The Wild Geese: Action in Africa

Richard Burton as Faulkner.When an African dictator's actions threaten to lower British copper prices, influential banker Sir Miles Matheson seeks to discredit the man. Matheson (Stewart Granger) knows that the dictator kidnapped the country's popular president and then spread rumors of his death. S... Read full article

On Blu-ray: Action and Suspense in Operation Crossbow (1965) and The World, The Flesh and the Devil (1959)

Operation Crossbow (1965) This fast-paced, intense action thriller makes better use of its big cast than your typical all-star production. It plugs its characters into the story with smooth logic and always with an eye on moving the narrative forward with satisfying efficiency. The film is loosely ... Read full article

The 'Made In 1938' blogathon: For Carole, more action off-screen than on

For Carole Lombard, 1937 arguably marked her artistic apex, at least on screen. She began the year still enveloped in critical hosannas from "My Man Godfrey," and ended '37 with not one but two hit comedies: The Technicolor "Nothing Sacred" from Selznick International and "True Confession" from Para... Read full article

First round action in the 2017 Classic Movie Actress Tourney is now underway

March Madness, Classic Movie Actress style for 2017 is now underway. I'll be handling the 40's and 60's era brackets here while John of Mythical Monkey handles the 30's and 50's era brackets. Here's the link to his blog: mythicalmonkey.blogspot.com These first round matches will run through Monday ... Read full article

Taras Bulba (2009)  Hardcore Cossack action

Taras Bulba (2009)  Hardcore Cossack action 1/20/2016 0 Comments Having loved the fantastic 1962 version of the Nikolai Gogol novel TARAS BULBA, I thought it would be fun to present the more recent version. Made by a Russian of Ukraini... Read full article