SEAN CONNERY LEADS PETER HYAM'S SCI-FI THRILLER 'OUTLAND'

<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/AVvXsEhTvRhG4IvVt2VIthUQHw8Diq0oZQDK0YPykskeRlEIcQRhooM9tOfhCufnkRKFtMGpZVIyEbWJeYxMwWUGUJccUl-LgVLKH50oj0Bd-Zoui8ihBmf4iiNCHpOmzBQr6bueGOVFEzAmk_-8-JHs5dOg46fu64JJDWHA84KF9hRDOU3HAkomLBeXGoiWBvNn/s1898/Screen%20Shot%202025-11-05%20at%204.06.40%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="1898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvRhG4IvVt2VIthUQHw8Diq0oZQDK0YPykskeRlEIcQRhooM9tOfhCufnkRKFtMGpZVIyEbWJeYxMwWUGUJccUl-LgVLKH50oj0Bd-Zoui8ihBmf4iiNCHpOmzBQr6bueGOVFEzAmk_-8-JHs5dOg46fu64JJDWHA84KF9hRDOU3HAkomLBeXGoiWBvNn/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-11-05%20at%204.06.40%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: OUTLAND Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Known as a science-fiction version of HIGH NOON, Peter Hyam's OUTLAND... bringing the CAPRICORN ONE director from conspiracy-contrived outer-space into the real thing... is more like the galactic working-class origins of ALIEN, looking straight from the same universe with claustrophobic corridors and steely space-station interiors where a matte-painted planet... in this case Jupiter's moon Ion... looms formidably outside...<br><br>Where you could imagine disgruntled ALIEN union-types Yaphet Kotto and Harry Dean Stanton working... as random likewise miners are mysteriously/violently dying like in a body-count horror flick: either by an unknown head-exploding factor or apparent suicides having to do with possible stir-craziness within the crowded off-white bunkhouse interiors, or the raunchy and pulsating, proto-BLADE RUNNER neon nightclubs...</p><p><span></span></p>

drugs, eighties, frances sternhagen, james b. sikking, john ratzenberger, peter boyle, science-fiction, sean connery, steven berkoff, thriller

SEAN CONNERY LEADS PETER HYAM'S SCI-FI THRILLER 'OUTLAND'

Title: OUTLAND Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2 Known as a science-fiction version of HIGH NOON, Peter Hyam's OUTLAND... bringing the CAPRICORN...

GEORGE C. SCOTT IN 'HARDCORE' PETER BOYLE & SEASON HUBLEY

<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><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/AVvXsEhhU_kkXV4zCFiyNrYiXSB_Mz8m7Y8dzDkRWvBv1BJR6Jy6XjIxQjuSptEGfjzLzzaR50zCAswrIMeiOe0YVMji74150c0sEzE6vTthuTFdm_hO-Ldlo4u8K1mOKW-QT01nUaTP8Q80F9WR24mxe3s87dzE3dVSyhwWnmx8Mw7DbK-vy23HQTr0C6bXqkT6/s2026/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-23%20at%207.48.13%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="2026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhU_kkXV4zCFiyNrYiXSB_Mz8m7Y8dzDkRWvBv1BJR6Jy6XjIxQjuSptEGfjzLzzaR50zCAswrIMeiOe0YVMji74150c0sEzE6vTthuTFdm_hO-Ldlo4u8K1mOKW-QT01nUaTP8Q80F9WR24mxe3s87dzE3dVSyhwWnmx8Mw7DbK-vy23HQTr0C6bXqkT6/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-23%20at%207.48.13%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: HARDCORE Year: 1979 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>George C. Scott plays a straight-laced, Midwestern business-owner with an innocent daughter who, on a church trip from hometown Grand Rapids, Michigan to Southern California, goes missing and, desperate, following a by-the-numbers lecture from the police, he hires a street-smart, so he says, quirky and blunt L.A. Private Eye...</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></p><p></p><p></p><p>Enter Peter Boyle, who literally proves that his client's runaway daughter is a porn actress, resulting in an intense scene from Scott that few actors could get away with, or would even attempt attempting in the first place: One that's now an online punchline, although it's not that funny... for the character, who we later follow around the seedy So Cal nightlife as if he were a Film Noir snoop... which he turns into, somewhat...</p><p><span></span></p>

counter culture, drama, drug culture, gary graham, george c. scott, leonard gaines, paul schrader, peter boyle, prostitute, reb brown, season hubley, seventies

GEORGE C. SCOTT IN 'HARDCORE' PETER BOYLE & SEASON HUBLEY

Title: HARDCORE Year: 1979 Rating: ****1/2 George C. Scott plays a straight-laced, Midwestern business-owner with an innocent daughter who, ...

