Also, audiences were tired of the, as great as they were, downbeat studio films of that time. Don't forget, "Rocky" came out in 1976 to, obviously, huge acclaim & box office. Audiences were ready for uplift and "Star Wars" arrived at the perfect moment to capitalize. Not to mention, as you say. "Star Wars" is a very…

And this great film lost out on Best Picture to "Chariots of Fire". At least Warren Beatty won the well deserved Best Director Oscar.

"We rob banks."

"Profits."

Agreed. It was gloriously nuts (in a damn good way) from beginning to end.

Just back from seeing "B v S" (70mm!) and I'm baffled at the shit storm of critical hate, much of which seems intentionally hurtful to the filmmakers. The film has a clear set up and pay off in story and its themes. The action is well executed & relentless (as is the film's pace). Admittedly, I went in with low…

"What did you expect? "Welcome, sonny"? "Make yourself at home"? "Marry my daughter"? You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons." - Jim

Southern born & raised. I'm shocked evangelicals are still given some leeway as to being decent people. Their religious beliefs are simply cover for their hatred of, well, just about everything. It's amazing that they have been able to get away with it for as long as they have. Thanks Ron Reagan!

The problem with "Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" was not Harrison Ford.

"Doris" was a perfectly light Sunday afternoon matinee and Sally Field is great in it.

Forty plus years old and "Magnum Force" still astonishes with its magnificently nasty violence laid out on some really nasty people who, let's be honest, absolutely have it coming.

The shocking point of "Dirty Harry" was that you weren't supposed to be able to tell the difference between the cop and the killer. Clint Eastwood was NOTORIOUS in the 70's. An outlaw. Eastwood sure as hell wasn't racist and he probably outraged more of the "Silent Majority" with the genuinely cutting edge violence of…

San Francisco in the 70's: "Dirty Harry", "Magnum Force" (still the sleaziest, most violent studio film ever), "The Laughing Policeman", "Freebie & the Bean" and, of course, "The Streets of San Francisco".

"Scalped" is a comics masterpiece.

Gannon!

I've hated Shyamalan's films since "Signs", but I heard him on the Empire Podcast a few months ago and was stunned to discover how charming, funny and a lover of film he was. Really changed my (wrong it would seem) view of him as a pretentious twat. So, I guess the guy knows how to work a room (& thus get things…

What about the upcoming "Miracles From Heaven" where Jennifer Garner's (!) daughter falls out of a tree & gets cured of cancer.

"Shut the fuck up, Donny! V.I. Lenin. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!"

If you live in or are from Atlanta, "Triple 9" is definitely worth a look for its setting alone. I know they shoot a lot of stuff down there, but this is clearly set in (gritty) Atlanta. Kate Winslet's sleazy Russian holds court in the (classic & very blue) downtown Polaris restaurant. They even shout, "If you can't…

I can't really disagree. But, since it was the main selling point in the trailer the scene really didn't have that much effect on me while watching the actual movie.