"Savage Guns" is a western film about a gunfighter out for revenge on an outlaw who killed his brother in a massacre at a tavern. Director Demofilo Fidani, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mila Vitelli Valenza, put together a low-budget Spaghetti Western with mediocre production values. One good [..]

"Walkabout" is the story of two white children who are left to fend for themselves in the Australian outback, and luckily run into an Aboriginal boy who helps them to survive. He is himself enduring a rite of passage to adulthood, called a walkabout by Aboriginals, where the [..]

"Millhouse: A White Comedy" is a documentary film about the career of Richard M. Nixon from his election to Congress in 1946 to his ascension to the U. S. Presidency in 1968. Producer-director Emile de Antonio basically put together a montage of videos of his speeches (without voice-over [..]

"Bad Man's River" is western film that tells the story of a man who robs a bank, and then marries a beautiful woman, only to have her run off with the money. This attempt to emulate Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns fell flat on its face with sloppy [..]

"Big Jake" is the typical John Wayne vehicle where he plays a man returning to his estranged family only to find that his grandson has been kidnapped. Big Jake then embarks on a journey to deliver the ransom but has no intention of handing over the cash [..]

"The Last Picture Show" is a coming-of-age drama set in a small town in Texas in 1951, centered on two high school seniors who are life-long friends. Director Peter Bogdanovich became famous with this movie, filled with good production values, great performances by the cast, and a [..]

"Fiddler on the Roof" is probably one of the most inspirational movies ever made. The three hour film is loaded with great musical numbers, earning an Oscar for John Williams for Best Music for his adaptation of said music from the long running Broadway play, [..]

The Best Picture of 1971 is....."The French Connection." This crime drama action film tells the story of two NYPD detectives pursuing a French heroin smuggler. Director William Friedkin ("Good Times" 1967) filmed this project with numerous street scenes, giving it a gritty realism, in a fast [..]

"Frogs" is a horror movie about chemical pollution of a swamp causing animal species such as frogs, snakes, birds, and lizards to attack local residents, especially one particular family. Director George McCowan ("The Challenge" 1970) actually guided this low-budget "B" movie to qualify as a watchable film and [..]

Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw star in an action-adventure movie called "The Getaway." When a convict (McQueen) is refused parole, his wife (MacGraw) strikes a deal with an influential criminal (Ben Johnson) to pull strings to get him out in exchange for their help in one last bank [..]