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Less than a year after the release of Jaws (1975), William Girdler’s wonderfully silly Grizzly (1976) imposed the killer-shark ...

Claws (1977)

Even though it’s plagued by bumpy storytelling and weakened by an unsuccessful attempt at probing the protagonist’s complex p...

The Todd Killings (1971)

I’ve been too busy working on a book project (more on that later) to babble much these days about movies, but here’s a few films I’ve seen r...

March Film Babble: LIFE & THE LAST WORD

Seeing as how a title at the beginning of the picture claims The Devil and Leroy Bassett was based upon real events, it’s not i...

The Devil and Leroy Bassett (1973)

Since last week have been impatiently waiting for the unveil of this edition visual identity and finally today the suspense ended with a ple...

#Cannes2017 Visual Identity

Last Monday, March 27th the Italian cinema academy had their award ceremony and Like Crazy by Paolo Virzì won top honors and a total of 5 ...

61st David di Donatello Awards Winners

This dimwitted sex comedy isn’t nearly as sleazy as its title suggests, even with two voluptuous veterans of Russ Meyer flicks, ...

Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy (1976)

Idiosyncratic French director Bertrand Blier reteamed with Gérard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere, the stars of his controversi...

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)

Drop-by-drop suddenly stop last week so noise has been low, except for the many articles with Cannes possible films that populate almost eve...

#Cannes2017 Wish List - Part 4 Female Filmmakers

While not a direct continuation of the Clint Eastwood movie Coogan’s Bluff (1968), popular TV detective series McCloud was i...

McCloud (1970)

On some levels, Sudden Death is almost a parody of the tough-guy genre. Swaggering Robert Conrad stars as Duke Smith—yes, re...

Sudden Death (1977)

Better known by its rerelease title Live a Little, Steal a Lot , this somewhat entertaining crime picture tells the re...

Murph the Surf (1975)

Released three years after the death of Bruce Lee, whose exciting films and charismatic TV appearances helped popularize Asia...

The Warrior Within (1976)