Having taken the baton from Dashiell Hammett for his first Philip Marlowe novel, “The Big Sleep” (1939), Raymond Chandler works on making his hardboiled private
“Phenomena” (1985) doesn’t stand out from the pack of Dario Argento’s catalog in a way we might hope, since it is sometimes called Argento’s “Carrie.”
In the scene everyone remembers from “Hoosiers” (1986), Hickory Huskers coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) shows his team that the Butler Fieldhouse dimensions – 10-foot
“Love in the Afternoon” (1957) is one of the most infamous May-December romance films, largely due to the cover art. Gary Cooper is actually two
In the middle of the last century, film was seen as the medium of discerning viewers and TV as the medium that had to account
“The Big Sleep” (1946) features Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe, five years after he played Sam Spade in “The Maltese Falcon.” Although in my review
If the differences between the elite and the merely interesting Dario Argento films are a surprising ending, next-level kill scenes and pop-psychological underpinnings, “Tenebrae” (1982)
Before there was such a thing as A-level B-movies – starting in 1977 with “Star Wars” – all sci-fi actioners were B-movies. “Starship Troopers” (1997)
My library has most of Kurt Vonnegut’s catalog, all of them tattered, dog-eared and much-enjoyed. He’s a popular book club choice, but also, people of
There’s a charm to second-rate slashers, but second-rate comedy is tough to sit through. “Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II” (1987) is a charming low-budget