Lee Majors Week: Starflight One (1983)
We ballyhooed the TV career of Jerry Jameson in our review of one of the few times the prolific director was called up to the bigs with the 1974 A.I.P release The Bat People. Jameson was also behind one of the ‘70s quintessential box office “disaster” smashes: Airport ’77, which was backed by Universal Pictures. […]
Lee Majors Week: Hell to Pay (2005)
This movie promises ten legendary Western stars. Those stars would be Buck Taylor (Newly on Gunsmoke), James Drury (The Virginian), Denny Miller (Duke Shannon from Wagon Train), Andrew Prine (who was on numerous cowboy shows but was also Simon King of the Witches), William Smith (who as we all know makes any movie better; he was also Joe […]
Linnea Quigley’s Paranormal Truth (2021)
Vampires, possessions, horrible hotels, exorcisms, devil worship and hauntings. Nearly every basic cable network has some show that takes you into the real story behind the paranormal, but none of them have Linnea Quigley on board. Yes, that’s right, the scream queen is the producer and host of this show, which has twelve episodes that […]
LEE MAJORS WEEK: Big Fat Liar (2002)
Paul Giamatti, you have our respect. You’re arguably the best actor of our generation and here you are as the bad guy in a vehicle for Frankie Muniz, at the time a hot sitcom star on Malcolm In the Middle. Speaking of sitcom stars, this was written by Dan Schneider (who beyond being on Head of the Class […]
Lee Majors Week: The Last Chase (1981)
Editor’s Note: This review originally ran on December 8, 2020, as part of our “Fast and Furious Week Part II” of film reviews. We’re taking a second, tweaked look at the film as part of our tribute to Lee Majors this week. Damn you, Burt Reynolds! Damn you, Mel Gibson! And damn you, Canadian film […]
Lee Majors Week: Agency (1980)
Editor’s Note: We planned our “Lee Majors Week” before we came up with our month-long February blowout of Mill Creek box sets . . . and it just so happened this Lee Majors ditty appeared on Mill Creek’s Excellent Eighties 50-movie set (Agency). So, actually, this April review of Agency isn’t a repost: the Mill […]
LEE MAJORS WEEK: Almosting It (2016)
“A dissatisfied twentysomething seeks life and relationship advice from a retirement home playboy played by Lee Majors, with mixed results.” I mean, when you put it that way, you know I’m going to watch your movie. Writer, director and lead actor William von Tagen made this auteur project. It’s the story of Ralph, a nursing […]
LEE MAJORS WEEK: Wild Bill Hickok: Swift Justice (2016)
Shot where the TV series Dry Creek was made, Wild Bill Swift Justice is a retelling of the tale of Wild Bill Hickok. Hickok has settled down as a lawman in a small town, but now Marcus Roby and his gang threaten to destroy everything. This is the second time this week that a bunch of actors […]
LEE MAJORS WEEK: Trojan War (1997)
Trojan War cost $15 million to make, played one theater for a week and made $309 dollars. Yes. $309 dollars. It’s also a movie that features Jennifer Love Hewett as the geeky friend, which seems like casting that most boys in 1997 would not agree with. It’s kind of an extended version of the condom story […]
Lee Majors Week: Steel (1979)
As is the case with any actor who achieves a level of fame in the TV and film realms, Lee Majors, courtesy of his clout with The Six Million Dollar Man, was able to parlay his star into his own production company, Fawcett-Majors Productions, co-run with his then wife, Farrah Fawcett (the company dissolved upon […]
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