXatUwhLJeMztXVu3UT45_TObooET7yNsrBJu9U8uNb6E3TP_kMC9Lw26FMXJZ7fjeR5_CES32ArHuwWSMIri5-A_DtCdvrZ5DlvFHKsPB6hvV2X-pbuggf_n8fW7EFzIXhqr-DSMFuZ1C74FZ3cnLn6-1Ps_wWWVIv/s2008/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-21%20at%2010.11.59%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="2008" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyffmQQszDaOIXPSlcDE4g0lg8_ZXatUwhLJeMztXVu3UT45_TObooET7yNsrBJu9U8uNb6E3TP_kMC9Lw26FMXJZ7fjeR5_CES32ArHuwWSMIri5-A_DtCdvrZ5DlvFHKsPB6hvV2X-pbuggf_n8fW7EFzIXhqr-DSMFuZ1C74FZ3cnLn6-1Ps_wWWVIv/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-21%20at%2010.11.59%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Marlon Brando and Yul Brynner in MORITURI Year: 1965 Grade: B— upon a **1/2 star rating</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>During Marlon Brando's lost decade — of box office and critical failures in-between ONE-EYED JACKS and THE GODFATHER — he played the unlikeliest of World War II-movie heroes in MORITURI... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which is where Brando's Robert Crain begins... in an expository mission-setup sequence with Trevor Howard, who finds Marlon's pacifist German character hiding out in India before thrusting him into the complicated task...</p><p><span></span></p>

espionage, hans christian blech, janet margolin, marlon brando, nazi, sixties, thriller, trevor howard, william redfield, world war II, yul brynner

BRANDO AND BRYNNER IN THE WARTIME THRILLER OF 'MORITURI'

Marlon Brando and Yul Brynner in MORITURI Year: 1965 Grade: B— upon a **1/2 star rating During Marlon Brando's lost decade — of box offi...

WILLIAM SHATNER & ANDY GRIFFITH IN 'PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEyaP0p-IiNFx7CR8ViGXUO4gQbBfnyJbnopWtaSgi-ZAhLb-AZeriMythyZK3F9RCn3RjXilkrZpweAkvvoDweGumxeFx9hy6CV6XlVY7Ir0-8wDRxi5ZcaBxF9cIZDKBgKncx0uI4Qo4twYG4U0y_RNoR_AV5_Bax6DsyxJ5loBRIzn-9qaq9W6Ew/s1167/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-12%20at%2010.02.18%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEyaP0p-IiNFx7CR8ViGXUO4gQbBfnyJbnopWtaSgi-ZAhLb-AZeriMythyZK3F9RCn3RjXilkrZpweAkvvoDweGumxeFx9hy6CV6XlVY7Ir0-8wDRxi5ZcaBxF9cIZDKBgKncx0uI4Qo4twYG4U0y_RNoR_AV5_Bax6DsyxJ5loBRIzn-9qaq9W6Ew/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-12%20at%2010.02.18%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>One of many Hollywood morality-tales against corporate competition, which ironically keeps showbiz going, and, combining the counter-culture biker flick era with city-guys-out-of-their-element DELIVERANCE, what's really behind PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS is a kind of DEATH OF A SALESMAN character in William Shatner, semi-fired from an advertising agency, and whose only chance is relying on bigwig client Andy Griffith...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Famous for playing a good guy on television... which also includes THE BRADY BUNCH Robert Reed and of course Shatner from STAR TREK (clad in familiar Starfleet-yellow) with Marjoe Gortner as the token youngster... there's more than a dash of Griffith's intimidating FACE IN THE CROWD persona...  <br></p><p><span></span></p>

action, adventure, andy griffith, angie dickinson, biker, janet margolin, lorraine gary, marjoe gortner, midlife crisis, robert burton, robert reed, tv movie, william shatner

WILLIAM SHATNER & ANDY GRIFFITH IN 'PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS'

Title: PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2 One of many Hollywood morality-tales against corporate competition, which ironically ...

