Covering Movies, Television and Other Life Altering Issues
Ulzana’s Raid may seem like another western but it has lots of things on its mind. In this look at the films of Robert Aldrich we discuss Ulzana’s Raid, it’s general unpleasantness, and it’s surprising relation to the Vietnam war. Burt Lancaster, a shockingly young Bruce Davison, and Richard Jaeckel (an Aldrich regular) star in a movie that is not really meant to entertain.
In this (potentially) final episode of The Cannon Films Project, Dan talks it up with screenwriter James Bruner about Missing In Action, Invasion USA, The Delta Force, how Chuck Norris movies changed the world, and what it was like working at the house of Golan-Globus.
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Members of the UHB rejoice! Writer-director Whit Stillman spent an hour with Dan talking about all his movies, the future of The Cosmopolitans, The Three Stooges, James Bond, Scrooge McDuck, why did an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street, and what he’s hoping is next.
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Ron Howard goes Solo, Bill Cosby has a new plan, Transformers: The Last Night, The Beguiled, The Big Sick, The Bad Batch, In Pursuit of Silence.
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You Can’t Stop The Music, Lord and Miller off Han Solo panic, Salary Outrage, Daniel Day-Lewis has had enough, Another Twilight Zone movie is still happening.
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RIP Steven Furst and John G. Avildsen, Superman II, Tony Danza as Tony, Carrie Fisher report, Johnny Carson, No More Transformers.
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NBC has an Alex Jones problem, The Dick Tracy T-Shirt Ticket, LA lights up the bat signal, Cars 3, All Eyez On Me, Rough Night, The Book of Henry, 47 Meters Down.
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American Crime Story does the switch, Prizzi’s Honor, Sony cleans up their act, Alex Jones on Megyn Kelly bruhaha.
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RIP Adam West and Glenne Headly, Trouble in Paradise for Bachelor in Paradise, Cannonball Run is going to come back whether we want it or not, Facebook wants Loosely Exactly Nicole.
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Paying to Park, The Leftovers Series Finale, The Mummy, It Comes at Night, Megan Leavey, My Cousin Rachel, Beatiz at Dinner.
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