Author: John Welsh

The Horsemen arrived on theater screens in 1971 with an impressive pedigree. A screenplay  from a celebrated French novel adapted by an Oscar winning writer, photographed by two of the finest cinematographers and directed  by the filmmaker who gave us Seven Days in May and The Manchurian Candidate.

Escape From Germany is a film made by and for the faithful, the Latter Day Saints. The Mormons have a history of escapes. They had been driven out of New York and Ohio, settling in Missouri.

Saturday Night is just another installment of the media blitz attempting to convince an unsuspecting public too young to have a first-hand memory of SNL at the beginning that it was ever funny. 50 years of snooze fests, with few exceptions.

It is unclear in the film if Barkley is trying for fusion energy, or extracting hydrogen from water, but it makes no difference to the story. The man is doomed the instant he archives his goal, the Result.

Agent Jimmy Mercer, a divorced father, dreams of a closer relationship with his son. His girlfriend Vikki gave-up on dreams long ago. Red Diamond dreams of one last big score and a life with Mona, who knows dreams seldom come true.