B-MOVIE OF THE MONTH - THE DEATH OF RITCHIE (TV 1977)

Looks like a lot of fun to me, I don't know. Seriously and for those that don't know, The Death Of Ritchie is one of the most iconic TV movies of the entire '70's decade. I was roughly 15 when it aired and i can tell you that both Robby Benson and teens taking drugs were very hot topics at the time. The film is based on a true story where a father who couldn't control his teen's behavior from drug abuse was forced to take the law into his own hands. The father here is good ole Ben Gazzara and he is at his Gazzara best with a ferocious intensity, his scenes with Benson as father and son a perfect chemistry. At the time more emphasis was on Benson as a model but his performance here is really amazing. Streams free on Tubi, Freevee, Roku and Plex, if this was being rated on the standard scale I would give it five stars, 'nuff said. 2.75 stars/2.75

Saturday, May 18, 2024

NICOLAS CAGE GETS 6-MINUTE STANDING OVATION AT CANNES FOR HIS NEW MOVIE PLAYING "THE SURFER" (2024) - AND WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS ONE TO COME OUT

 


Too bad it's going to be put out by Netflix... 

Nicolas Cage's Sun-Bleached, Rat-Munching Mind-Bender 'The Surfer' Makes Waves at Cannes With Six-Minute Standing Ovation

Nicolas Cage soaked up the applause as his new trippy psychological thriller "The Surfer" scored a six-minute standing ovation at a Cannes Film Festival midnight screening on Friday night. Cage appeared to be having a ball, beaming from ear to ear and waving across the room as cheers erupted around the Palais for the film, ...

Director Lorcan Finnegan Talks 'The Surfer': 'You Can't Surf if You Don't Suffer'

'The whole thing with the dead rat wasn't exactly scripted. He became very attached to it, liked to keep it in his pocket,' Finnegan says.

'The Surfer' Review: Nicolas Cage Goes Full Cage in a Trippy Slapdash Comic Nightmare

He plays a desperate dad who squares off against Aussie surf jocks in a midnight movie that grows increasingly surreal.

'The Surfer' Review: Nicolas Cage Goes Entertainingly Mad in Fun, Flashy Australian Thriller

Nicolas Cage stars in Lorcan Finnegan's 'The Surfer' as a man whose surfing plans are thwarted by menacing thugs and even more menacing wild animals.

Nicolas Cage Is at His Maniacal Best In The Surfer

Nicolas Cage is at his maniacal best in 'The Surfer,' Lorcan Finnegan's sunburnt thriller-comedy which premiered at a midnight screening at the Cannes Film Festival.

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