PETER SELLERS GETS COMPLETELY VICIOUS FOR 'NEVER LET GO'

<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><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/AVvXsEiJ25rr2pF2qJtlCIQVTUScOKR4NHlt0dJXzRnFWw_iMDJMApT9Iy619nMrAsX8LmmTZPclzVX9Tm8q7LYTSlZQVl74khQYzKNpCBv0Sk-ho5u-t6En76jk9O842R87u_Ec-tjDa94e1rjwsY6X07wO_u6FKF-127WIB7mVAKq4gyZPn04HrEzRw6yvUr4g/s1570/Screen%20Shot%202025-06-21%20at%208.17.30%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ25rr2pF2qJtlCIQVTUScOKR4NHlt0dJXzRnFWw_iMDJMApT9Iy619nMrAsX8LmmTZPclzVX9Tm8q7LYTSlZQVl74khQYzKNpCBv0Sk-ho5u-t6En76jk9O842R87u_Ec-tjDa94e1rjwsY6X07wO_u6FKF-127WIB7mVAKq4gyZPn04HrEzRw6yvUr4g/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-06-21%20at%208.17.30%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>David Lodge and Peter Sellers in NEVER LET GO Year: 1960 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A British Neo Noir cross between DEATH OF A SALESMAN before and DEATH WISH after, John Guillermin made NEVER LET GO the same year as THE DAY THEY ROBBED THE BANK OF ENGLAND, only a car's worth much less than an entire country's bullion vault... </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></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But don't tell that to desperate cosmetics salesman Richard Todd, whose old fashioned, pseudo-charming client-pressuring style goes against the company's new-fangled <i>scientific methods</i>... </p><p><span></span></p>

adam faith, british neo noir, british new wave, carol white, crime, cult, david gregory, david lodge, elizabeth sellars, john guillermin, peter sellers, revenge, richard todd, teddy boys, thriller

PETER SELLERS GETS COMPLETELY VICIOUS FOR 'NEVER LET GO'

David Lodge and Peter Sellers in NEVER LET GO Year: 1960 Rating: **** A British Neo Noir cross between DEATH OF A SALESMAN before and DEATH ...

JOHN GUILLERMIN'S 'THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN' WITH BEN GAZARRA

<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/AVvXsEhGzNP0XqbXX9lYFs7JEbEOsq4bs8SI9AQuBjBkNNqkLS6N1A6zYDVmDpBXi7S_Jd4URsKbjKMzwLSXQuvhwGGD84mEAMBjtRyC9XmOZVTT6YKUqistWW-9HYrJ6AGEwsUXNmwvAFChM4X4JV7mGX3cvQDaCHDRHu10T7nf1YAs7vwFywV9TpOx_zdpyS_B/s1554/Screen%20Shot%202025-01-30%20at%2011.06.04%20PM%203%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzNP0XqbXX9lYFs7JEbEOsq4bs8SI9AQuBjBkNNqkLS6N1A6zYDVmDpBXi7S_Jd4URsKbjKMzwLSXQuvhwGGD84mEAMBjtRyC9XmOZVTT6YKUqistWW-9HYrJ6AGEwsUXNmwvAFChM4X4JV7mGX3cvQDaCHDRHu10T7nf1YAs7vwFywV9TpOx_zdpyS_B/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-01-30%20at%2011.06.04%20PM%203%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>George Segal and Ben Gazzara in The Bridge at Remagen Year: 1969 Rates: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>George Segal had already played a resilient soldier in a World War II movie, KING RAT, who scrounges off the dead and unlucky to make money from the living...<br><br>Which is Ben Gazarra's scene-stealing maverick role in British director John Guillermin's THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN as secondary-lead to Segal's authority-hating, war-weary lieutenant...</p><p></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

anna gaël, ben gazzara, bo hopkins, bradford dillman, e.g. marshall, george segal, hans christian blech, john guillermin, matt clark, robert logan, sixties, steve sandor, world war II

JOHN GUILLERMIN'S 'THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN' WITH BEN GAZARRA

George Segal and Ben Gazzara in The Bridge at Remagen Year: 1969 Rates: *** George Segal had already played a resilient soldier in a World W...

JOHN GUILLERMIN DIRECTS RICHARD ROUNDTREE 'SHAFT IN AFRICA'

<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/AVvXsEjlHJRJE-A1RbYZbYI8FLde9fduyVRHbxaxDNS0sVTvbFZQ82i2WksQrhoTRKtNBL_ZWbYxcVsO8YarNJ1I9QCKxAgXIrfAyIFIWuajYPGCFMKk_oE1yb7xkizA19iwt0dYKzbvokFkmqZVvrorgj4fxSyseC-1T7LZzXQfNEQXiwdnKLwA4T6EcXoAl54H/s1294/Screen%20Shot%202025-02-02%20at%208.57.43%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlHJRJE-A1RbYZbYI8FLde9fduyVRHbxaxDNS0sVTvbFZQ82i2WksQrhoTRKtNBL_ZWbYxcVsO8YarNJ1I9QCKxAgXIrfAyIFIWuajYPGCFMKk_oE1yb7xkizA19iwt0dYKzbvokFkmqZVvrorgj4fxSyseC-1T7LZzXQfNEQXiwdnKLwA4T6EcXoAl54H/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-02-02%20at%208.57.43%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Richard Roundtree from SHAFT IN AFRICA Year: 1973 Rates: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Director John Guillermin's SHAFT IN AFRICA is such a deliberate espionage/spy flick, at one point the title character... who originated on paper before being adapted into one of the first blaxploitation heroes... is told to (after he actually references James Bond) burn his mission after reading...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To pose as an African in Africa to be taken into a European slave-trade, which sounds more complicated than it really is... as this final SHAFT sequel's basically one handed-off desert-traipsing adventure sequence after another...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, adventure, blaxploitation, espionage, frank finlay, frank mcrea, john guillermin, neda arneric, richard roundtree, seventies, shaft, vonetta mcgee

