After the Memorial Day weekend it seems appropriate to remember the troops of World War II with a look at A Bridge Too Far on this Trailer Tuesday. Richard Attenborough’s A Bridge Too Far was released in June of 1977 … Continue reading
Category Archives: 70s Movies
Today marks 35 years since the release of Star Wars on May 25th, 1977. In celebration, here’s a link to a Time Magazine article on the anniversary and the original, decades-old Star Wars trailer. Was it really that long ago … Continue reading
International Velvet, the sequel to famed Elizabeth Taylor-vehicle, National Velvet, released in the summer of 1978. The movie stars Tatum O’Neal as Sarah Brown, an American girl who’s been shipped off to England to live with relatives after the tragic … Continue reading
Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange, 1971. ‘Viddy well me brothers…viddy well.’ Anthony Burgess published A Clockwork Orange 50 years ago and The Guardian has posted a story about it you may wish to read. Stanley Kubrick’s film based on … Continue reading
Directed by Robert Mulligan and based on the book by Tom Tryon, The Other was released 40 years ago in May of 1972. I saw this movie at a very young age, and although the film oozed with creepiness, I … Continue reading
Charley Varrick, director Don Siegel’s follow-up to Dirty Harry, released in October of 1973. The film stars Walter Matthau as the bank-robbing anti-hero of the title, Andrew Robinson (the Scorpio Killer from Dirty Harry) as his edgy partner and Joe … Continue reading