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Behind The Scenes: John Wayne, Clint Eastwood & Don Siegel On The Set Of THE SHOOTIST

Directed by Don Siegel, The Shootist would become the legendary John Wayne‘s final film. The 1976 release sees Wayne play J.B. Books, an ageing gunfighter who is dying of cancer. Wayne would pass away from stomach cancer in June 1979, just [...]

October 17, 2021

Behind the Scenes: Sidney Lumet & The Epic Cast Of Agatha Christie’s MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

The great Agatha Christie is one of best-selling novelists of all time, and the characters of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple have gone on to join the pantheon of iconic literary characters. In the 1970s and 1980s, these characters were brought to [...]

September 15, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Paul Schrader’s THE WALKER

Paul Schrader’s 2007 film, The Walker clearly shows the writer/director exorcising the demons of Exorcist: Dominion, by revisiting similar territory to his earlier film American Gigolo. Schrader delivers a thriller that delves into the darker side [...]

September 27, 2020

Notebook Reviews: WRITTEN IN THE WIND

Douglas Sirk – 1956 Written In The Wind is a slick and well acted melodrama with a sterling cast (Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack and Dorthy Malone). Rock Hudson is well cast at the normal guy who is caught-up within the confines of [...]

September 7, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Four Classic Star-Filled Agatha Christie Thrillers

It would be criminal to miss out on these great blu-ray releases of Murder on The Orient Express, Death on The Nile, Evil Under the Sun and The Mirror Crack’d. Agatha Christie is one of best-selling novelists of all time, and the characters [...]

October 29, 2017