Every 70s Movie
Thursday, May 12, 2016

Song of Norway (1970)

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          A lavish widescreen musical romance set in the mountains of Europe, Song of Norway was plainly envisioned as a succe...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Death Promise (1977)

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A rotten martial-arts revenge flick set in the urban jungles of New York City, Death Promise concerns a young man w...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Rich Kids (1979)

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          A tender character study about two children from entitled families reacting in different ways to the breakups of thei...
Monday, May 9, 2016

The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)

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          Released a year before The Exorcist (1973), this intense thriller offers a much different approach to similar subjec...
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Sunday, May 8, 2016

Truck Stop Women (1974)

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Difficult as it might seem to make a boring movie about mobsters fighting a madam who runs a whorehouse out of a tru...
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Saturday, May 7, 2016

Country Blue (1973)

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The lovers-0n-the-run saga Country Blue has abundant local flavor, immersing viewers in the sweaty everyday reality of life am...
Friday, May 6, 2016

The Devils (1971)

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          By the mid-’70s, British director Ken Russell’s penchant for shock value took him deep into the realm of self-parody,...
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Thursday, May 5, 2016

The Wrestler (1974)

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Part promotional item and part vanity piece, The Wrestler was produced by real-life sports champion Verne Gagne, who also play...
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

The Bears and I (1974)

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          One of the better live-action dramas made by Walt Disney Productions in the ’70s, The Bears and I presents the famil...
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

The Pied Piper (1972)

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          It’s tricky to guess which audience the producers had in mind when they made this dreary, quasi-musical fantasy, whic...
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Monday, May 2, 2016

Take Down (1979)

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A bland sports drama containing anemic attempts at comedy, Take Down depicts the struggles of an English teacher fo...
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Sunday, May 1, 2016

Jim, the World’s Greatest (1976)

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          When examining the domestic melodrama Jim, the World’s Greatest , which concerns alcoholism and child abuse, it’s hel...
Saturday, April 30, 2016

Fear in the Night (1972)

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          Among the softer offerings from Britain’s Hammer Film Productions—although still quite gruesome in parts— ...
Friday, April 29, 2016

Sunday in the Country (1974)

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          A minor contribution to the early-’70s conversation about cinematic vigilantism that primarily revolved around Straw ...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Homer (1970)

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          Set in a small Wisconsin farming community during the height of the Vietnam War, the gentle drama Homer does a fine ...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Massacre in Rome (1973)

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          The European-made World War II drama Massacre in Rome depicts a 1944 incident during which the Third Reich killed 33...
Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Burnout (1979)

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Sadly, this isn’t a character study of a Jim Ignatowski-style drug casualty, since the title stems from another use of the term...
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Monday, April 25, 2016

Top of the Heap (1972)

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Top of the Heap represented a big professional leap for actor Christopher St. John, seeing as how he had only four screen cred...
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Sunday, April 24, 2016

The War Between Men and Women (1972)

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          The title of this romantic comedy is a misnomer, because the picture doesn’t pit archetypal representatives of opposi...
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Saturday, April 23, 2016

Ruby (1977)

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Hard as this might be to imagine, Ruby combines elements from The Exorcist (1973) and Sunset Blvd. (1950) with a ...
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