Movies from 1976

Aces High (1976)

114 mins     Action , Drama, War      

Either "Aces High" is sublimely brilliant or seriously flawed and I can't make up my mind which it is. My trouble comes from how it comes across because here we have a movie which basically recaptures what life was like for p...

At the Earth's Core (1976)

89 mins     Adventure , Family, Sci-Fi      

Are you in the mood for some tosh, a bad movie from the past which will make you laugh for being corny? If you answered yes then rent or buy "At the Earth's Core" and sit back for 90 minutes of corny sci-fi adventure with ove...

Baby Blue Marine (1976)

90 mins     Drama      

Right from the word go "Baby Blue Marine" grabs your attention because it doesn't feel quite right. What I mean is that we have this opening scene of a drill sergeant dealing with a bunch of trainee marines who can't get anyt...

The Bad News Bears (1976)

102 mins     Comedy, Family, Sport      

"The Bad News Bears" is a sports movie about Little League Baseball and like the majority of sports movies it is an underdog story and being about Little League Baseball it's an underdog sports movie featuring a bunch of kids...

Battle of Midway (1976)

133 mins     Action , Drama, War      

I am no historian, it is something I often find myself saying when reviewing movies about actual historical events but I feel a need to. Why? Well it validates my point of view because when I watch a movie it is usually to be...

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)

123 mins     Western      

I guess I am a simple sort of movie fan, I like movies which entertain through a variety of things be it the story, the visuals or because of who is in it. The one thing I have never gone wild about is the director of a movie...

Bugsy Malone (1976)

93 mins     Comedy, Crime, Family, Musical      

A gangster movie starring children, it's a novel idea which could work. And to be honest for about the first 20 minutes "Bugsy Malone" does work with plenty of amusement coming from children acting like gangsters straight out...

Carrie (1976)

98 mins     Drama, Horror      

Maybe it's me, but I find Brian De Palma's "Carrie", the first of Stephen King's novels to be adapted to the big screen, rather dull and not in the least bit as scary as I hoped it would be. In fact it's not really scary at a...

Carry on England (1976)

89 mins     Comedy, War      

Before "Carry on England" came out in 1976 the series had gone majorly down hill, regulars were not returning, old stories and gags were being recycled and they'd started to rely more on nudity rather than clever humour to pl...

The Cassandra Crossing (1976)

129 mins     Action , Disaster, Drama, Thriller      

If you mention 70's disaster movies you're most likely to hear the names "The Towering Inferno", "The Poseidon Adventure" and even "Earthquake". One which might not instantly spring to mind is "The Cassandra Crossing" from 19...

Columbo: A Matter of Honor (1976)

70 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

So Columbo ends on a bit of a bus man's holiday getting himself roped in to help solve a murder case in Mexico and finds himself dealing with a large bit of bull in more senses than one. That is very much the USP when it come...

Columbo: Fade in to Murder (1976)

73 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

I've mentioned it before in these reviews of old made for TV crime shows, those which now get broadcast as TV movies, a big part of their appeal is always who the guest stars are. That is most certainly the case with "Columbo...

Columbo: Last Salute to the Commodore (1976)

91 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

A good idea spoiled by some frankly bad ones is the quick review of "Columbo: Last Salute to the Commodore" as whilst this features Patrick McGoohan behind the camera as director the writers have had some bery strange ideas. ...

Columbo: Now You See Him (1976)

85 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

So Lieutenant Columbo has a new raincoat and he is unhappy, it's a gift from his wife but he doesn't feel comfortable in it as it is stiff and he can't focus. You may wonder why I am fixating on Columbo and his new raincoat? ...

Columbo: Old Fashioned Murder (1976)

73 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

I guess when you run a museum you have time to think a lot and maybe even plot how you would murder someone. I say that because shortly after Edward tells Ruth of his plans to shut down the museum she has come up with a plan ...

The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

135 mins     Adventure , Drama, Thriller, War      

It's 1943 and we have Germans and Brits we can only be talking about another war movie and what is this Michael Caine as a German Paratrooper, now that's just wrong! You can't have Michael Caine, someone who epitomises being ...

Embryo (1976)

104 mins     Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller      

Fact No.1, whilst "Embryo" maybe called a horror movie it really isn't, it's more of a thriller. Fact No.2 we have basically a reworking of Frankenstein's monster as a Doctor manages to grow a woman from a foetus in the space...

The Enforcer (1976)

96 mins     Action , Crime, Thriller      

So having already taken on a sicko serial killer and then a group of corrupt police 'Dirty' Harry Callahan returns once more in "The Enforcer" to dispatch his own version of the law on another group of bad guys. This time aro...

Family Plot (1976)

121 mins     Comedy, Crime, Thriller      

There are those who seem to coo over ever single Hitchcock movie, seeing everyone as some form of masterpiece, I'm not one of them. There is a period in Hitchcock's career which I love those which featured the likes of James ...

Freaky Friday (1976)

95 mins     Comedy, Family, Fantasy      

Like romantic dramas about lovers from across the tracks, the body swap storyline has been a regular occurrence over the course of movie history. I don't know what was the first movie which gave us two people who magically sw...