JOHN GUILLERMIN DIRECTS RICHARD ROUNDTREE 'SHAFT IN AFRICA'

Richard Roundtree from SHAFT IN AFRICA Year: 1973 Rates: ***1/2 Director John Guillermin's SHAFT IN AFRICA is such a deliberate espionag...

GORDON SCOTT VS SEAN CONNERY 'TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE'

<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/AVvXsEhyeiUtXKTKFmFBPTwU6F7uYIvgEuKPv3zEi0wwhAhS9OU6l8MAG_y2JBkogvZUG9tOJXzvvLgFTey91KgkZss1Uet37fDbuhkIK_5Wpg4Ucy1EYHCYJ1n-FG9bWB_h7Vkllo6o0LCcwBBCnsSxivJU7qLt3J3preaxEczFL40fEzFpKEepSdS7rLxvkVsH/s2438/Screen%20Shot%202025-07-27%20at%205.00.19%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="2438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyeiUtXKTKFmFBPTwU6F7uYIvgEuKPv3zEi0wwhAhS9OU6l8MAG_y2JBkogvZUG9tOJXzvvLgFTey91KgkZss1Uet37fDbuhkIK_5Wpg4Ucy1EYHCYJ1n-FG9bWB_h7Vkllo6o0LCcwBBCnsSxivJU7qLt3J3preaxEczFL40fEzFpKEepSdS7rLxvkVsH/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-07-27%20at%205.00.19%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sean Connery in TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE Year: 1959 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>John Guillerman's TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE has a grainy aesthetic so that, unlike so many of producer Sy Weintraub's 1950's/1960's Tarzan flicks, it seamlessly matches the inserted shots of wildlife stock footage... <br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>From Gordon Scott's Tarzan nodding at crocodiles to pointing out a random predator/prey chase to beautiful (crash landed) pilot Sara Shane... then lecturing on how nature only kills for itself while humans kill for other reasons...  </p><span></span>

action, adventure, al mulock, anthony quayle, franchise, john guillermin, niall macginnis, scott tarzan, sean connery, sixties, tarzan

GORDON SCOTT VS SEAN CONNERY 'TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE'

Sean Connery in TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE Year: 1959 Rating: **** John Guillerman's TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE has a grainy a...

JOCK MAHONEY IN JOHN GUILLERMAN'S 'TARZAN GOES TO INDIA'

<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/AVvXsEgd1QR74OLqHaqDddYTGW88JguHLHWu6LDRc-kvzjMPQtlDssgzWxGoTy6hvPP8EW82hl_AabeJxZjrGH6T3CLO0sM8W9p0JZSBogtGb-AaKWFTWu0rSwhHtJ1BIlq1tp8pVTbzYmsDYHBV1FrHB5Xgr8t5-affbVxB-bsFPjJr2LIhyDAMwozXzIYtmMcN/s1504/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1QR74OLqHaqDddYTGW88JguHLHWu6LDRc-kvzjMPQtlDssgzWxGoTy6hvPP8EW82hl_AabeJxZjrGH6T3CLO0sM8W9p0JZSBogtGb-AaKWFTWu0rSwhHtJ1BIlq1tp8pVTbzYmsDYHBV1FrHB5Xgr8t5-affbVxB-bsFPjJr2LIhyDAMwozXzIYtmMcN/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jock Mahoney in TARZAN GOES TO INDIA Year: 1962 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>After actor/stuntman Jock Mahoney played the villain to Gordon Scott's Tarzan in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT, he was chosen to portray the swinging ape-man himself, a bit older, more sinewy than muscular and facially resembling former Tarzan (who Scott replaced) Lex Barker...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here against several villains, beginning with formidable Leo Gordon as a foreman on a vast desert construction site (foreshadowing Tanis from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK)... An infamous elephant hunter, he threatens to kill any wildlife that could hinder the work — unless Tarzan and his boy sidekick... with a trained pet elephant... saves the day...</p><p><span></span></p>

adventure, franchise, jock mahoney, john guillermin, leo gordon, mahoney tarzan, mark dana, sixties, tarzan

JOCK MAHONEY IN JOHN GUILLERMAN'S 'TARZAN GOES TO INDIA'

Jock Mahoney in TARZAN GOES TO INDIA Year: 1962 Rating: *** After actor/stuntman Jock Mahoney played the villain to Gordon Scott's Tarza...

