Monday, July 28, 2025

Cult Movie Theatre: Black Moon Rising

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Tommy Lee Jones as Quint. To supplement his income as a director early in his career, John Carpenter penned screenplays--several of whic...
Monday, July 14, 2025

Bert I. Gordon's The Food of the Gods

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Marjoe Gortner as Morgan. Is it possible to feel nostalgic about a Bert I. Gordon movie? Mr. B.I.G. was known for making movies about giant ...
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Monday, June 30, 2025

Frank Sinatra as Tony Rome Times Two!

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One wonders if Frank Sinatra regretted turning down the lead role in  Harper  (1966), one of the '60s best detective films. That might e...
Monday, June 16, 2025

John Frankenheimer's Black Sunday

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Having recently watched John Frankenheimer's superb Seven Days in May again , I became interested in revisiting his 1977 thriller Black...
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Monday, June 2, 2025

Quick Takes on Rhubarb, The Big Brawl, and Hit!

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Ray Milland and Rhubarb. Rhubarb (1951). This occasionally diverting comedy concerns a wealthy eccentric (Gene Lockhart) who leaves his fort...
Friday, May 16, 2025

50 Fabulous Films in Celebration of National Classic Movie Day

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Happy National Classic Movie Day! Yes, we love classic films all year long, but they get some extra love every May 16th. Not sure what class...
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Monday, May 5, 2025

Seven Things to Know About Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

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1.  Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea  was nominated for 11 Emmy awards from 1965 to 1967, all in technical categories. It won four Emmys for ...
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Monday, April 28, 2025

The Dirty Five Out West

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In the final days of the U.S. Civil War, the Confederate Army needs to stop a stagecoach carrying an enemy spy from reaching Washington, D.C...
Monday, April 14, 2025

The Prisoner(s) of Zenda

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Ronald Colman (1937) and Stewart Granger (1952). When is a movie a sequel or just another adaptation of the same literary source? That can b...
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Monday, March 31, 2025

Charles Bronson Stages a Breakout

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Charles Bronson as Colton. When her husband is framed for murder (by his grandfather, no less!) and tossed into a Mexican prison, Ann Wagner...
Monday, March 10, 2025

The Crime Doctor Solves the Millerson Case

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One of the more offbeat "B" detective series of the 1940s was the Crime Doctor. Based on a Max Marcin's successful radio serie...
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Monday, February 24, 2025

The "How to Destroy a Monster According to the Movies" Quiz

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In this new quiz, we describe how a "monster" was killed in a specific movie and ask you to identify the film. As with all of quiz...
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Monday, February 10, 2025

Randolph Scott Rides Alone

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Randolph Scott as Buchanan. The Ranown Cycle consists of six Westerns made between 1956 and 1960 that starred Randolph Scott and were di...
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Monday, January 27, 2025

Revisiting The Red Shoes

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Moira Shearer as Vicky Page. Black Narcissus is my favorite Michael Powell-Emeric Pressberger film--and I also think it's their masterpi...
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Monday, January 13, 2025

Corbucci's The Great Silence

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Jean-Louis Trintignant as Silence. The most acclaimed Spaghetti Western filmmaker not named Sergio Leone.  That's an apt description for...
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Monday, December 30, 2024

The Eiger Sanction Is a Tough Climb

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The Eiger Sanction (1975). This action thriller, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, follows a former assassin who is coerced into one...
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