Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
I’m not sure what it is about Hal Needham that he can make a couple of fun and entertaining films like The Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit, and yet completely lose his mind when trying to...
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Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
Just when you thought things couldn’t possibly be worse in the Smokey and the Bandit saga than Part II, along comes Part 3 to remind you that no matter how bad things can be, someone can always come...
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
A huge success at the time of its release (only Star Wars made more money in 1977), Smokey and the Bandit was the right movie at the right time, riding the wave of Burt Reynolds’ popularity, rascally...
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Kind of an oddity in the De Palma oeuvre, as it’s far different from anything he had done before or since. A Rock Opera, as the saying goes, not too far removed from the crazy...