FIRST PETER USTINOV POIROT MYSTERY OF 'DEATH ON THE NILE'

<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/a/AVvXsEg0Xi2x1ZFXa5Pm1ko9Aj8OAdTnrTp2BKr6Hhwdt26C4GNhfSkfaWhV0ex11NSRoPH2_j2DuIIDRQInJShKiWarw3w-OkizSI7vbZjQ8R43vPVk_7x-NVNz8ShiFl5IA9rkb0gRzh00jb3U0Bv4JOxpWp7cETgPXvZBhwoRWbz5PpAmH2Xo9w0qste-gQ=s1875" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1875" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0Xi2x1ZFXa5Pm1ko9Aj8OAdTnrTp2BKr6Hhwdt26C4GNhfSkfaWhV0ex11NSRoPH2_j2DuIIDRQInJShKiWarw3w-OkizSI7vbZjQ8R43vPVk_7x-NVNz8ShiFl5IA9rkb0gRzh00jb3U0Bv4JOxpWp7cETgPXvZBhwoRWbz5PpAmH2Xo9w0qste-gQ=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: DEATH ON THE NILE Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Director John Guillermin's DEATH ON THE NILE with a screenplay by Anthony Shaffer adapted from Agatha Christie's most celebrated novel featuring the affable Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is far from a perfect "whodunit" since this group of suspects, all passengers on a fancy boat down the titular Egyptian river, have very little motive/motivation to kill who's the best thing about the picture, and not just the prettiest...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thankfully Lois Chiles as super-rich heiress Linnet Ridgeway lasts over the one-hour mark; although she returns sporadically during the most uninteresting sequences where Poirot discusses with token constable-type David Niven what could have happened, providing flashbacks that aren't flashbacks being the first time we're seeing them...</p><p><span></span></p>

adventure, agatha christie, british, ensemble, i.s. johar, jack warden, john guillermin, jon finch, lois chiles, maggie smith, mia farrow, mystery, peter ustinov, simon maccorkindale, suspense

FIRST PETER USTINOV POIROT MYSTERY OF 'DEATH ON THE NILE'

Title: DEATH ON THE NILE Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2 Director John Guillermin's DEATH ON THE NILE with a screenplay by Anthony Shaffer ada...

PETER O'TOOLE IN 'THE DAY THEY ROBBED THE BANK OF ENGLAND'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDzswKjoOVP21LwWMKoFWUHOyhHd1jjSJJqhOGUlCngysdN9k-ApfLYPNGOAdyABT2yScNAarPOukJuvrhOHfztHV1amiAqiEaMVvIpxQxV8AJ2GKw5aRpWCUO9YXYv-KaIb9DXrQUbxl/s1600/the-day-they-robbed-the-bank-of-england-french-movie-poster.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="454" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKDzswKjoOVP21LwWMKoFWUHOyhHd1jjSJJqhOGUlCngysdN9k-ApfLYPNGOAdyABT2yScNAarPOukJuvrhOHfztHV1amiAqiEaMVvIpxQxV8AJ2GKw5aRpWCUO9YXYv-KaIb9DXrQUbxl/s320/the-day-they-robbed-the-bank-of-england-french-movie-poster.jpeg" width="307"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1960</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> In this classy, turn of the Century-set British heist film, Aldo Ray plays an American joining with would-be Irish Revolutionaries to knock off the titular location, and the best moments occur in the planning stages as the giant Yank learns the innards of the immense, seemingly impenetrable bank-fortress from a personal tour by Peter O'Toole, playing an extremely nice lieutenant of the bank's troop of marching guards...<br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtA0uJ3kefnrDprMetVCsMjtkPtU04TebhsMyC23Ra4z1N8_jhxaDjreIHbgmDctC2oHXhVlVZ6BcU_oqzlEFHMCW9DEmoJwiZszylVaJYOIXcMAAVQZHZps1US9EOnoXLg4mTpcy4X8Wt/s1600/Screen+Shot+2019-04-07+at+11.22.50+PM.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="799" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtA0uJ3kefnrDprMetVCsMjtkPtU04TebhsMyC23Ra4z1N8_jhxaDjreIHbgmDctC2oHXhVlVZ6BcU_oqzlEFHMCW9DEmoJwiZszylVaJYOIXcMAAVQZHZps1US9EOnoXLg4mTpcy4X8Wt/s400/Screen+Shot+2019-04-07+at+11.22.50+PM.jpeg" width="263"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robbed the Bank of England SCORE: ****</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> O'Toole's not the main star but has a genuine arc: his affable persona, giving away any and all secrets to an all-ears thief feigning style and class, sharpens as he begins to catch on during the crest of the second act, intensifying into a more familiar, edgy and intense character for O'Toole to embrace (and that he'd play later on).<br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> Meanwhile, the pace slows during a filler romance between Ray and the only female plotter, and the most time's spent during the usual digging of the tunnel — the kind you mostly see in prison films breaking out while here they're attempting to break in: And the cast also includes veteran actor Albert Sharpe as a sewer dwelling bum that unknowingly provided the groundwork; Kieron Moore as the mouthiest and youngest Irishman, a thankless role and the only antagonist of sorts; and Elizabeth Sellers as the pouty (and much too old) ingenue in this semi-obscure gem directed by John Guillermin, and that famously laid the groundwork for O'Toole's career: After viewing one scene, David Lean knew he had his LAWRENCE OF ARABIA despite the dark features and a straight, hawkish nose that would soon be altered.<br>

aldo ray, british new wave, caper, elizabeth sellars, england, heist, john guillermin, kieron moore, peter o'toole, sixties, thriller

PETER O'TOOLE IN 'THE DAY THEY ROBBED THE BANK OF ENGLAND'

Year: 1960 In this classy, turn of the Century-set British heist film, Aldo Ray plays an American joining with would-be Irish Revolution...

