Highly Recommended The Movie: Coming Home is proof that, then and now, attempting to return to normal life after combat duty is pure hell. As one of the few feature films to go into the psychological toll of returning war vets, the 1978 Vietnam War-era drama ended up as the most acclaimed work from maverick director Hal Ashby ( Harold and Maude ; Shampoo ).
Highly Recommended The Movie: When most people think of Raymond Chandler's work, they think of Humphrey Bogart as private eye Philip Marlowe in the 1946 adaptation of The Big Sleep . Since then, a handful of films have revisited and updated Chandler's iconic gumshoe, such as 1969's Marlowe , which cast James Garner as the title character, and 1978's The Big Sleep , with Robert Mitchum in the …
Highly Recommended The Movie: I sincerely hope that you will read this review instead of simply looking at the star rating and assuming that Samurai Cop is a mediocre and forgettable action movie from the 80s, which is what a 2.5 stars out of 5 implies. Before you write Samurai Cop off completely, let me explain myself: Samurai Cop is as far as you can get from mediocre or forgettable. Chances …