New to Blu-ray and up for grabs in this contest is The French Connection and French Connection II starring Gene Hackman as “Popeye” Doyle on Blu-ray Disc. We have five sets of the two French ...

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

When you think of Best Picture Oscar winners, you think of grand epics or weighty historical topics, not grimy, intimate cops-and-robbers dramas. 2. Friedkin -- then an up-and-coming young director ...

It’s the heart-stopping moment when a bashed-in Pontiac LeMans hurtles beneath NYC’s elevated subway at 90 miles an hour, dodging traffic and pedestrians in a wild race to keep up with a hijacked N ...

Popeye is a racist, sexist, slovenly drunk cop who spouts off lines like "never trust a nigger" as though they were aphorisms from his grandmother's lips while at the same time making use of black ...

The story goes that 1970s Hollywood was a golden age for creative freedom, a time when maverick filmmakers could make their freewheeling passion projects without interference from studio suits. But ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. Nov 11, 2021, 01:00pm EST This article is more than 4 years old.