Martin Milner and George Maharis star in the original TV road show, traveling the country in a Corvette convertible and getting caught up in other people’s stories.
Tag: Robert Redford
‘Pete’s Dragon’ – A storybook wonder on Disney+
This live action Disney adventure is that rare breed of remake that outshines the original. Directed by David Lowery, it costars Robert Redford and the magnificent forests of New Zealand.
Robert Redford is a ‘Downhill Racer’ on Amazon Prime Video and Hulu
Downhill Racer (1969) is the feature debut of Michael Ritchie, the first project that frustrated actor and future movie star Robert Redford developed for himself and the first of Redford’s proposed trilogy about the meaning of “winning” in American culture. That’s what gives such a riveting perspective to what would otherwise be called a “sports […]
‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ – a superhero conspiracy thriller on Disney+
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) is my pick for the best Marvel Universe superhero movie to date. Picking up where The Avengers left off, it’s a superhero adventure by way of a political conspiracy thriller that teams up Cap (Chris Evans in all-American integrity mode) with Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) when S.H.I.E.L.D. is infiltrated […]
‘Naked City’ – the complete classic cop drama free on IMDbTV
“There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them.” The acclaimed cop show Naked City: Complete Series (1958-1959), set and shot on the streets of New York City, is ostensibly inspired by the influential 1948 film of the same name, a film noir with documentary immediacy. But it plays […]
What to stream: ‘Eighth Grade’ on Amazon, twin ‘Fyre’s on Netflix and Hulu, Robert Redford on VOD
Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, Showtime Anytime, FilmStruck, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … Elsie Fisher delivers a heartbreakingly vulnerable performance as an awkward, introverted teenage girl enduring the final week of Eighth Grade (2018, R). The directorial debut comedian Bo Burham is an insightful […]
What to stream: The ‘Souls’ of Fonda and Redford and Stephen King’s ‘Gerald’s Game’ on Netflix
Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, FilmStruck, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … Jane Fonda and Robert Redford reunite in Our Souls at Night (2017), which comes to Netflix direct from the Venice Film Festival. Fonda is widow Addie and Redford widower Louis, lonely souls and […]