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Juggernaut (1974)

June 11, 2022by Eric Binford 28 Comments

Synopsis: A madman announces that he has rigged a transatlantic liner with explosives and threatens to blow up the ship if he isn’t given £500,000. Reaction & Thoughts: “My name […]

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1974

The Yakuza (1974)

March 10, 2022by Eric Binford 8 Comments

Synopsis: A retired American detective, Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum, The Night of the Hunter), finds more than he bargained for when he travels to Japan to look for his army […]

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1974

Zardoz (1974)

December 18, 2021by Eric Binford 34 Comments

Synopsis: The year is 2293. Earth’s population is divided into two fractions: “The Eternals,” a group of ritzy immortals, and “The Brutals,” a proletarian class composed of mortals. “The Brutals” […]

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1974

From Beyond the Grave (1974)

October 24, 2021by Eric Binford 20 Comments

Synopsis: A terrifying encounter with the supernatural is guaranteed to all customers who buy (or steal) items from an old antique store. Reaction & Thoughts: “… each purchase comes with […]

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1974

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

August 26, 2021by Eric Binford 43 Comments

Synopsis: In 1935, a shady businessman (Richard Widmark, Kiss of Death) is brutally murdered aboard the legendary Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express luxury train. Famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney, Tom Jones), who […]

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1974

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

September 7, 2020by Eric Binford 20 Comments

Synopsis: A thief nicknamed “Thunderbolt” (Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven) befriends a young conman who goes by the name of “Lightfoot” (Jeff Bridges, Starman), and with the help of a couple of […]

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1974

Symptoms (1974)

October 20, 2017by Eric Binford 1 Comment

Synopsis: A shy young woman, played by Angela Pleasence (From Beyond the Grave), invites a friend, played by Lorna Heilbron (The Creeping Flesh), to her isolated country house, which is — […]

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1974

The Driver’s Seat (1974)

October 18, 2017by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: An unbalanced woman (Elizabeth Taylor, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) spends an entire day looking for a man willing to [beep] her. Reaction & Thoughts: Directed by Giuseppe Patroni […]

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1974

The Nickel Ride (1974)

December 12, 2016by Eric Binford 6 Comments

Synopsis: In Los Angeles, California, Cooper (Jason Miller, The Exorcist), a small-time crook, works as the “Key Man” for the mob; the person who literally holds the keys of warehouses […]

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1974

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

February 1, 2016by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: Agent James Bond (Roger Moore, The Cannonball Run), the man with the license to kill, finds out that there is a price on his head. It seems that someone […]

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1974

Chinatown (1974)

August 24, 2015by Eric Binford 21 Comments

Synopsis: In 1937, Los Angeles, California, private detective Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) is hired by a wealthy lady to follow her husband whom she […]

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1974

Daisy Miller (1974)

February 9, 2015by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the 1800s, a forward-thinking American woman, “Daisy” Miller (Cybill Shepherd, The Heartbreak Kid), shocks Europe’s high society with her flirtatious behavior. Despite (or maybe because of) her odd […]

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