Starring: Allakariallak, Alice Nevalinga, Cunayou Director: Robert J Flaherty At the start of this film, a title card lets us know that Flaherty worked for a fur company in the Artic which brought him into contact with the people of the Artic Circle. He started to take video footage of them, but when the film… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: Nanook Of The North (1922)
Classic Movie Of The Week: The Man From Laramie (1955)
Starring: James Stewart, Donald Crisp, Arthur Kennedy, Cathy O'Donnell Director: Anthony Mann A stranger comes to Coronado, a small isolated town in Apache country. Will Lockhart (Stewart) brings a wagon of supplies to the Waggoman ranch, where he catches the eye and the heart of Barbara (O'Donell), but falls foul of the ranchers crazy son… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: The Man From Laramie (1955)
Classic Movie Of The Week: The Last Seduction (1994)
Starring: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman Director: John Dahl Bridget (Fiorentino) convinces her husband (Pullman) into getting involved in a drug deal, and then runs off with the money. Since he's not the type to just let it go, he tries to find her, so she heads to hide out in a small town… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: The Last Seduction (1994)
Classic Movie Of The Week: Paleface (1948)
Starring: Jane Russell, Bob Hope, Robert Armstrong Director: Norman Z McLeod In exchange for a pardon, Calamity Jane (Russell) agrees to find out who is selling arms to the Indians and stop them. But Jane has enemies, and while travelling undercover her partner is killed. She recruits Painless Peter Potter (Hope) a dentist and total… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: Paleface (1948)
Classic Movie Of The Week: Bull Durham (1988)
Starring: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins Director: Ron Shelton A baseball fan Annie (Sarandon) has an affair with one player of the Bulls each season and the player always goes on to have a successful career. But this season, while Annie chooses young player "Nuke" (Robbins), she finds herself at odds with experienced player… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: Bull Durham (1988)
Classic Movie Of The Week: Go West, Young Man (1936)
Starring: Mae West, Warren William, Randolph Scott, Alice Brady Director: Henry Hathaway A beautiful Hollywood star (West) is tangled in a romance with a politician that might ruin her career. Her PR man, Morgan (William), decides to strand her in the countryside to stop her from meeting up with her lover, only to find her… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: Go West, Young Man (1936)
Classic Movie Of The Week: Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Starring: Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young, Kris Kristofferson Director: Sam Peckinpah Bennie (Oates) is a piano player in a bar in Mexico who finds out that two men are looking for Alfredo Garcia, a man who has gotten the daughter of a Mexican crime lord pregnant, and there's a bounty for the… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Classic Movie Of The Week: How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Anna Lee, Roddy McDowall Director: John Ford It's the turn of the Century, and in a small village in Wales, mining is a way of life. It's hard and dangerous job, thoug it's honest work, but they hope that youngest son Huw will break the mold and do… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Horror Franchise: Halloween (1978 – 2022)
You know I love a horror franchise, and with is being Halloween, I wanted to bring you a special post. Just for you guys, I watched every Halloween film from 1978 til 2018, and you can't find out all about it here. Oddly enough, until a few years back, I hadn't actually seen these films,… Continue reading Horror Franchise: Halloween (1978 – 2022)
Hallowe’en Flicks: The Craft (1996)
Starring: Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell, Rachel True Director: Andrew Fleming Sarah (Tunney) isn't sure she will fit in at her new school, but when she falls in with three oucasts she might have found where she belongs. Because Sarah has a secret: she can do magic. And these girls love to do magic… Continue reading Hallowe’en Flicks: The Craft (1996)
