"A game-legged old man and a drunk. That's all you got?" "That's what I got."

NOTE: Ranked No. 91 on my all-time top 100 of 2012 BLOGGER'S NOTE : This post is part of The Howard Hawks Blogathon occurring through...

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From the Vault: Cape Fear

BLOGGER'S NOTE: On this date 20 years ago, Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear opened. To mark the occasion, I'm posting the ...

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A soul is never lost, no matter what overcoat you put on

By Edward Copeland As people who read me regularly know, it takes a lot to get me to see a remake of a movie I deemed very good or better b...

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Centennial Tributes: Nicholas Ray, Part 1

"My heroes are no more neurotic than the audience. Unless you can feel that a hero is just as fucked up as you are, that you would make...

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Peter Falk (1927-2011)

One more thing…before I get started talking about the great Peter Falk, who died Thursday at 83 after a long battle with Alzheimer's di...

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Centennial Tributes: Vincent Price

By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. Over at my usual stomping grounds at Thrilling Days of Yesteryear , I’ve been known to jokingly refer to the time I s...

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