Category Archives: Films

The Exterminator is a vigilante action film from 1980 directed by James Glickenhaus. It stars Robert Ginty as John Eastland, the vigilante himself, Christopher George as a cop hunting Eastland, and Steve James as Eastland’s war buddy Jefferson. It tells the now-cliched story of a Vietnam war vet who vents his spleen on various NewContinue reading “The Exterminator”

The 1980s were awash with films about the Vietnam War. It seemed like there was an endless torrent of ‘Nam movies. At one end were the high-minded attempts to “say something” about the war. At the other end were the exploitation action films and just the trash. Platoon Leader falls into the exploitation/trash end ofContinue reading “Platoon Leader”

The Bridges at Toko-Ri is a 1954 film about a fighter/bomber pilot, played by William Holden, in the Korean War.  Holden is a Naval reserve officer called back into service and he isn’t too happy about it. While other active reserves are still back in the US, Holden was called back unfairly in his opinion,Continue reading “The Bridges at Toko-Ri”

There are a lot of really high-minded art house films from Sweden, with respected actors such as Max Von Sydow. Yet I’m not going to talk about any of that shit. Today I am talking about another Swedish masterpiece. The rape-revenge-exploitation movie, THRILLER – A CRUEL PICTURE. The film starts on an upbeat note showingContinue reading “Thriller A Cruel Picture”

From our pal , Stu from Thevintage1911 “Oh my GOD!!!”. 43 years seems to have passed in the blink of an eye.. 11 December marks the anniversary of the day “Magnum PI” premiered on CBS, and the rest, as they sat, is history.. So pop your Betamax tape of the Army/ Navy game into theContinue reading “Magnum P.I. At 43 Years”

by Stark at LMO I have meant to write a review of this myself but looks like Stark beat me to it-ST The not-too-distant future. Io. The third moon of Jupiter. 262,070 miles from the planet. 70 hours from the nearest space station. One supply shuttle per week. Surface gravity is 1/6th that of Earth.Continue reading “OUTLAND (1981)”