JAMES CAAN AND PETER BOYLE IN THE NOIR ROAD MOVIE 'SLITHER'

<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><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/AVvXsEhmyDSeaQIPnKW9gANDS56ErDzOuoft7m1Ax6u4TNxOrlH53ghAnAZ9LbcbH6wSPwZBXChpAVfpRbNUtFVEi2UTvW-woLwDGjteZJR8_owtxjZ_2X5RcsKM2g_5lHeKMJA5TEYNpTHKvrA-RgqFQCWxZmwVgp0tg6izxQP5hytxJ_XDGWCbSMzZVnkE6FLg/s1798/Screen%20Shot%202025-07-30%20at%209.08.07%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1798" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyDSeaQIPnKW9gANDS56ErDzOuoft7m1Ax6u4TNxOrlH53ghAnAZ9LbcbH6wSPwZBXChpAVfpRbNUtFVEi2UTvW-woLwDGjteZJR8_owtxjZ_2X5RcsKM2g_5lHeKMJA5TEYNpTHKvrA-RgqFQCWxZmwVgp0tg6izxQP5hytxJ_XDGWCbSMzZVnkE6FLg/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-07-30%20at%209.08.07%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>James Caan in SLITHER Director: Howard Zieff Year: 1973 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Right after playing the tough, feisty Sonny Corleone in THE GODFATHER, square-jawed James Caan went another direction; but it takes around fifteen minutes into SLITHER to realize this particular hardened criminal (a freshly sprung ex-con) isn't really tough at all...<br> <br> As in, he doesn't prefer fighting, whether offense or defense, seeming dazedly reluctant when a cranky farmer wants to break his arm for hitchhiking... and what Caan holds back provides one of his best performances...<br> </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>

action, adventure, alex rocco, allen garfield, howard zieff, james caan, jazz-score, louise lasser, mystery, neo noir, peter boyle, richard b. shull, road movie, sally kellerman, seventies, warner archives

JAMES CAAN AND PETER BOYLE IN THE NOIR ROAD MOVIE 'SLITHER'

James Caan in SLITHER Director: Howard Zieff Year: 1973 Rating: ****1/2 Right after playing the tough, feisty Sonny Corleone in THE GODFATHE...

PETER YATES' NEO NOIR THRILLER 'THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE'

