Tag Archives: Telly Savalas

War Movie Mondays Again: Kelly’s Heroes

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Douglas Barnett

As we did with Western Wednesdays Again, we’re bringing back another favorite feature: War Movie Mondays. And kicking things off is 1970’s Kelly’s Heroes. Written by Douglas Barnett, War Movie Mondays explores a different film in the “war movie” genre … Continue reading →

Posted in War Movie Mondays Again | Tagged Brian G. Hutton, Clint Eastwood, Don Rickles, Donald Sutherland, Kelly's Heroes, Telly Savalas, War Movie Mondays Again, War Movies | 1 Comment

Monday Picks: ‘Horror Express’

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

Happy New Year and welcome to another year of your favorite films here at Monday Picks. This week’s feature to ring in the New Year is the 1972 Spanish horror classic Horror Express a.k.a. Panic on the Trans-Siberian Express. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-Ray, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Horror, Monday Picks, Movies, Period Piece | Tagged Bernard Gordon, Christopher Lee, Eugenio Martin, Peter Cushing, Telly Savalas | Comments Off

War Movie Mondays: ‘The Dirty Dozen’

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick goes behind the lines of World War II France with the 1967 release of Robert Aldrich’s The Dirty Dozen. The film stars the legendary Lee Marvin as Major John Reisman, an American OSS (pre C.I.A.) operative chosen … Continue reading →

Posted in Academy Awards, Action, Blu-Ray, Classics, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, MGM, War, War Movie Mondays, Warner Bros | Tagged Al Mancini, Blu-Ray, Charles Bronson, Clint Walker, Donald Sutherland, DVD, Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Lee Marvin, MGM Studios, Quentin Tarantino, Ralph Meeker, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Ryan, Robert Webber, Telly Savalas, Warner Bros, World War II | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘Battle of the Bulge’

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Battle of the Bulge (1965) was an Anglo-American production directed by Ken Annakin (The Longest Day). The film debuted at the Cinerama Dome Theater in Hollywood on December 16, 1965, which was the twenty first anniversary of when the … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-Ray, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, War, War Movie Mondays, Warner Bros | Tagged Blu-Ray, Charles Bronson, Dana Andews, DVD, Henry Fonda, James MacArthur, Ken Annakin, Netflix, Robert Ryan, Robert Shaw, Telly Savalas, Warner Bros | 11 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘Kelly’s Heroes’

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

Kelly’s Heroes is a war film that has all the great elements of an old fashion, rousing epic that keeps your attention all the way through. Set in the late summer of 1944 as the allies swept across occupied France, … Continue reading →

Posted in MGM, Movies, Reviews, War, War Movie Mondays, Warner Bros | Tagged Action, Carrol O' Connor, Clint Eastwood, Don Rickles, Donald Sutherland, DVD, MGM Studios, Movies, Telly Savalas, War, War Movie Mondays, Warner Bros | 2 Comments