Scenes I Love: Harry Dean Stanton Delivers A Message In Red Dawn

Posted on April 17, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

This scene that I love features one of the greatest lines of all time. From John Milius’s 1984 masterpiece, Red Dawn:

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special 1982 Edition

Posted on April 17, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!

Today, we pay tribute to the year 1982 with….

4 Shots From 4 1982 Films

The House By The Cemetery (1982, dir by Lucio Fulci)

The New York Ripper (1982, dir by Lucio Fulci)

Friday the 13th Part II (1981, dir by Steve Miner)

Rock: It’s Your Decision (1982, dir. John Taylor)

The Eric Roberts Collection: Freefall (dir by John Irvin)

Posted on April 16, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Who is Grant Orion?

That is the question at the heart of 1994’s Freefall.

Played by Eric Roberts, Grant Orion claims to be a former Hollywood stuntman who now spends most of his time jumping off of cliffs and skydiving. When photographer Katy Mazur (Pamela Gidley) first spots Grant, he is climbing to the top of a cliff in Swaziland and jumping off. Katy, who has been sent to the country to get a photograph of a taita falcon, finds herself obsessively snapping his picture. Later, after she meets Grant, she ends up cheating on her fiancé with him. The fiancé in question is Dex Dellums (Jeff Fahey), who is not only engaged to marry Katy but who is also her editor. He’s the one who sent her to Swaziland in the first place.

Who is Grant Orion? (And who, in the world, actually has a name like Grant Orion?) After Grant saves Katy from some gunmen, he explains that he’s not only a former stuntman but he’s also an agent of Interpol. However, Dex claims that Grant is lying. Dex tells her that Grant is a former stuntman who was run out of Hollywood after a stunt went wrong and now, he’s basically a mercenary. Katy doesn’t know who to trust as violence breaks out all around her.

Freefall starts out as a standard erotic thriller, with Roberts and Gidley exchanging smoldering looks and uttering heated dialogue. Before long, though, it turns into a thriller with Katy not being sure who to trust. There’s a lot of gunfire. There’s a lot of over the top action. Some of the scenes of action are so over-the-top that the film almost feels like it might be a parody. The plot itself is next to impossible to follow but who needs a plot when you’ve got Eric Roberts and Jeff Fahey sharing the screen together? Roberts is all smoldering intensity while Fahey seems to be having the time of his life playing the smarmy Dex.

Along with getting the best out of Roberts and Fahey. director John Irvin also manages to get some truly beautiful shots of the mountains of Swaziland. Though the scenes of Roberts climbing the mountains were clearly done by a real stuntman (and not Grant Orion), they’re still effectively shot. When we first see Grant jump off the mountain, the imagery is breath-takingly beautiful. At times, it’s hard not to regret that the entire film wasn’t just about Grant jumping off of mountains. All of the gunfire gets in the way of the main attraction.

Today, we’re so used to seeing Eric Roberts in small cameo roles that it’s easy to forget that he started out his career in starring roles. Freefall is a silly film but it’s undeniably entertaining, in the way that the best direct-to-video erotic action thrillers often were. Don’t even try to follow the plot. Just enjoy the mountains and the scenes of Roberts and Fahey competing to see who can out-smolder the other.

Previous Eric Roberts Films That We Have Reviewed:

Join #TubiThursday For Logan’s Run!

Posted on April 16, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Hi, everyone! Tonight, on Mastodon, I will be hosting the #TubiThursday watch party! Join us for Logan’s Run (1976)!

You can find the movie on Tubi and you can join us on Mastodon at 9 pm central time! (That’s 10 pm for you folks on the East Coast.) We will be using #TubiThursday hashtag! See you then!

Scenes That I Love: Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn at The Mouth of Truth in Roman Holiday

Posted on April 16, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

Given how much I love the 1953 film, Roman Holiday, I’ve probably shared this scene before but that’s okay. It’s an incredibly charming scene and hey, April is the birth month of both Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn!

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Charlie Chaplin Edition

Posted on April 16, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

137 years ago today, film and comedy pioneer Charlie Chaplin was born. It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Charlie Chaplin Films

A Day’s Pleasure (1919, dir. Charlie Chaplin)

The Gold Rush (1925, dir by Charlie Chaplin)

City Lights (1931, dir by Charlie Chaplin)

Modern Times (1936, dir by Charlie Chaplin)

The Eric Roberts Collection: Law of Attraction (dir by Michael Kampa)

Posted on April 15, 2026 by Lisa Marie Bowman

In 2020’s Law of Attraction, Lexi Giovagnoli plays Allison Williams, a young attorney who is hoping to become a partner at her firm. The opposing counsel in her current case is named Derrick Walker. Allison hasn’t met Derrick but she has exchanged plenty of angry emails and had a few less than pleasant phone interactions with him. When Allison’s friend gets married, it seems like a good chance to Allison to get away from the daily grind of her job. And hey, there’s a cute guy at the wedding. His name is DJ (Joseph Almani)! Does anyone want to guess what the D in DJ stands for?

Law of Attraction is a cute movie. There’s nothing particularly revolutionary about the plot but Giovagnoli and Almani are both likeable and they have a sweet chemistry whenever they’re onscreen together. The weekend wedding leads to a lot of rehearsal shenanigans and some of them are funnier than others. For the most part, though, this is an enjoyable film. It’s the type of pleasant production that you can safely have running in the background while you take care of whatever else it is that you have to take care of during the day.

As for Eric Roberts, he makes a brief appearance as Allison’s boss at the law firm. It’s a cameo. Eric wears a suit and acts like a somewhat stuffy professional. He tells Allison not to screw up the case. It’s really a role that anyone could have played but I’m glad Eric Roberts picked up the paycheck.

Previous Eric Roberts Films That We Have Reviewed:

The taxman cometh…

Posted on April 15, 2026 by Bradley Crain

Today I finished my 26th tax season as a certified public accountant who specializes in tax preparation services. For the last 3 months, my life has been all taxes, all the time. That ends today and now my love of my family and movies can once again take center stage! Tonight I’m watching YOJIMBO simply because seeing Toshiro Mifune makes me feel good. Happy Tax Day my friends!