1981 – Movie Mavericks Podcast

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The Cannonball Run (1981) – Review

February 15, 2016 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1981, burt reynolds, Dean Martin, Dom DeLuise, Farrah Fawcett, Hal Needham, jackie chan, peter fonda, Sammy Davis Jr., Smokey and the Bandit II, the cannonball run

Reynolds and many of his pals star in yet another reckless-driving movie on the order of Smokey & the Bandit.

Heavy Metal (1981) – Review

August 29, 2014 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1981, Eugene Levy, Gerald Potterton, Heavy Metal, john candy, Richard Romanus

Six stories make up the feature-length running time of this maddeningly ambiguous, or pointless depending on your point of view,

Sharky’s Machine (1981) – Review

January 27, 2014January 27, 2014 Jason Rugaard 2 Comments 1981, Bernie Casey, Brian Keith, burt reynolds, Charles Durning, chinatown, Dirty Harry, Earl Holliman, Henry Silva, Rachel Ward, Rear Window, Richard Libertini, Sharky's Machine, Vittorio Gassman

Reynolds’ mega watt charisma is on full display all throughout Sharky’s Machine, an entertaining and hard-edged police thriller. The one-time

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The Road Warrior (1981) – Review

April 21, 2011October 16, 2015 Jason Rugaard 2 Comments 1981, action, Adventure, Bruce Spence, george miller, mad max, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, mel gibson, Michael Preston, sci-fi, the road warrior

Essentially, this Australian feature is B-movie OZ-ploitation fare, but done with exceptional cinematography, skillful direction and editing. In a post-apocalyptic