<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><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/AVvXsEiQWIVuH7GbvVp9nSKp2Q2-Xbdd6AWR4GzbcEETxvUDWJlrHQ9DxP-YvsgP4F7re-Nh2y5j7kUR_1pT2KKGBc9VyhhImggbbCbjsopuEFuBda4lJG_DhYVrYZdK0xAz7lM4XMKPJOYjY3Iba1_HA-dhUUYtc1asy6j799CHdD2pgh6PMEGtHleGiVMCZhEz/s2224/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-31%20at%202.33.47%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="2224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWIVuH7GbvVp9nSKp2Q2-Xbdd6AWR4GzbcEETxvUDWJlrHQ9DxP-YvsgP4F7re-Nh2y5j7kUR_1pT2KKGBc9VyhhImggbbCbjsopuEFuBda4lJG_DhYVrYZdK0xAz7lM4XMKPJOYjY3Iba1_HA-dhUUYtc1asy6j799CHdD2pgh6PMEGtHleGiVMCZhEz/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-31%20at%202.33.47%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE Year: 1973 Rating: ****1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The miracle of Peter Yates's Crime Thriller THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE is how interesting a movie full of long conversations can be: Especially when the title character's played by an (while playing an) aged and experienced Robert Mitchum in a low-key yet still tightly-wound performance as a Boston career-criminal, who knows more <i>last names</i> than it's usual to get lost in within any Noir-style flick where a bunch of them are spouted left and right, and it takes several viewings to know exactly who's who... </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></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And while Eddie tries getting manipulative cop Richard Jordan to squash an approaching sentence, there's a trio of dispersed bank robberies led by a masked, business-like Alex Rocco (kidnapping vault-key-holding bank managers while their families wait home at gunpoint)... </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/AVvXsEiFPy6xDP6CU3oLNzPNsAtl5Qcww8dZuFNH38ZZvTcnePVf-g0_cMH_LaW62AjT-1GL7V5BGEKPm5mErvIBtjKiRE1AjfuXRM6SE3pjVJWgDhpep3kQ8Nm0YlSOCfeGFpvXkbj8G6R7DnJUhjNLY_Zq3uLe84pCfkAHHCMZyOS9y52qE3YU1vz3bb9zQhQU/s1774/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-07%20at%2010.15.57%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1774" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPy6xDP6CU3oLNzPNsAtl5Qcww8dZuFNH38ZZvTcnePVf-g0_cMH_LaW62AjT-1GL7V5BGEKPm5mErvIBtjKiRE1AjfuXRM6SE3pjVJWgDhpep3kQ8Nm0YlSOCfeGFpvXkbj8G6R7DnJUhjNLY_Zq3uLe84pCfkAHHCMZyOS9y52qE3YU1vz3bb9zQhQU/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-07%20at%2010.15.57%20PM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Steven Keats and Robert Mitchum in THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p>And there's scene-stealing, bright yellow rod-rod driving Steven Keats as Jackie Brown, cautiously running guns throughout the surrounding rural landscape... his story seems like a movie all its own, with a beginning, middle and end while the only weak spot is Peter Boyle as a bartender ex-con who gets around too easily, making Mitchum's plight as useless as he himself had made all of Keats's busy-work via double-cross...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Then again this <i>is</i> the purpose of a group of eclectic crooks pushing each other out of a losing game (hence the titular irony of FRIENDS) in Peter Yates's return to the cerebral/existential heist template of <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2020/09/AR.html">ROBBERY</a> but with a modern, groovier soundtrack (via Dave Grusin). <br></p><p></p><p></p><span></span>

alex rocco, crime, heist, jack kehoe, neo noir, peter boyle, peter yates, richard jordan, robert mitchum, seventies, steven keats

PETER YATES' NEO NOIR THRILLER 'THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE'

Title: THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE Year: 1973 Rating: ****1/2 The miracle of Peter Yates's Crime Thriller THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE is h...

GETTING IN CHARACTER WITH HARRY NORTHUP: AN INTERVIEW

<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/AVvXsEhJ6R20deNXKdPxs_yfXBJi2XyPiR6VD-tSVc5X5AAPMKTfwQVrla0yIEJrda4KjgGQJIthAsIMNP2FCuUDJWoxKVrQ8BXoMFxyEA86W8weQDRqpACgGB40nYqJPKibSf2pxXGWMZmAluEu/s1600/harry.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="960" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6R20deNXKdPxs_yfXBJi2XyPiR6VD-tSVc5X5AAPMKTfwQVrla0yIEJrda4KjgGQJIthAsIMNP2FCuUDJWoxKVrQ8BXoMFxyEA86W8weQDRqpACgGB40nYqJPKibSf2pxXGWMZmAluEu/s400/harry.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Cult Film Freak Interview with actor Harry Northup</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Harry Northup can play just about anything. Characters that are gentle, naïve, funny, sad, determined, or mean as hell... through the course of five decades he’s been there, done that – wonderfully...<br> <br> Few actors are as genuine, believable, and versatile on screen...<br> <br> Among a long list of motion pictures and television shows he’s appeared in numerous projects with top-notch directors such as Martin Scorsese (including “Taxi Driver”, "Mean Streets," "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore," "Boxcar Bertha"), Jonathan Kaplan (“Over the Edge”), Paul Schrader ("Blue Collar") and Jonathan Demme (“The Silence of the Lambs”, "Crazy Mama"): And along with show business, Harry's the author of nine published books of poetry.<br>

eighties, harry northup, interview, jonathan demme, jonathan kaplan, martin scorsese, nineties, peter boyle, robert deniro, roger corman, seventies, sixties

GETTING IN CHARACTER WITH HARRY NORTHUP: AN INTERVIEW

Cult Film Freak Interview with actor Harry Northup Harry Northup can play just about anything. Characters that are gentle, naïve, funny,...

