More than seventy years after the end of World War II, footage of the Nazi concentration camps remains hard to watch. Some of the footage was taken by the German soldiers, as a means to document their planned, methodical genocide….
Released in 1976, Two-Minute Warning tries to be a thriller, but falls back on the predictable characteristics of the popular but fading disaster genre of the era. Despite a cast that includes Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges,…
Produced by Jennings Lang and written by the acclaimed team of Richard Levinson and William Link, Rollercoaster rumbled into movie theaters in the summer of 1977 with Sensurround. One of only four films to ever feature the then revolutionary technology—the…
Closing in on their 45th anniversary, Kate (Charlotte Rampling) and Geoff (Tom Courtenay) are busily making preparations to mark what promises to be happy occasion. However, just days before the party, their lives take an unexpected turn. A letter from…
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was inspired by an episode of the original Star Trek series, “Space Seed,” which aired during the first season. At the end of that episode, Captain Kirk (William Shatner) sent Khan Noonien Singh…
Originally aired on ABC for eight consecutive nights from January 23 to January 30, 1977, Roots was watched by an estimated 130 and 140 million viewers, more than half the U.S. population at the time. When you consider that this…
An homage to Hollywood of the 1950s, the Coen Brothers’ Hail Caesar! likely won’t appeal to everyone, but for anyone with a taste for Hollywood of yesteryear, it’s a chance to relive several old style productions including scenes from a…
A satirical treatment of the western drama, Cat Ballou was a hit with critics and moviegoers alike, upon its release in 1965. Lee Marvin won a Best Actor Oscar for his dual role as gunfighter Tim Strawn and the boozing…
A stylish martial arts film, Rise of the Legend is the latest fictionalized account of Wong Fei Hung, a real-life populist folk hero previously played on the big screen by Jet Li and Jackie Chan. This newest film takes us…
A stubbornly independent filmmaker, director Robert Altman was known for making films that no one else dared to touch. MASH, one of Altman’s biggest successes, had been passed over by over a dozen other filmmakers. It was a difficult shoot,…