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Dean brierly blows the doors off the decade's cinematic crime pantheon. Tuesday, June 19, 2012. The savage is loose. The film was likewise a key one for Stanley Baker, whose character (a nod to Dave Bannion in. Corruption in a uniform. A thematic arabesque of corruption, deceit and despair. Bannion and Carter no longer speak the same language. Century Bedlam mental hospital. Confession time for Johnny Bannion. 8220;You were big inside.”. 8220;Clobber’s a neat worker.”. Figures in a landscape. Patrick Wym...
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moviefan: January 2011
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Saturday, January 15, 2011. Cover Up (1949) Alfred E. Green. Meet “a small town with big secrets.” Dennis O’Keefe is the insurance investigator who arrives to gather information about an apparent suicide before his insurance company will pay out benefits. Clues and red herrings are tossed every which way, and you’ll be hard-pressed to tell the difference. Bendix and O’Keefe play well off each other, and throughout the movie you’ll be wondering where Bendix falls on the good/evil line. At the center of th...
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Dean brierly blows the doors off the decade's cinematic crime pantheon. Tuesday, August 24, 2010. ANY NUMBER CAN WIN (MELODIE EN SOUS-SOL) 1963. Nice work if you can get it. After five years in prison, Charles seems less than spellbound by his wife’s allure. Francis applies his callous charm. While its measured pace might put off modern viewers weaned on high-octane celluloid vacuity, crime cognoscenti will appreciate the confident deliberation with which Any Number Can Win. 8226; The barman at the hotel...
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Dean brierly blows the doors off the decade's cinematic crime pantheon. Monday, November 15, 2010. DETECTIVE BUREAU 2-3: GO TO HELL BASTARDS! The blistering gun battle leaves a score of bodies and dozens of bottles of the world’s second-favorite soft drink riddled with bullets. Yakuza have no love for Tajima. Tajima wins the staredown. Although it doesn’t scale the delirious heights of Tokyo Drifter. 1966) and Branded to Kill. Manabe’s girl engages in psychosexual foreplay. I was so worried,” she g...
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sixties crime films: November 2010
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Dean brierly blows the doors off the decade's cinematic crime pantheon. Monday, November 15, 2010. DETECTIVE BUREAU 2-3: GO TO HELL BASTARDS! The blistering gun battle leaves a score of bodies and dozens of bottles of the world’s second-favorite soft drink riddled with bullets. Yakuza have no love for Tajima. Tajima wins the staredown. Although it doesn’t scale the delirious heights of Tokyo Drifter. 1966) and Branded to Kill. Manabe’s girl engages in psychosexual foreplay. I was so worried,” she g...
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moviefan: June 2011
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011. 99 River Street (1953) Phil Karlson. 8220;There are worse things than murder. You can kill someone an inch at a time.”. Frequently I find “frame-up” movies annoying and frustrating to watch, possibly because many of them are poorly done. But this is not one of those movies, and it’s a wonderful contribution to film noir. She is wonderful and luminous throughout the movie but two scenes in particular stand out. The first is her re-enactment for Payne as to what happened when sh...
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moviefan: March 2012
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Saturday, March 3, 2012. The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) Laurence Olivier. The setting is 1911 London with visiting dignitaries in town for the coronation of George V. One of these foreign dignitaries is Laurence Olivier as a Prince. And the showgirl is, of course, the beautiful Marilyn Monroe. Her short solo dance scene in the prince’s hotel is exquisite (and was beautifully recreated by Michelle Williams). However, there are way too many gags with Olivier pinning an over-sized medal on Mon...Richard...
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moviefan: July 2011
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Sunday, July 3, 2011. Out of the Past (1947) Jacques Tourneur. People may quibble about what qualifies a movie to be classified as film noir, but no one would argue about this movie. It’s classic noir. Shortly after the film opens, we’re taken into a long flashback where we are filled on characters and events. Eventually, we’re back in the present where the movie remains until the surprising ending. I was finding out.”. His nemesis is played by the smoothly sinister Kirk Douglas in his second film ever&#...
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moviefan: September 2011
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011. Kansas City Confidential (1952) Phil Karlson. A mastermind (Preston Foster) plans and executes a successful bank heist. An ex-con (John Payne) is framed and he takes umbrage. Since he’s fired from his job, he now has nothing but time to solve the crime. The opening, scrolling credits promise the perfect crime, and we are immediately hooked. We are introduced to three criminals, one at a time, whose names and faces are forever etched in bad-guy film history: Jack Elam, Lee V...
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moviefan: March 2011
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Saturday, March 5, 2011. The Strip (1951) Laszlo Kardos. The movie begins in the present and quickly moves into Mickey Rooney’s flashback. which takes us through the rest of most of the movie that includes some Rooney voice overs. The few minutes in the present provide several pertinent facts so there’s not too much suspense. While visiting a few nightclubs, we are also treated to performances by Vic Damone and Monica Lewis, both of whom were huge stars in their day. Rooney shows himself to be a skilled ...