STEVE MCQUEEN FIRES PAUL NEWMAN IN 'THE TOWERING INFERNO'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLvvTedMd3YCK_tyMIxxosbKmn9rKkUQsBW7OldEg9f0u7jNHN6UWpFxyw_qPA94t4dU6-kWhyphenhyphenatE-YUu2u8WDyevDnQnDvPOZeIGPGDkebIUmU_I8C0pzQH25IcrCf4h76FyZDvnwJPL/s1600/1.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="920" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLvvTedMd3YCK_tyMIxxosbKmn9rKkUQsBW7OldEg9f0u7jNHN6UWpFxyw_qPA94t4dU6-kWhyphenhyphenatE-YUu2u8WDyevDnQnDvPOZeIGPGDkebIUmU_I8C0pzQH25IcrCf4h76FyZDvnwJPL/s400/1.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Steve McQueen w/ Don Gordon & Paul Newman YEAR: 1974</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> THE TOWERING INFERNO<span style="color: #660000;"> </span>stars Paul Newman and Steve McQueen… actually vice versa… Steve’s name is first but Paul’s higher… That's what's called the Ego Billing... Paul built the TOWERING while Steve battles the INFERNO...<br> <br> Newman’s an architect whose giant glass creation catches on fire from within thanks to Richard Chamberlain’s bad judgments to cut costs: The nefarious, downright no-good  character is the scapegoat of all scapegoats as his tycoon stepfather William Holden runs the show: his wealthy party guests on the top floor are celebrating the building’s grand opening as the first forty minutes sets up the situation – while the rich people drink, dine and dance, the employees learn the problem exists...<br>

action, disaster, faye dunaway, gregory sierra, irwin allen, john guillermin, mike lookinland, o.j. simpson, paul newman, robert vaughn, seventies, steve mcqueen, susan flannery, william holden

STEVE MCQUEEN FIRES PAUL NEWMAN IN 'THE TOWERING INFERNO'

Steve McQueen w/ Don Gordon & Paul Newman YEAR: 1974 THE TOWERING INFERNO stars Paul Newman and Steve McQueen… actually vice versa...

JESSICA LANGE 'KING KONG: THE LEGEND REBORN' JEFF BRIDGES

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFK7M8sQ18uzTzkB3Q_96v300DqpGTiC_7-SA8_zLVcIPnSYPPcfiESaZDsQbq-gpW2SWr1nBaGQKZHUhUYwjgPgCMlP1_1H7AjmG_4e3TxIxtztaljskHJkYchhAuOuCa4TKYiGOAjKNRm1TB9xg8TiPsSzW06H6xiO-3xuZOuuyqctsA5pYNFmlvJMI/s2110/Screen%20Shot%202024-08-01%20at%2010.43.12%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="2110" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFK7M8sQ18uzTzkB3Q_96v300DqpGTiC_7-SA8_zLVcIPnSYPPcfiESaZDsQbq-gpW2SWr1nBaGQKZHUhUYwjgPgCMlP1_1H7AjmG_4e3TxIxtztaljskHJkYchhAuOuCa4TKYiGOAjKNRm1TB9xg8TiPsSzW06H6xiO-3xuZOuuyqctsA5pYNFmlvJMI/w400-h276/Screen%20Shot%202024-08-01%20at%2010.43.12%20AM.png" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table>The first half is fantastic: a creative set-up with the famous story altered where oil speculator Charles Grodin seeks the fog-surrounded island as a possible origin for that gushy stuff that keeps planes flying and cars running...<br> <br> Jeff Bridges, as a "hippie" stowaway turned trek's photographer, who had bribed his way aboard the freighter, knows the island has a big secret, and yet even he's not sure exactly what's there... And had another actor been cast in this preachy, idealistic photographer role, liking and even thinking he understands simians over humans, it would be annoying and/or pretentious, even cliché given the progressive 1970's era: But given his film credits before and after, it's no surprise that Bridges can be just cool enough to add a tinge of pulpy action hero to the hairy modern dogooder...<br>

action, adventure, ape suit, charles grodin, creature, disaster, ed lauter, jeff bridges, jessica lange, john guillermin, julius harris, king kong, monster, remake, rené auberjonois

JESSICA LANGE 'KING KONG: THE LEGEND REBORN' JEFF BRIDGES

Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2 The first half is fantastic: a creative set-up with the famous story altered where oil speculator Charles Grodin ...

