Movie Review # 44 - The Yakuza - Adventures of the wilderness family - Bullet Train - King Kong - Every which way but loose - See how she runs

A decade under the influence

Flying out the gate like the Ultimate Warrior, today we gots 7 more 70’s movie reviews, and here…they…are!first up is (The Yakuza 1974) With Robert Mitchum (I’m just starting the whole chapter about him in Roger Eberts book- Life Itself) Ken Takakura, The best friend of Logan in Logan’s Run, The Dad who hired Mr. French in Family Affair, and Stanley from the Golden Girls are all here with Mitchum in this. Is this Movie good, we like Director Sydney Pollack, and Writer Paul Schrader, but can they pull it off? Let’s see, shall we.Next up is (Adventures of the wilderness family 1975). We are continuing our odd ass journey of Robert Logan’s nature/adventure films. This is the one with 2 sequels, kind of afraid of them, oh my, this is silly enough.Onward to (Bullet Train 1975). Ashes liked this one best for it’s rad historical context. Also important to watch as stupid Americans, to learn that SPEED totally ripped this one off. Filmed entirely on location on the bullet train between Tokyo and Hiroshima, also Ken Takakura is back here. More of Ken to come.Travel with us now to skull island and (King Kong 1976) It’s got issues and it kinda sucks, but also with that, there’s a lot of cool people here, bein weird, especially Jeff Bridges. Directed by John Guillermin after he made a ton of money for the studio people when we made (The Towering inferno) in 74 so they threw a ton o dough at this thing here, Wait John directed Shaft in Africa, heck yeah!Moving on we gots (Slap Shot 1977) George Roy Hill is our director here, with one of my favorite screenwriters Nancy Dowd, who if someone could just chuck some dough at us and this pod I would love to interview, while she is still around to interviewed plz, to all you rich benefactors out there. Is something wrong with me that I think the Hanson Brothers are simply adorable. Next today we review (Every which way but loose 1978)That punching movie with the Orangutan Clyde, also Maude’s shotgun scene is priceless. Gee it’s also kind of an anti Fascist picture, not as fiercely anti fascist as the blues brothers, but I think it still counts, there is much nazi punching. Hey our direct here James Fargo made the 80’s cult masterpiece Voyage of the rock aliens in 84, can’t for the Vintage video 80’s podcast to cover that one, also VVP stay out of our lane eh.finally today we review yet another made for TV 70’s movie that snuck some greatness under the radar (See how she runs 1978) Joanne Woodward plays a teacher who just wants to run in the Boston Marathon but oddly has to battle the world and even her family just to do so!Drop us a review and all the dang stars if you like what you hear, and thank you muchly for listening.