Movie Review #35 - Tribe - Walking Stick - 11 Harrowhouse - Green Eye's - Perfect Gentlemen - Starting Over

A decade under the influence

Reviews reviews reviews, hey ho, let’s GO!

That said I’m still not a Ramones fan, though I like about 2 songs, whatever. Love them or hate em, let’s kick off another round of 70’s movie reviews.

Today’s offering starts off with a 1970 made for TV movie which later did get a theatrical release titled (The Tribe). Here the dad from a Christmas story, hates that the marines are now taking draftee’s. He also hates hippies, especially one played by Jan Michael Vincent. Set a course for zaniness here on the military base. So great to see Darren McGavin play a drill Sargent. Seems unlikely but I heart it very much.

Lets move on to (Walkin g stick 1970). Here we have Samantha Eggar as Deborah a cool person who is used for crime by this asshat. I believe it’s called a love con. Lots of 70’s London in this and she figures out asshat in the end, oops spoiler. I can’t really figure out how the whole spoiler thing fits into our lil pod, I do know that I’d like to assume you’ve seen it and wanna hear our take, but also we could be turning you on to some great films so I’ll keep spoilers to a minimum. Let’s advance now to level 3 with (11 Harrowhouse 1974) and can Candice Bergen, Charles Gordon, and James Mason, make this jewel heist film NOT dull as dishwater. See Ma, no spoilers, HA.

Ok next up is (Green Eye’s 1977) No spoilers but we love us some Paul Winfield, and this made for TV movie about a very sweet man with a cool mom, trying to do right and cope with what happened in nam, that I’ve been searching for forever and is now on you tube, is flipping amazing!!!!

Also it deals with a very under talked subject in film, and that’s our war orphans.

Along comes another made for t.v. movie that is finally available on you tube, and that’s (Perfect Gentlemen 1978). So much amazing stuff going into this one, Lauren flipping Bacall, Ruth Flippin Gordon, Sandy flipping Dennis, with a script by Nora flipping Ephron. It’s quite a feat that this doesn’t seem to exceed the sum of it’s parts. Oops spoiler. It is good though, and you can always listen, if you want to know more.

Finally today we have (Starting Over 1979) this is also a film that has a lot of awesome goin into it. Screenplay by Mary Tyler Moore and the Simpson’s creator James Brooks, Murphy flipping brown, Jill Clayburgh, Charles Durning, Francis Sternhagen, the expert directing of Alan Pakula, and even Burt flipping Reynolds. Lets hear it folks. I think this one delivers, but I may sadly be alone in that assessment, but I’m writing this SO , it’s the best and is loved by all. He he, I’m having a bit of fun today, thank you dear listers for your time, please tell your friends and or write us a review. Love us or hate us we’ll take the feedback form, today only. Seriously though , thanks.