LOIS CHILES DEADLINES AGATHA CHRISTIE'S 'DEATH ON THE NILE'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNWN1k9gnHI6QoGZNLTIcLX9XYGlDzmShAzHJUJNvwNDE1p580uBXTBndz7D9eQcOKh0tXdKlsXMuI-2SPe6eq9tHV1mCAnLgZv_uBmO3p3zk9SAmXt0VJXxyT-YWvBlH3Vf1KRx8QUHA/s1600/23316388_392434494519066_7191763929913503507_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="960" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNWN1k9gnHI6QoGZNLTIcLX9XYGlDzmShAzHJUJNvwNDE1p580uBXTBndz7D9eQcOKh0tXdKlsXMuI-2SPe6eq9tHV1mCAnLgZv_uBmO3p3zk9SAmXt0VJXxyT-YWvBlH3Vf1KRx8QUHA/s400/23316388_392434494519066_7191763929913503507_n.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Lois Chiles must die for a DEATH ON THE NILE Year: 1978</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> DEATH ON THE NILE, directed by the underrated John Guillermin, who surprisingly exceeds the often-brilliant MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS auteur, Sidney Lumet, chugging across the ORIENT...<br> <br> While on the NILE, the opening scenery in England, as a doomed and ridiculously gorgeous Lois Chiles rolls through the landscape of jealous laborers, sets a beautifully shot stage that spreads out to good if subtle eclectic ensemble performances. The only awful acting belongs to Mia Farrow as the spurned lover of Lois's brand new husband, Simon MacCorkindale. Mia speaks each line so loud and, while fitfully angered and borderline crazy, her voice, weighted-down with a noticeably faux British accent, strokes the proverbial cat backwards. Yet she's made up for by the likes of, for starters, David Niven as a... get this... sophisticated, classy, dapper and charming gentleman aiding Poirot...<br>

adventure, agatha christie, i.s. johar, jack warden, john guillermin, jon finch, lois chiles, maggie smith, mia farrow, mystery, peter ustinov, simon maccorkindale, suspense

LOIS CHILES DEADLINES AGATHA CHRISTIE'S 'DEATH ON THE NILE'

Lois Chiles must die for a DEATH ON THE NILE Year: 1978 DEATH ON THE NILE, directed by the underrated John Guillermin, who surprisingly ...

TWO PETER O'TOOLE CAMEOS BEFORE LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEhuRh5FAv3GcZmS4cAj7aXFnsiCtcEqzfywJG5htwZ3ixPUz9mDVgSOmwfiSoRD5tgboYkbGBB6Q5VwKUxNQJkM6YGMlgOSYwNrhQllOdbbM5ZpEX83bJJ0303Tq6oYuFXFHQ1OPLG_m/s1600/24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="775" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEhuRh5FAv3GcZmS4cAj7aXFnsiCtcEqzfywJG5htwZ3ixPUz9mDVgSOmwfiSoRD5tgboYkbGBB6Q5VwKUxNQJkM6YGMlgOSYwNrhQllOdbbM5ZpEX83bJJ0303Tq6oYuFXFHQ1OPLG_m/s320/24.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>THE SAVAGE INNOCENTS Score: *1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <u>THE SAVAGE INNOCENTS,</u> directed by veteran auteur Nicholas Ray, who would, a decade later, dry up his Hollywood resources and, for a little while, live in the home of his former REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE actor Dennis Hopper after the success of EASY RIDER...<br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> So perhaps it's not altogether shocking the man who once contributed to classic cinema was no longer relevant — this motion picture, centering on an Eskimo played by Anthony Quinn, is one of the worst piles of husky dung ever created: seeming as if Jack London wrote a novel on soiled toilet paper, we suffer through an hour of Quinn's lone nomad (in the snow he's a snowmad) hunting cute seals and, after so-much brooding, landing a wife... <br> <br> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxBJK74UMY3Ym6ecmO7lQ2sX1rNoe8foo7ccwHkrj9amDEHjM3zmF-ffv4kKE9CECwem7AUiOkcp-GhSAiG99XPyn72nIeJHQKqeiXCakoujBAok7LkoA7dwRvKA6q08wsEYBleh3440g/s1600/11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="840" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxBJK74UMY3Ym6ecmO7lQ2sX1rNoe8foo7ccwHkrj9amDEHjM3zmF-ffv4kKE9CECwem7AUiOkcp-GhSAiG99XPyn72nIeJHQKqeiXCakoujBAok7LkoA7dwRvKA6q08wsEYBleh3440g/s400/11.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Before they set out across the Arabian desert, O'Toole</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Though mostly shot in an igloo (a cheap set made up to look like the white-block interior), there's one sequence where Quinn gets drunk at a bar and dances to that era's boogie-woogie.<br> <br> And we've buried the lead because the third act could have been something special since, once our man is falsely accused of cold-blooded murder, two (eventually one) guards take him across the icy landscape to turn him over to the authorities, and it's Peter O'Toole that survives. Scenes where both near-future LAWRENCE OF ARABIA stars (who'd become living legends three-years later) debate race and ethics has real potential — only thing is, O'Toole's voice is dubbed by an American actor who sounds like an easy listening disc jockey. So be incredibly warned — this is <i>not</i> a Peter O'Toole feature for fans for the same reason he insisted his name not appear on the opening credits: despite ultimately providing the secondary leading role. Shame!<br>

adaptation, adventure, aldo ray, anthony quinn, caper, disney, heist, john guillermin, kieron moore, peter o'toole, sixties, warner archives

TWO PETER O'TOOLE CAMEOS BEFORE LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

THE SAVAGE INNOCENTS Score: *1/2 THE SAVAGE INNOCENTS,  directed by veteran auteur Nicholas Ray, who would, a decade later, dry up his H...

