Night Of The Juggler (1980)

Thank you, Cinephobe TV, for screening this lost gem. Night Of The Juggler (1980) stars James Brolin as a bearded trucker who returns home for his daughter’s birthday but then spends the whole day tearing up the city after she is kidnapped by a psychotic Cliff Gorman in a case of mistaken identity (this creep […]

White Lightning (1973)

After Burt Reynolds passed away, I realised there was a lot of his movies I hadn’t seen – the ones that were decent, not Rent-A-Cop or anything like that. I watched Smokey and the Bandit for the first time on Netflix and that was fun. But White Lightning (1973) I liked a lot more, which […]

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)

With Peter Fonda’s recent passing, I felt it was time to take a ride with Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974), the cult car chase action thriller that was apparently a sleeper hit at the time of release. While it’s promoted like Bonnie & Clyde on the posters with thief Larry (Peter Fonda) on the run […]

Convoy (1978)

Convoy (1978) is based on the country western novelty song by C.W. McCall which also soundtracks the movie itself, stretching out and teasing the audience with sections of the tune and only letting rip with its anthemic chorus near the climax. Big rig trucker “Rubber Duck” (Kris Kristofferson) runs afoul of corrupt, racist Sheriff “Dirty […]