CAINE VERSES SAVALAS IN 'BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE'

<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/AVvXsEjtoh73UM8ZUvA6yVDJi-Eg5lFXtRDZItPo_w67TaUmVp-S5-rJeVygOjFeZSNbYrQBYAYLx_GzDE7wduSomfjsY7F2jAVcsnubOhyphenhyphenLKbOWraRgx1Tj9S6KNwt0IskA53g6oBRcr-FmahBt/s1600/2222.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="960" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtoh73UM8ZUvA6yVDJi-Eg5lFXtRDZItPo_w67TaUmVp-S5-rJeVygOjFeZSNbYrQBYAYLx_GzDE7wduSomfjsY7F2jAVcsnubOhyphenhyphenLKbOWraRgx1Tj9S6KNwt0IskA53g6oBRcr-FmahBt/s400/2222.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Villains of Beyond The Poseidon Adventure </u></td></tr> </tbody></table> While not as bad a sequel as you might have been led to believe, BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE is so blasphemous a followup to the classic original THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, it either begs the viewer to stop watching after less than five minutes...<br> <br> Or, if you can muddle past the muddled fifteen-minute mark, after which, mirroring the first film in having a group of survivors... that didn't follow Gene Hackman the first time... head to the bottom that's really the top of the ship, upturned above water, only with less dangerous tiers, fewer obstacles, and a subplot involving Telly Savales doing what he did best before KOJAK made him a cool good guy...<br>

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CAINE VERSES SAVALAS IN 'BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE'

Villains of Beyond The Poseidon Adventure While not as bad a sequel as you might have been led to believe, BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE...

SUMMARY REVIEW OF THE NEO NOIR SLITHER W/ JAMES CAAN

<div style="color: #3d596d; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25.5px;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 24px;"> <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/AVvXsEgssioZ3MwWDGwqI5JpWeXwzi3WbuA4OfZ7kfsH8PX3DAg7d2JOoQ2oOErc-12MxYGJ0sCCXd8roYzVGFX9FuZcFsXtUdG-TDmRltKJNz_RdHx_AGdAQy-4bbg2zUc67PsUzSdnoFNxAilb/s1600/41zqWqIL5SL._SY445_.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="312" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssioZ3MwWDGwqI5JpWeXwzi3WbuA4OfZ7kfsH8PX3DAg7d2JOoQ2oOErc-12MxYGJ0sCCXd8roYzVGFX9FuZcFsXtUdG-TDmRltKJNz_RdHx_AGdAQy-4bbg2zUc67PsUzSdnoFNxAilb/s320/41zqWqIL5SL._SY445_.jpeg" width="224" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>YEAR: 1973</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> James Caan as roving con artist Dick Kanipsin, emerging from a hole in the ground while the word SLITHER appears on screen, describing the title that has nothing to do with snakes...</div> He had narrowly escaped an exploding house owned by mob-wanted Richard B. Shull (the same year Shull appeared in SSSSSSS, a bonafide serpent flick where his character is equally doomed).<br /> <br /> Thus we know that Caan's slick rogue most likely squirms in and out of trouble, and yet the rest of the film is more centered than his meandering life has probably ever been: since he was initially given a task by Shull to recover stolen money, he winds up joining Peter Boyle on the maze-filled name-dropping hunt, getting sidetracked by a crazy Sally Kellerman along the way: a wacko Bonnie desperately seeking her Clyde.</div> <div style="color: #3d596d; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25.5px;"> </div> <div style="color: #3d596d; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25.5px;"> While not as footloose as our anti-hero has the potential of being, SLITHER manages a spontaneous vibe and worthy performances: although it may seem a bit slow in the middle, that is, until you see it another time, and another, and then some more.  </div>

crime, james caan, neo noir, peter boyle, thriller, warner archives

SUMMARY REVIEW OF THE NEO NOIR SLITHER W/ JAMES CAAN

YEAR: 1973 James Caan as roving con artist Dick Kanipsin, emerging from a hole in the ground while the word SLITHER appears on scree...

