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Jay thinks I let things get out of hand, you decide. 

Catching up with the film that will cap off the Franchise look back on the next Lambcast. These films have a varying array of quality and entertainment value, but we will be discussing rankings and the other movies on the show. For that you have to download next week. Right now it's time to take this Shane Black directed episode and turn it inside out. Or rather, I'm going to yank it's spinal cord out, hold it up for examination and then display the results here as a trophy. "The Predator" is basically a stand alone film that aims to create a continuing story line. The events of earlier films are only marginally referred to. If you had not seen any of the other films you could easily slip into this one and have a perfectly fine time, at least for the first two thirds of the movie. The final act has some issues but I will get to those in a minute. Basically, one of the Predator species has escaped a band of fellow Predators who are in some way different, and crashe...

[This article originally appeared on the Defunct Web Site "Fogs Movie Reviews", in the Fall of 2013] To be fair, I'm about to cheat a little bit because no matter how long this commentary runs, the reason to see this film ultimately comes down to two words "Michael Caine". This film is not long, it's not complicated but it is clever and it features an actor that may well be in a third of the movies I plan on writing about. "A Shock to the System" is a bit like "American Psycho" without the lurid blood and the guessing game over what is real. The stories both take place in the same setting, the New York corporate world. They center around career climbing lead characters and each leads a double life. "A Shock to the System" is the more traditional film but that does not mean it lacks some surprises or a wicked sense of humor. Caine plays Graham Marshall, a middle aged executive at a large advertising agency on Madison ...

I did my duty and helped wrangle this show. The Vern actually hosted, but Jay said I had to go it alone as the Co-host. Still it was fun. 

Burt Reynolds passed this last week and no film blog focusing on the 1970s would exist without several of his films. He was the number one box office star for a period and often a fine actor. He was also a director and he made some solid genre films that everyone should check out at some point. This is just a list of films that I have a post on and I've collected them in one place for you to connect with. Rest in Peace Burt. Amanda's Review TCMFF Coverage

Click on the Picture of my recently acquired LaZer Disc copy of The Mask of Zorro to see my review.