LEE MAJORS WEEK: Ben 10 Race Against Time (2007)
Based on the Cartoon Network series and directed by Alex Winter — yes, that Alex Winter — Ben 10 Race Against Time is a great live-action version of a kid-friendly series that you may have slept on. Ben Tennyson has the power of the Omnitrix, which allows him to transform into a multitude of super-powered different […]
LEE MAJORS WEEK: High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980)
You know, it takes some balls to make a sequel to High Noon. But hey — Elmore Leonard is a heck of a writer and Jerry Jameson made The Bat People and Airport ’77, so he’s OK in my book. And if you’re going to replace Gary Cooper, I guess Lee Majors will do for a TV movie. […]
Lee Majors Week: The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969)
After his 112-episode, 4-year run as Heath Barkley on ABC-TV’s The Big Valley, it was time to see if Lee Majors could carry a feature film. And he did, with this, the screenwriting debut by familiar ’60s and ’70s TV actor Stuart Margolin (we know him best from his support role as Angel Martin, James […]
Lee Majors Week: Strait-Jacket (1964)
Editor’s Note: This review originally ran on January 21, 2019. We are rerunning it for our “Lee Majors Week” of film reviews. After the success of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Hollywood suddenly had roles for older actresses, as part of psycho-biddy films. And no one was more in demand than Joan Crawford, who agreed […]
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