Retro Review: SAVAGES (1974)

Savages (1974) is a made-for-TV movie that features Andy Griffith in a villain role. No teaching Ron Howard how to fish here. Andy is all about dealing death. How does…

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Cruise Project Builds Cast

Tom Cruise is pretty much the King of Hollywood at this point. The famous bringer of nothing but A-game, and serial refused to just phone it in, still lacks one…

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2nd Review: ALIEN: ROMULUS

Alien: Romulus makes us ask where we are at with this whole Alien thing at this point? Alien is a benchmark film. Aliens achieved the impossible by building on it.…

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Cruise In Olympic Handover

There is a constantly growing suspicion that Tom Cruise and his Mission: Impossible team simply have a Big Book Of Bond on hand. Whenever they need inspiration, they flick through…

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Robert Towne Has Passed

When a resume spans Chinatown and a couple of entries in the Mission: Impossible franchise, with a raft of awards and script doctor assignments in between, then you know you…

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HOLLYWOOD HISTORY: The Mob And Tinseltown

Whenever we talk about the murky and byzantine world of Hollywood Accounting, or mention massively inflated budgets on modern Hollywood productions, it is only a matter of time before somebody…

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