No Gun, No Plea Of Self-Defense: ‘Warning Shot’ Reviewed
It isn’t a question of whether Sergeant Tom Valens (David Janssen) killed Dr. James Ruston (Donald Curtis). It’s a question
Read moreIt isn’t a question of whether Sergeant Tom Valens (David Janssen) killed Dr. James Ruston (Donald Curtis). It’s a question
Read moreAs much as her colleagues would love to blame her marital status for everything, being single isn’t the reason Lois
Read moreScience is about testing boundaries. In Rouben Mamoulian’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, that’s exactly what Dr. Jekyll (Frederic March) does
Read moreFrom Key Largo to The Big Clock, 1948 was a great year for film noir. That statement holds true in
Read moreThere have been many films about WWII. Valerio Zurlini’s Le Soldatesse (also known as The Camp Followers) is a film about hunger and what
Read moreIn cases where a film has a predominately male cast, it’s always best to be wary about how plum a
Read moreWhile one could argue that the speaker’s language in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven is good for a chuckle or
Read moreSadie Thompson (Joan Crawford) is a prostitute with a heart of gold. Mr. Davidson (Walter Huston) is the missionary who
Read moreThey say every woman should have a little black dress in their closet. A murderous red dress might not be
Read moreWarner Archive provided me with a free copy of the Blu-Ray I reviewed in this article. The opinions I share
Read moreEarly in Garth Maxwell’s Jack Be Nimble, Jack and Dora’s mom (Patricia Phillips) turns on a record of a fairy
Read moreMark Sandrich’s So Proudly We Hail isn’t the only film to have been made about the battle of Bataan. In
Read moreBefore he directed the Lethal Weapon movies, Richard Donner directed Salt & Pepper, a buddy comedy starring Rat Pack members,
Read moreShorts don’t come shorter than the ones Tony Curtis wears in Richard Fleisher’s The Vikings, but ever wish there was
Read moreThere would be no film version of Fiddler on the Roof without the Broadway show. How cool is it, though,
Read moreThe Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Collection Volume 2 might not be the best showing of Christopher Lee as an actor
Read moreFor their eighth box set Kino Lorber have taken some liberties, in terms of what qualifies as “noir,” but they’ve
Read moreGoing into Everything Everywhere All At Once, it helps to know that the Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) are
Read morePastor Hall is about a German priest (Wilfrid Lawson) who stands up to the Nazi Stormtroopers that have taken control of
Read moreEarly in Ernst Lubitsch’s Broken Lullaby, Paul (Phillips Holmes) voices his concern that a second war is coming. Today, we
Read moreMurphy (Peter O’Toole) isn’t trying to take out a sub because he believes in the war effort. Murphy wants revenge.
Read moreSisters who pledge together, stay together. If only that were the case in The Initiation of Sarah, Robert Day’s TV
Read moreThe trick with Shirley Temple movies is while her characters usually have to face a lot of adversity, they tend
Read moreI don’t remember what year it was that my family got their first DVD player. It had to be the
Read moreLosing the Granite State Shoe Company was hard enough. The last thing Eaton Falls needs is to see another factory
Read moreIn geometry, parallel lines don’t have to be identical. One can be thick, one can be thin. One can be
Read moreWhile money has been known to tear families apart, diamonds are what bring criminals together in Giuliano Montaldo’s Grand Slam.
Read moreBesides the many other film adaptations of Edmond Rostand’s play, Cyrano de Bergerac, that have been done, the premise of
Read moreAction movies sometimes have a habit of treating female characters like window dressing. Melodramas, on the other hand, often center
Read moreBeing undead, it makes sense that vampires are usually pale. They don’t usually look old, though. That’s the whole perk
Read moreFor all the harmless nicknames out there, there are just as many damaging ones. In Elia Kazan’s Baby Doll, Baby
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