Showing posts with label Crime Drama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crime Drama. Show all posts
Monday, February 24, 2020

Musical Monday with Richard Marx

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This week's Musical Monday selection is a tragic tale, told through song and an excellent music video. It might have been perfect--si...
Sunday, January 26, 2020

Witness the birth of cinematic genres with 'Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine'

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Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine (1913) Starring: René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Renée Carl, André Volbert, and Jane Faber Director:...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

'The Devil's Party' is okay but not much more

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The Devil's Party (1938) Starring: Victor McLaglen, William Gargan, Paul Kelly, Beatrice Roberts, Frank Jenks and John Gallaudet Direc...
Sunday, June 24, 2018

The gang's here, but should you be?

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The Gang's All Here (1941) Starring: Frankie Darro, Mantan Moreland, Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Keye Luke, and Laurence Criner Di...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

A better movie than I had expected

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Anatomy of a Psycho (1961) Starring Darrell Howe, Ronnie Burns, Pamela Lincoln, Michael Granger, Frank Killmond, Judy Howard, and Don Devli...
Thursday, May 5, 2011

'The Capture' fails because it is well done

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The Capture (1950) Starring: Lew Ayres, Teresa Wright, Victor Jory, Jimmy Hunt, and Barry Kelley Director: John Sturges Rating: Four of T...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

'The Gambler and the Lady' is worth a chance

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The Gambler and the Lady (1952) Starring: Dane Clark, Naomi Chance, Meredith Edwards, Kathleen Byron, and Erich Pohlmann Director: Sam New...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Ginger Rogers is excellent in this obscure thriller

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A Shriek in the Night (1933) Starring: Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, Purnell Pratt, Harvel Clark, Lillian Harmer, Louise Beaver, and Arthur H...
Saturday, December 19, 2009

'Whistle Stop' is done in by a weak script

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Whistle Stop (1946) Starring: George Raft, Ava Gardner, Victor McLaglan, Tom Conway, and Jorja Curtright Director: Leonide Moguy Rating: ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Ed Wood and the Criminal Mind

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Edward D. Wood Jr. is remembered by history as a cinematic sad-sack. He was a dreamer who never put in the effort to learn the craft of wri...
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

'A Life at Stake' stars a miscast Angela Lansbury

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A Life at Stake (aka "The Key Man") (1954) Starring: Keith Anders, Angela Lansbury, Claudia Barrett, and Douglass Dumbrille Direct...
Friday, June 12, 2009

A young couple learns that a life of crime
is "The Wrong Road'

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The Wrong Road (1937) Starring: Richard Cromwell, Helen Mack, Lionel Atwill, and Horace MacMohan Director: James Cruze Rating: Five of Te...
Sunday, March 22, 2009

'Prison Shadows' done in by weak script

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Prison Shadows (1936) Starring: Edward Nugent, Joan Barclay, Lucille Lund,and Syd Saylor Director: Robert Hill Rating: Four of Ten Stars Whe...