1966 – Stream On Demand

Clint Eastwood stars in Sergio Leone's 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'

‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ on Paramount+ and free on Kanopy

!Featured, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Cult Movies, DVD, Essential Viewing, Free, Kanopy, Paramount+, Spaghetti Cinema, SVOD, western 01/10/2023 Sean Axmaker

Clint Eastwood stars in Sergio Leone’s classic Civil War epic, arguably the definitive spaghetti western.

‘Batman’ – the big screen spoof on HBO Max

!Featured, based on a comic book, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Comedy, Cult Movies, DVD, HBO Max, superheroes, SVOD 11/22/2022 Sean Axmaker

Holy camp fest, Batman! Adam West and Dick Grayson star as the Dynamic Duo in the big screen spin-off of the 1960s comic book spoof.

Last chance: Rock Hudson has ‘Seconds’ on Criterion Channel and free on Kanopy

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Free, Have You Seen...?, Hollywood Classic, Kanopy, National Film Registry, SVOD, thriller 11/20/2022 Sean Axmaker

John Frankenheimer’s paranoid thriller offers a second chance at a dream life that turns alienating and nightmarish for its hero.

‘Star Trek’ – the final frontier, the original series – on Paramount+

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Cult TV, DVD, Hulu, Paramount+, Science Fiction, Streaming TV, SVOD 09/07/2022 Sean Axmaker

A rich universe of characters and stories, and the dreams of many a visionary, began in this landmark science fiction show that launched in 1966.

Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac. Lionel Stander, and Jack MacGowran star in the 1966 film by Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski’s ‘Cul-De-Sac’ on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Have You Seen...?, satire, suspense, SVOD, thriller 10/20/2021 Sean Axmaker

Donald Pleasance, Françoise Dorléac, and Lionel Stander star in this sly little character piece set in an isolated medieval castle on the barren British coast, which Polanski claimed as his personal favorite of his films.

Charlton Heston in the battle of ‘Khartoum’ on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, adventure, Amazon Prime Video, based on a true story, Blu-ray, British Cinema, Classic Movie, DVD, inspired by a true story, SVOD, war 09/06/2021 Sean Axmaker

Laurence Olivier is unfortunately cast as an Arab (complete with heavy brownface makeup) in this sweeping epic of colonial war in 1880 Sudan.

‘The Naked Prey’ on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, adventure, based on a true story, BritBox, Classic Movie, Criterion, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Hollywood Classic, SVOD, thriller 03/31/2020 Sean Axmaker

The Naked Prey (1966), Cornel Wilde’s take on the Most Dangerous Game survival drama, may not be the first but it’s arguably the definitive, most visceral and primal example of the genre. Inspired by an account on the American frontier but shifted to 19th century colonial South Africa, the simple story begins with a bush […]

Blu-ray: ‘Kill, Baby… Kill!’ on Kino Classics

Blu-ray, DVD, horror, Kino Classics 10/29/2017 Sean Axmaker

The title may sound like a serial killer thriller but Mario Bava’s Kill, Baby… Kill (Italy, 1966) is a Gothic ghost story with haunting images, grotesque edges, and glorious style. Think of it as Bava’s answer to a Hammer horror, with hysterical superstition and suspicion of outsiders replacing the lurid sexuality of Hammer’s Victorian horrors […]

Cheng Pei-Pei and Yueh Hua star in King Hu's classic wuxia pian

The Romantic Chivalry of ‘Come Drink with Me’ on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, DVD, Have You Seen...?, International Classics, martial arts, SVOD 08/18/2017 Sean Axmaker

Come Drink with Me (Hong Kong, 1966) is a landmark of Hong Kong cinema and a classic of the wuxia pian (“martial chivalry” genre), a genre that director King Hu redefined with this delightfully spry mix of action, humor, and costume spectacle. Cheng Pei-Pei stars as the pixie-ish Golden Swallow, a determined young female warrior […]

James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Bo Hopkins in the Sam Peckinpah film

Blu-ray: ‘The Killer Elite’ on Twilight Time

Action, Blu-ray, DVD, Twilight Time 03/27/2017 Sean Axmaker

The Killer Elite / Noon Wine (1966) (Twilight Time, Blu-ray) – By even the most generous measure, The Killer Elite (1975) is one of Sam Peckinpah’s weakest film. Which, by Peckinpah standards, is still a cut above a great many films. He manages to get his own sensibility into the tale of black ops mercenaries […]