Creepshow 2, 1987.Directed by Michael Gornick, Starring Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, and Tom Savini.SYNOPSIS:Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy’s favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.When Creepshow 2 first lurched onto screens in 1987, it already […]
Blu-ray Review – Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, 1974.Directed by Michael Cimino. Starring Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, and Geoffrey Lewis.SYNOPSIS:Michael Cimino’s 1974 minor classic Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, starring Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges as a pair of ne’er-do-wells who become partners in crime after a chance encounter, has been reissued on Blu-ray and is new to 4K Ultra […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cool Hand Luke, 1967.Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. Starring Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J. D. Cannon, Robert Drivas, Lou Antonio, Strother Martin, and Jo Van Fleet.SYNOPSIS:Warner Bros. continues its centennial celebration with a beautiful new 4K Ultra HD release of Cool Hand Luke, a Paul Newman film that has one of the most-quoted lines in cinema […]
Second Opinion – The Gambler (2014)
The Gambler, 2014.Directed by Rupert Wyatt Starring Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Michael K. Williams, Brie Larson, Jessica Lange and George Kennedy.SYNOPSIS:Lit professor and gambler Jim Bennett’s debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk his […]
R.I.P. George Kennedy (1925 – 2016)
Oscar-winning actor George Kennedy has passed away at his home in Boise, Idaho on Sunday, aged 91. Born into a show business family in 1925, Kennedy began his career in 1960 with an uncredited role in Spartacus, and made a host of movie and TV appearances in the early 60s before winning a Best Supporting […]
