Category: 1970s

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The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Francisco Scaramanga (Lee) is the world’s leading assassin, pulling in a million dollars per killing. He loves the kill as much as the money, thinking it an art-form, as evidenced by his use of...

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More American Graffiti (1979)

All of the gang but Richard Dreyfuss from the original classic nostalgia flick American Graffiti reunites for the completely superfluous sequel.  Yep, they’re all back, but what’s not back is the magic and inspiration, as this...

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High Anxiety (1977)

Spoof-meister Mel Brooks, having recently spoofed Westerns (Blazing Saddles), horror flicks (Young Frankenstein), and the silent movie era (Silent Movie), sets his sights on the works of Alfred Hitchcock in his sixth directorial effort. ...

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Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)

Mother, Jugs & Speed is one of many seriocomic work-related movies to come out in the mid-70s, not too dissimilar to Car Wash and FM, with an ensemble cast of eccentric characters, sporting a hip (for the time)...

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Love and Bullets (1979)

Without the ridiculous and typical Charles Bronson ending, Love and Bullets might have gotten a modest recommendation.  Within this rather routine thriller, there are a number of things to like.  For starters, the storyline removes...

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Agatha (1979)

The great mystery writer Agatha Christie did disappear for eleven days and cause quite an uproar of speculation in the press of her day.  She was found in a sanitarium using the name of...

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The Eiger Sanction (1975)

Based on the novel by Trevanian (aka Rod Whitaker, who co-wrote the screenplay), Clint plays art professor and successful mountain climber, Jonathan Hemlock, who comes out of retirement as an assassin for a secret government...

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The Twelve Chairs (1970)

It’s the Mel Brooks film very few have heard of, and for long periods of time since, wasn’t available for most to rent or purchase.  There is a DVD out of it now, the...

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Caligula (1979)

Depicting the rise and fall of the infamous Roman Emperor Caligula (McDowell), an amoral and repugnant man who used violence to gain his throne and to deal with his subjects, this is the highly...