Charley Varrick- A
man, his wife, and their friend, stage a bloody bank robbery, unaware they are
stealing money from the Mob. I have been
waiting a long time for this to come out on blu. This was Don Seigel’s first movie after Dirty
Harry and it is a great heist flick that keeps Matthau and his crew on the run
from a bad ass Joe Don Baker that is on their tail. Highly recommended.
Road Games- A
truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer on a
desolate Australian highway. This has
been out of print for a long time so I got a region free copy awhile back but
finally we get this great horror gem in the states on blu. If you have not seen this you need to fix
that and see the best Hitchcock movie ever not directed by the man himself but
his protégé Richard Franklin (Psycho 2).
Winter Kills- The
Pickering Commission concluded that a lone gunman killed US President Kegan in
1960, in Philadelphia. 19 years later a dying man confesses to be the real
shooter hired to kill him. Kegan's brother and filthy rich father investigate. I have never seen this but that is an
interesting premise to go along with JFK.
Someone Behind the Door- A
neurosurgeon with a cheating wife takes an amnesiac into his home and
conditions him to believe that the cheating wife is his own and to take the
"appropriate" action. I heard
about this on a podcast a couple of weeks ago and never knew that Charlie
Bronson and Norman Bates were in a movie together. This is going on my Christmas list.
The Fan- Douglas,
a record salesman, is an obsessive fan of actress Sally Ross. When his letters
are rejected, he strikes out at her and her loved ones. I have never seen this either but have always
heard great things about this horror thriller.
The Peanut Butter Falcon-
Zak runs away from his care home to make his dream of becoming a
wrestler come true. This may be my
favorite movie of the year because it’s very uplifting. I do not care for the stars of this movie but
in this case they become actual human beings that you care what happens to
them. Highly recommended.
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot-
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his
old gang back together to organize a daring new heist. Another movie I have bought more times than I care to mention but this is a new scan and I do like that Clint Eastwood. This is still my favorite buddy movie.