TANYA ROBERTS IS SHEENA

<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/AVvXsEghKC_KtsearwKgytAZVR_rBYCDInHg3GvBIkCZB3tQt35JHEHTYOF4cHCm6QaLX50srcbyQixELfr30FN1n9YfIOolMa-QkNYlG3wMZR_5LxPin5IZMnWzfxQi4Y-MQ2Olg0oSAgQo6kQ/s1600/sheena_zpsbc02d3d4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKC_KtsearwKgytAZVR_rBYCDInHg3GvBIkCZB3tQt35JHEHTYOF4cHCm6QaLX50srcbyQixELfr30FN1n9YfIOolMa-QkNYlG3wMZR_5LxPin5IZMnWzfxQi4Y-MQ2Olg0oSAgQo6kQ/s1600/sheena_zpsbc02d3d4.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 1984 cast: Tanya Roberts, Tedd Wass, Donovan Scott rating: ***</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> A comic book adaptation where the gorgeous blue-eyed title character could have used a lot more screen time. Tanya Roberts as Sheena, for half of the film, shows up whenever needed. Ted Wass and Donovan Scott are big city transplants from a Sports Magazine doing a story on a famous NFL kicker, who also happens to be the brother of a local African King. The kicker wants to kick his brother out of the hierarchy, permanently. And succeeds.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> Ted Wass gets neck high in trouble when thugs tail him and his tubby pal Scott, who tries way too hard as comic relief...  And Sheena... the stunning girl-Tarzan who rides a Zebra and was raised by a female shaman who dies by the hands of the villain... winds up saving Ted’s life and the two make an unlikely duo. Their trek across the African flatlands and mountainsides provide the best moments. Wass has affable charm as a vulnerable everyman out of his element and while Roberts isn’t quite Oscar material, and being stuck with an intentional monotone (she was raised in the jungle after all) doesn’t help matters, she's delicious eye-candy enough, especially in that loincloth, to make this John Guillermin adventure a real treat.<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/AVvXsEjfT2W_Lpz790ge1zxEWDczpuqFHssna-vHeAWFdML7wn_X5UYfIGYBgTJqRA-c-a7G-0J8EKnOICdDjUHMaHpEUCQBSeVZCyNluKEgyttroN4hyphenhyphenDdAdPAyY0cw96VvdUJVRaJjKMhILhcK/s1600/Screen+Shot+2019-10-15+at+9.58.43+PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfT2W_Lpz790ge1zxEWDczpuqFHssna-vHeAWFdML7wn_X5UYfIGYBgTJqRA-c-a7G-0J8EKnOICdDjUHMaHpEUCQBSeVZCyNluKEgyttroN4hyphenhyphenDdAdPAyY0cw96VvdUJVRaJjKMhILhcK/s1600/Screen+Shot+2019-10-15+at+9.58.43+PM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tamya Roberts and monkey in SHEENA d. by John Guillerman</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlJrvs5cnpgPOitpbWPAe_oSY2gV4H097ZUbwtABOAazzbBN5wcDgfpUp_gvkj74IF5Q6hMh_ln_SNWqndVNqvlxwzGZevPN9aXI3Cs8HgLj3HhjXNyNgDTqgcVjgg749xhJcJ9x47dGw/s1600/sheena1.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a></div>

adventure, comic book, donovan scott, eighties, john guillermin, tanya roberts, ted wass

TANYA ROBERTS IS SHEENA

year: 1984 cast: Tanya Roberts, Tedd Wass, Donovan Scott rating: *** A comic book adaptation where the gorgeous blue-eyed title characte...

