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A movie like The Warriors screams drive-in classic. Perhaps because it was due to my first experience with the film being at a drive in when I was a child. Although sporting all the trimmings of a b-movie feast, Walter Hill’s adaptation of Sol Yorick’s novel is a masterpiece of 70s grit. The oppressive atmosphere of the grimmy city, the unseemly gangs giving chase, and the overall pessimism…

Story:Xanadu ist ein Blick in die Zukunft und gleichzeitig eine liebenswerte Erinnerung an die Glanzzeiten Hollywoods. Das Musical glänzt mit den Hitsongs “Magic”, I’m Alive”, “All over the World”, “Suddenly” und dem Titelsong “Xanadu”. Olivia Newton-John, die Film-Göttin der 80er Jahre, begeistert dabei alle mit ihrer Schönheit und ihrer wundervollen Stimme, denn sie und Gene Kelly sind die…

[Originally published in Movietone News 24, July-August 1973]

That our final glimpse of John Dillinger should be out of focus is appropriate. Dillingerpromised to be an exciting directorial debut for John Milius—promised especially hard in the first quarter of an hour—and the role of Dillinger himself presented Warren Oates with the perfect opportunity to etch one of the great characterizations…