Guest review: Rolling Thunder (1977)

Lately it seems not a week goes by without the wonderful Jack Deth delivering one of his great reviews of movies most of us are not familiair with. This week I’m pleased to have him review Rolling Thunder. Enjoy! (includes some spoilers)

Rolling thunder review

Welcome all and sundry to another Guest Review!

First, I would like to thank Nostra for another opportunity to delve into a film that left a serious impression on me the first time I sat down and watched it. A raw, no punches pulled look into the sub genre of the returned, whacked out, psychotic America POW/Veteran. One that literally leaps up and becomes a smack in the face to a hallowed topic first tickled by a just starting out, Yaphett Kotto in an early, first season episode of ‘Hawaii Five-O’, titled ‘King Of The Hill’ from 1967. Continue reading

Annie Hall (1977)

Woody Allen’s Annie Hall ranks high within the IMDB top 250 (it’s on place 132 at the moment). I heard it was one of the best romcoms around and the it won the Oscar for best movie, beating Star Wars. After reading about these facts i just had to see this movie. You can imagine my expectations were very high. Continue reading