CHARLTON HESTON 'SKYJACKED' YVETTE MIMIEUX & SUSAN DEY

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6hHQg1yNxXYntWYeMibdrrtoxKQJ93aHrCtTMdbQo-KawqXRkw4JWqHm9KIJEkTyY-IucE2LjbvgjRlpKspZoIpvXaYshhBnslXU2zTiH-HyjyNu1eUA1I0AL_uySP9iYqga8-cChM3c/s1600/58909936_696661707429675_9101466451084050432_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="582" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6hHQg1yNxXYntWYeMibdrrtoxKQJ93aHrCtTMdbQo-KawqXRkw4JWqHm9KIJEkTyY-IucE2LjbvgjRlpKspZoIpvXaYshhBnslXU2zTiH-HyjyNu1eUA1I0AL_uySP9iYqga8-cChM3c/s320/58909936_696661707429675_9101466451084050432_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Susan Dey in Skyjacked YEAR: 1972</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Some of the best elements of hijacking, plane crashing, ship sinking, building burning or any other disaster type film is the setup before anything bad happens. Meeting each character beforehand, so when the tragedy occurs we care for each member during the perilous situation...<br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kIS1vF-FnDUpVVv50LPmxy7_89AJAhtjAJfegc_N0pi4_LuprGURlYbh_rJ0Zn0Q6cfAHvG66eFiJ3x7sroHEB9NZ4ZcFdkUS_KEPsXqKr0lnaqeC0sI8i214mbLfKicjsHLvnjlDgO/s1600/susan-dey_skyjacked-promo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7kIS1vF-FnDUpVVv50LPmxy7_89AJAhtjAJfegc_N0pi4_LuprGURlYbh_rJ0Zn0Q6cfAHvG66eFiJ3x7sroHEB9NZ4ZcFdkUS_KEPsXqKr0lnaqeC0sI8i214mbLfKicjsHLvnjlDgO/s1600/susan-dey_skyjacked-promo.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> This 1970’s flick directed by John Guillermin starring Charlton Heston as a pilot of a skyjacked airliner, does the exact opposite: The passengers on board – including Rosie Grier as a cello player, Susan Dey as a hippie girl, Nicholas Hammond as a senator’s son, Walter Pidgeon as the Senator, Mariette Hartley as a pregnant woman; Jeanne Crain a classy older lady and Heston's DIAMOND HEAD sister Yvette Mimieux as the stewardess who’d once been linked with Heston and now dates co-pilot Mike Henry – aren’t very interesting. Except James Brolin as a high-strung Vietnam vet who needs a few drinks too many. Meanwhile, in the tower is the very in-charge Claude Akins with John Hillerman and John Fielder: the latter with a badly dubbed voice. <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkBhuFKRsofhM7YNgio6s4PGRr37uRebi6TS82pbVAHE1pZjgaY7DYgW7Eq-EEoYu8SwaYnaVih62EeYNrfY7tEE-1IM48mYvu57Yst9xzt1KyqE5uAFoPcqBDsL3pUqoGH59lxoL0UvO/s1600/59689088_696694697426376_1190782401530298368_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="606" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkBhuFKRsofhM7YNgio6s4PGRr37uRebi6TS82pbVAHE1pZjgaY7DYgW7Eq-EEoYu8SwaYnaVih62EeYNrfY7tEE-1IM48mYvu57Yst9xzt1KyqE5uAFoPcqBDsL3pUqoGH59lxoL0UvO/s320/59689088_696694697426376_1190782401530298368_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>James Brolin goes nutty in Skyjacked RATING: ***1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> The tension builds once a “note” on the woman’s room mirror, written in lipstick, warns of the immanent hijacking. Although the description spoils who the culprit is, the story tries its best to keep us unaware until the menace is revealed as Brolin comes to life as a jaded veteran with flashbacks of a coming home ceremony, but we never get to know any reasons for his lunacy other than the stock "well he was in Vietnam so of course he's nuts," which perhaps was good enough then but not so much anymore: making him one-dimensional and ultimately, uninteresting.<br /> <br /> Not bad for a disaster melodrama that inserts a few horrible THE CROWDED SKY type romantic flashbacks, SKYJACKED is Heston’s ride as he plays the cool hero with ease. But as thrillers go it could have been much more intense and suspenseful <i>before</i> the 11th hour showdown. And anyone familiar with the TV show LOST – the final moments of this film mirrors the final moments of that show.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <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/AVvXsEgrlL9vP2vAyKFjMccOoHccGfCBij3Hz5NYUX9YcEPueHBLL3TDhWukw6UP5HYEkF14ycFeIK0wT_Uph_9JW8GrL1RPz3NSQqnqKSA1fLq2_d16EcU507psZD-pqdCA-k7mE3K7b7-7rAzX/s1600/59416094_696661657429680_3593923861860581376_o.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1083" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlL9vP2vAyKFjMccOoHccGfCBij3Hz5NYUX9YcEPueHBLL3TDhWukw6UP5HYEkF14ycFeIK0wT_Uph_9JW8GrL1RPz3NSQqnqKSA1fLq2_d16EcU507psZD-pqdCA-k7mE3K7b7-7rAzX/s1600/59416094_696661657429680_3593923861860581376_o.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Susan Dey and Yvette Mimieux in Skyjacked</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <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/AVvXsEhUmUXda_D4HjinVFqHHqJGs7pIoEmGNs_nuK-Wi7rrrg4LHBnjnD70H-qdg4zL0a5lD3qTD3BUO8mufJUnDC1tj0CcHPkxPoPrTYf1uUMNPV0OXbCEMMRlJ3UWOqXSeRwmxiEIs1D9gDJx/s1600/58842394_696097377486108_3757038640929177600_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmUXda_D4HjinVFqHHqJGs7pIoEmGNs_nuK-Wi7rrrg4LHBnjnD70H-qdg4zL0a5lD3qTD3BUO8mufJUnDC1tj0CcHPkxPoPrTYf1uUMNPV0OXbCEMMRlJ3UWOqXSeRwmxiEIs1D9gDJx/s1600/58842394_696097377486108_3757038640929177600_n.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, Jeanne Crain and James Brolin in SKYJACKED</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <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/AVvXsEi_bVjwEwIgwtBFmrzSwVwfsRqtS8VDuiuf22wjHcn2KEPIlp8Ym5-ObTcw2ph4_E8vB20QwvBXnNLRL-mGyF7LlRbcwziK5Cv4uvuoyC6ji1zgM0eqK3iJvstOxF0Z-zmilV3MBINN5zo/s1600/Skyjacked.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bVjwEwIgwtBFmrzSwVwfsRqtS8VDuiuf22wjHcn2KEPIlp8Ym5-ObTcw2ph4_E8vB20QwvBXnNLRL-mGyF7LlRbcwziK5Cv4uvuoyC6ji1zgM0eqK3iJvstOxF0Z-zmilV3MBINN5zo/s1600/Skyjacked.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SKYJACKED starring Charlton Heston and an all-star cast, somewhat...</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <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/AVvXsEhEfVovB4FqqybFHS5iwnRbrcgzGOCeQbcAt44nJmA4QQjWwuaP0Ewwj4IzG2ZH6cGg1f2QFg_GplS_OYMK-zhTT5E7r5bz5EYNTO3fomFgGrsSXWE-6lODysa_OBwHIxR20t5E4R15Q13Y/s1600/59478842_696081847487661_5482085201368580096_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="957" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfVovB4FqqybFHS5iwnRbrcgzGOCeQbcAt44nJmA4QQjWwuaP0Ewwj4IzG2ZH6cGg1f2QFg_GplS_OYMK-zhTT5E7r5bz5EYNTO3fomFgGrsSXWE-6lODysa_OBwHIxR20t5E4R15Q13Y/s1600/59478842_696081847487661_5482085201368580096_n.jpeg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>One of our fav starlets in her last role has Jeanne Crain in SKYJACKED w/ Ross Elliott</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <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/AVvXsEgV-cXafgraHtq63vssBwXgW0C_vmDl6zA03gTLeNT571C9AZ-U-LXlQut-GugCUSpv_G7guB6DZQe5mLbcuS1l6SrQFYhI9sDNEDrKLvm9YrKW9TQ2MTe-CxcFFk7AwgEv3CNO_Ih4CjVt/s1600/59636517_697408407355005_3681788331412160512_o.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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action, charlton heston, disaster, james brolin, jeanne crain, jenifer shaw, john fielder, john guillermin, john hillerman, mariette hartley, nicholas hammond, rosie grier, seventies, susan dey, yvette mimieux