SYLVESTER STALLONE IN F.I.S.T.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyoHtM8XxNLFzJmeIXti4lzUY0zhzXPg_ipMWg4DxZiJdzZtG0EAZ6vsugU06cOHAt8_I4ZZhucKI6NXiC3f6YWQMhqWom4tTDIHepTENQD7MxoM4M6olgBKnlddVGY1QkaAH-GMhmMQ/s1600/Sly-Stallone-Fist_l.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573311413758810722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVyoHtM8XxNLFzJmeIXti4lzUY0zhzXPg_ipMWg4DxZiJdzZtG0EAZ6vsugU06cOHAt8_I4ZZhucKI6NXiC3f6YWQMhqWom4tTDIHepTENQD7MxoM4M6olgBKnlddVGY1QkaAH-GMhmMQ/s200/Sly-Stallone-Fist_l.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 166px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">year:</span> 1978 <span style="font-weight: bold;">rating:</span> **<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">cast:</span> Sylvester Stallone, Richard Herd, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle<br /> <br /> During the depression, unions were important, being that there weren't many and workers were exploited. And that's what this movie shows from the first minute to the last, all within a two-and-a-half hour epic that needed more humanity than plot: that is, the moments between the strikes and hardships were too few and far between, never really getting to know the characters as actual people. Sylvester Stallone, fresh from his breakthrough in ROCKY, is hit-or-miss. His sometimes mumbling, other times voracious character moves up the ladder, from put-upon factory worker to spokesman for a trucker's union, way too fast. And the side-characters, including Peter Boyle and Rod Steiger, serve only as fuel to entice or enrage Stallone: who's fighting for a<span style="font-style: italic;"> real </span>cause... but it's all too heavy, and goes on way too long, to be genuinely effective. And while this might be the kind of thing Stallone always wanted to do, and finally got the chance, it doesn't mean he should have. <br />

depression-era, peter boyle, rod steiger, seventies, sylvester stallone, union

SYLVESTER STALLONE IN F.I.S.T.

year: 1978 rating: ** cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Herd, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle During the depression, unions were important, b...

THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUZDUyOB2Rz35FgQKfnBexktilhXldC3IyBc-os1m7xN6SRss53FTO6dNejYvuSjOQygHv7GHo0kVu8KU_tryAcLY8xgIvCoXdFPO5JuK9jSnRmznwIkQIebBibFwRZWWRwOG5UdkqjI/s1600/eddie+coyle.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562099181555914994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUZDUyOB2Rz35FgQKfnBexktilhXldC3IyBc-os1m7xN6SRss53FTO6dNejYvuSjOQygHv7GHo0kVu8KU_tryAcLY8xgIvCoXdFPO5JuK9jSnRmznwIkQIebBibFwRZWWRwOG5UdkqjI/s200/eddie+coyle.jpg" style="float: right; height: 173px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><b>title:</b> THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE<br /> <div> <b>year:</b> 1973</div> <div> <b>cast:</b> Robert Mitchum, Steven Keats, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan </div> <div> <b>director:</b> Peter Yates</div> <div> <b>rating:</b> ***1/2</div> <br /> <div> </div> <div> Several stories build at once: A group of kidnapping bank robbers led by Alex Rocco while Robert Mitchum is the titular Eddie Coyle, quelled by an impending court date with a peripheral knowledge of everything; and Peter Boyle as a bartender thug corresponding with Richard Jordan, a wily cop nudging Coyle to rat his "friends." Mitchum, as the world-weary convict (also a family man), is top-notch. As the walls close in, his expressions alone, mixing maverick-cool and doomed fear... exceeded only by confident gun-dealing Steven Keats as "Jackie Brown" with director Peter Yate's ability to juggle each connected story with sublime precision... makes for one of the great crime gems of the seventies, more ensemble than star-driven. </div>

alex rocco, crime, peter boyle, peter yates, richard jordan, robert mitchum, seventies, steven keats

THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE

title: THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE year: 1973 cast: Robert Mitchum, Steven Keats, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan director: Peter Yates...