Tag: seanconnery
Blu-ray Review: The 4K INDIANA JONES Box Set will Melt Your Face
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), the adventurous archeologist and my favorite Nazi puncher of all time, is back in a gorgeous 4K Blu-ray set with a ridiculous amount of extras fit for a legend. As they're filming the fifth version...
70s Rewind: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, Sean Connery, Of Course
Sean Connery and Michael Caine star in a blissfully cinematic adventure, directed by John Huston.
70s Rewind: ZARDOZ, Much More Than Sean Connery Running Around in a Loincloth
James Bond running around in a loincloth. That may be the singular image that comes to mind when Zardoz is mentioned. If another image pops, it's likely "giant statue of a head flying through the air." Out of context, the...
COVER GIRL and A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS to Join the Masters of Cinema in February
Eureka! Entertainment has announced that Charles Vidor's Cover Girl, starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly, together with Fred Zinnerman's Oscar-winning A Man for all Seasons, will be joining the Masters of Cinema series in February. The British home video label also announced...
Edinburgh 2016: Talking HIGHLANDER's 30th Anniversary With the Immortal Christopher Lambert
Connor MacLeod, the Highlander, was reborn into the life of an immortal after dying on a battlefield in the highlands of Scotland in 1536. In 2016 he returns to his homeland once again for the world premiere of a glorious...
HIGHLANDER Returns To The Big Screen In A New 4K Restoration!
When it comes to Highlander films there should have been only one but, man, what a one. Russell Mulcahy's original Highlander is a true cult classic, the tale of immortal swordsmen battling it out through time not just withstanding the...
Learning From The Masters Of Cinema: Sidney Lumet's THE OFFENCE
It is no secret that Sean Connery grew to hate James Bond long before he stopped playing the character. In fact, he was so reluctant to return as 007 for Diamonds Are Forever, after George Lazenby walked away from the...
Watch Sean Connery In Sidney Lumet's THE OFFENCE, Coming To Masters Of Cinema In April
In their efforts to woo Sean Connery back to play James Bond one more time in Diamonds Are Forever, United Artists agreed to green-light two projects of the Scotsman's choosing, no questions asked. The first of those was The Offence,...
Meeting The Criterion: TIME BANDITS On Blu-ray
Time Bandits (1981) is often called Terry Gilliam's most accessible film, which has always seemed like a back-handed compliment to me. Is there a more neutral term than accessible? Gilliam's work is characterized by anything but neutrality. It's a narrative resume...
The Movie Club Podcast talks Zardoz and Flash Gordon
What could be better than a double bill of production design gone wild by directors of gritty, testosterone loaded films 1970s going 'off the reservation' in the craziest of ways! Exhibit A: John Boorman goes from Deliverance to Zardoz. Exhibit...