CHARLTON HESTON 'SKYJACKED' YVETTE MIMIEUX & SUSAN DEY

Susan Dey in Skyjacked YEAR: 1972 Some of the best elements of hijacking, plane crashing, ship sinking, building burning or any other di...

SHAFT IN AFRICA

<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/AVvXsEgK9ypSEsAVJ1Yb9vJXlKTJfRMCBQCb5jJzc5nwGgiUyE4jsaBY8wxxb47yiLPMqy_4I7glu9YFGhkdmH9MeEDUc9B8Uizty_HCjSVOM6WonOvlYr0LJ3cmaGKqBALyiLEujKmx1PdN15JK/s1600/art_shaft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9ypSEsAVJ1Yb9vJXlKTJfRMCBQCb5jJzc5nwGgiUyE4jsaBY8wxxb47yiLPMqy_4I7glu9YFGhkdmH9MeEDUc9B8Uizty_HCjSVOM6WonOvlYr0LJ3cmaGKqBALyiLEujKmx1PdN15JK/s640/art_shaft.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>year:</b> 1973 <b>cast: </b>Richard Roundtree <b>rating:</b> ***1/2</td></tr> </tbody></table> What separates SHAFT IN AFRICA to the iconic original is adventure. The title character, whose reputation precedes him everyplace he goes, is forced undercover to investigate a modern slave trade in Africa.<br /> <br /> Richard Roundtree plays the part with more dry humor and boundless energy; not burdened with introductory dialog or urban melodrama, this third sequel, directed by John Guillermin, journeys from one situation to the next with style and suspense.<br /> <br /> While the first film is a prototype of Blaxploitation, this embodies the genre’s template with tongue-in-cheek finesse: from the passionate white woman yearning for that particular “taboo” to an abundance of classic one liners of and about our hero's moniker.<br /> <br /> Roundtree always seemed too lean and classy for the role of a stud women worship and men fear, displays the usual ever-cool aura making him the one, and still the only, SHAFT. Sure this movie gets silly and some parts drag – like whenever the villains discuss their complicated agenda – but we always return to Shaft getting into, and then out of, those perilous dilemmas whether on land or at sea.<br /> <br /> So while this final film might not have the reputation of the one-and-only, it goes more places and has a lot more fun i.e. doesn’t take itself too seriously.

action, blaxploitation, cop, franchise, john guillermin, richard roundtree, sequel, seventies

SHAFT IN AFRICA

year: 1973 cast: Richard Roundtree rating: ***1/2 What separates SHAFT IN AFRICA to the iconic original is adventure. The title chara...