GENE RODDENBERRY'S SCI-FI TV-MOVIE PILOT FOR 'PLANET EARTH'

<p> <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span></p><p><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span></p><p><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7OWJqliuz30s_jUAIy2dW9puWQU-op4gPSa7faXvZGeJ5jKgK7UE2-Qu5I1YTDaYCAbmA6F2PhLA1rjKZeIQYFIgB8RqOJiLW7rWUEjWOgXNPZK0UGClB9D2533yNFJYxiKGOndVX_gOJfaySszJLCg7x52xjFtmWPEZsjcGO9wt59iVxWj5s4614Q/s1170/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-23%20at%2010.07.38%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7OWJqliuz30s_jUAIy2dW9puWQU-op4gPSa7faXvZGeJ5jKgK7UE2-Qu5I1YTDaYCAbmA6F2PhLA1rjKZeIQYFIgB8RqOJiLW7rWUEjWOgXNPZK0UGClB9D2533yNFJYxiKGOndVX_gOJfaySszJLCg7x52xjFtmWPEZsjcGO9wt59iVxWj5s4614Q/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-23%20at%2010.07.38%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><u>Title: Planet Earth Year: 1974 Rating: ****</u></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">By the 1970's, because of both syndication and conventions, Gene Roddenberry's 1960's three-season gem STAR TREK was beginning to gather a big cult following...</span></p><p></p><p><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">And yet, before the progressive doors opened up for another possible TREK series or, what happened instead from the financial success of STAR WARS, a trail of movies, Roddenberry attempted several entirely new science-fiction shows... </span></p><p></p><p><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>

apocalyptic future, diana muldaur, gene roddenberry, janet margolin, john saxon, science-fiction, seventies, ted cassidy, tv movie, warner archives

GENE RODDENBERRY'S SCI-FI TV-MOVIE PILOT FOR 'PLANET EARTH'

Title: Planet Earth Year: 1974 Rating: **** By the 1970's, because of both syndication and conventions, Gene Roddenberry's 1960...

WHERE ARE YOUR CURRENT MOVIE REVIEWS?

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0arzVQufO5a3ilO7zRDoUuULDpQxJAE9j_peOv1yy8q0rCjQ9LlrRQOXQpRPohwC3RQ-K3qQ-DUietxUJRps_xMzmIugoxUZ9mS480VE-NWWjI_QBF1VRVY3RgVQKByKEku4HObudwtw/s1600/janetmargolin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0arzVQufO5a3ilO7zRDoUuULDpQxJAE9j_peOv1yy8q0rCjQ9LlrRQOXQpRPohwC3RQ-K3qQ-DUietxUJRps_xMzmIugoxUZ9mS480VE-NWWjI_QBF1VRVY3RgVQKByKEku4HObudwtw/s640/janetmargolin.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"Come back soon, James, because we... or at least I... miss you."</i></td></tr> </tbody></table> <i>Current reviews (of movies playing in theaters) will resume after this weekend, when yours truly will be attending the Hollywood Show to meet celebrities... and last week attended the Monsterpolooza for the same reason... thus an abundance of recent screenings have been neglected...</i><br /> <i><br /></i> <i>So stay tuned for reviews of OBLIVION (Tom Cruise as WALL-E), JURASSIC PARK 3D (the dinosaurs will appear even closer than they were), OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (Air Force One redux), 42 (Harrison Ford has become a character-actor after all these years), THE LORDS OF SALEM (Rob Zombie serving up blood, guts, and Raj from What's Happening), THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (an apparent attempt at an epic film noir), and others missed.  </i><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwivMEW9DF8Ss3qo4Nk_Yr1hzl1atuzn_YcCtvs1MDVCuZI4VOsS7uE-pSC126UJy0FwpFlMwIsnI9v2E1QE6VkrO8-ZLR5XWoCDK4QpIs2svHVAf3pbIsJhWkf8M8mGeFD8t1VCyl6V8/s1600/coni-hudak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwivMEW9DF8Ss3qo4Nk_Yr1hzl1atuzn_YcCtvs1MDVCuZI4VOsS7uE-pSC126UJy0FwpFlMwIsnI9v2E1QE6VkrO8-ZLR5XWoCDK4QpIs2svHVAf3pbIsJhWkf8M8mGeFD8t1VCyl6V8/s640/coni-hudak.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"Ya'll come back real soon..."</i></td></tr> </tbody></table>

coni hudak, janet margolin

WHERE ARE YOUR CURRENT MOVIE REVIEWS?

"Come back soon, James, because we... or at least I... miss you." Current reviews (of movies playing in theaters) will resume ...