LEE MAJORS WEEK: Do You Believe? (2015)
Do You Believe? is kind of like Magnolia without the raining frogs, good music or characters that you actually worry and care about. It’s the tale of a preacher who meets a street prophet who shakes him to the core. And then you realize, hey, that street priest is Delroy Lindo and wow, the cast of […]
LEE MAJORS WEEK: A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986)
Originally airing on ABC on December 14, 1986, this Henry Winkler-directed made-for-TV movie has pretty much everything you want out of a holiday film: Dolly Parton as a disillusioned country star. Dan Hedaya as a sleazeball. Bo Hopkins as a lawman. David Ackroyd! John Ritter as a judge. A witch! Rance Howard! René Auberjonois! And […]
Lee Majors Week: The Norseman (1978)
Editor’s Note: We originally ran this review on January 30, 2019, as part of our “Viking Week” of film reviews. We’re rerunning it as part of our “Lee Majors Week” of reviews. Look, I can hear you laughing. An 11th-century Viking prince — played by Lee Majors of all people — sets sails for North America […]
Lee Majors Week: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976)
Many tried to bring this tale of American Airforce pilot and CIA operative Francis Gary Powers to the big screen — an incident that occurred on May 1, 1960. The single-jet engine plane of the title, the U-2, was nicknamed “Dragon Lady” by its maker, Lockheed Aircraft, to work as a high-altitude reconnaissance craft for […]
86 Melrose Avenue (2021)
As a diverse group of people enjoy a gallery opening , an ex-Marine suffering from PTSG takes all of them hostage, forcing them to confront everything from past sins, cultural biases and the fact that not everyone is going to make it out alive. Writer, producer and director Lila Matta also made 2014’s Life Gets in […]
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