A human life is strictly as frail and fleeting as the morning dew

NOTE: Ranked No. 94 on my all-time top 100 of 2012 "There was not a lot of dialogue. The titles were just to keep you up. It's th...

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Some call it elegance, some call it cruel

By Edward Copeland Believe it or not, after hearing his name for years, watching 13 Assassins marked the first time I viewed the work of J...

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"I get paid for killing and this town is full of people who deserve to die."

By Edward Copeland The title of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo fills nearly the entire expanse of its Tohoscope 2.35: 1 image in Japanese cha...

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Mean Streets ... and Rough Around The Edges

Mook: a foolish, insignificant, or contemptible person : Merriam-Webster ; archetypal young males who act like moronic boneheads...self-cen...

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Requiem for a lifestyle

By Edward Copeland As much as an icon as Humphrey Bogart has been and for as long as he's held that status, it's hard to believe th...

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