The Wild Bunch, 1969. Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O’Brien, Warren Oates, Jaime Sánchez, Ben Johnson, Emilio Fernández, Strother Martin, and L.Q. Jones. SYNOPSIS: If you’re a fan of Sam Peckinpah’s classic film The Wild Bunch, you probably have this Blu-ray that Warner Bros. recently reissued. If you […]
The Greatest Action Directors of All Time
Tom Jolliffe looks at the greatest action directors of all time… The action genre has never particularly had the greatest respect associated with it. Maybe there’s a feeling that they’re dramatically anaemic, or sometimes intellectually inferior, but this isn’t always the case. It’s a genre that doesn’t always have consistent specialists, because certain directors who […]
The Visitor (1979) – October Horrors 2022
The Visitor, 1979. Directed by Giulio Paradisi (Credited as Michael J. Paradise). Starring John Huston, Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen, Shelly Winters, Joanne Neil, Sam Peckinpah, and Paige Conner. SYNOPSIS: The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers becomes the prize in a battle between the forces of good and evil. I should […]
Blu-ray Review – Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, 1974. Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Starring Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernández, and Kris Kristofferson. SYNOPSIS: A bartender and his girlfriend go on a road trip through Mexico to collect the bounty on the head of a dead man accused of fathering […]
