Hell Is a City (1960)
Mike’s Take on Stanley Baker Movies …….. Day 8 Easily one of the grittiest crime dramas of it’s era and […]
Sea Fury (1958)
Mike’s Take on Stanley Baker Movies ……. Day 7 On one hand this adventurous sea faring tale left me with […]
Perfect Friday (1970)
Mike’s Take on Stanley Baker Movies …… Day 6 It’s a very dapper looking Stanley Baker this time out in […]
Checkpoint (1956)
Mike’s Take On Stanley Baker Films ….. Day 5 While he may be billed in third spot albeit above above […]
Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
Mike’s Take On Stanley Baker Movies …. Day 4 The team who put together the 1963 winner Zulu once again […]
The Criminal (1960)
Mike’s Take on Stanley Baker Movies … Day 3 The Career Criminal might have served as a better title as […]
Robbery (1967)
Mike’s Take on Stanley Baker Movies ….. Part 2 Based on a true life incident, this Stanley Baker thriller was […]
The Man Who Finally Died (1963)
Mike’s Take on Stanley Baker Movies …… Part 1 Acquiring this Stanley Baker starring feature accomplished two points of interest […]
Catching Up With My Stanley Baker Collection
As of late I’ve been keeping the postman busy with countless titles being shipped in from the UK now that […]
I Owe Russia $1200 … by Bob Hope
This tale of travel from the legendary Bob Hope is one with heart around all the laughs that features Bob […]
Africa Express (1975)
Jack Palance fan that I am I knew this film existed but had never come across it until rummaging through one of […]
The King of Comedy (1982)
“Better to be King for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.” Just when you think you know which Martin […]
Snowbound (1948)
It’s films like these that I’ll occasionally come across that remind me of the fact that there are so many […]
Paris Holiday (1958)
Filmed on location, this feature comes by way of an original story from Robert Hope. It was also the first […]
Split Second (1953)
If one were to subtitle this Dick Powell directed feature then how about, The Petrified Forest Meets The Atomic Age. […]
The Long Haul (1957)
For the better part of an hour, this noir like tale of British gangsters running the truck industry delivers a […]
Gallery ›
More of Those On Screen Movie Dads
Let’s kick off this year’s look at movie Dad’s with three versions of The Champ. 1931 saw Wallace Beery and […]
Price and Poe : The Poster Gallery
For the regular readers here at Mike’s Take, you know I love the works of my “friend” Vincent Price. Not […]
Mom On the Movie Poster and More
For Mother’s Day it’s time to highlight the one who for most all of us is our first love. Is […]
Stanley Cup Playoffs : My Starting Line Up
Like any born and bred Canadian boy, it’s all hockey in my house when the puck drops in the quest […]
Featured Actor ›
Hell Is a City (1960)
Mike’s Take on Stanley Baker Movies …….. Day 8 Easily one of the grittiest crime dramas of it’s era and […]
Sea Fury (1958)
Mike’s Take on Stanley Baker Movies ……. Day 7 On one hand this adventurous sea faring tale left me with […]
Perfect Friday (1970)
Mike’s Take on Stanley Baker Movies …… Day 6 It’s a very dapper looking Stanley Baker this time out in […]
Checkpoint (1956)
Mike’s Take On Stanley Baker Films ….. Day 5 While he may be billed in third spot albeit above above […]
Book Takes ›
Charlton Heston : Hollywood’s Last Icon
by Marc Eliot Eliot has a large number of bios out including ones on Walt Disney, Clint Eastwood, Cary Grant […]
Clown Prince of Hollywood … By Bob Thomas
The Antic Life and Times of Jack L. Warner Having recently enjoyed Stanley Tucci’s wonderful S.O.B. styled turn as Jack […]
Dietrich & Riefenstahl
Hollywood, Berlin, and a Century In Two Lives By Karin Wieland Having read previous books on Marlene Dietrich, I came […]
Lionel Atwill : The Exquisite Villain
by Neil Pettigrew Is Lionel Atwill one of the great “horror” stars of the first and second wave of the […]
Blogathon ›
Al Lettieri versus The Icons Part 1
Is Al Lettieri a household name? Admittedly no. However if you know your gritty seventies gangland films then you’ll know […]
Spotlighting Franchot Tone on The Small Screen
When the site Finding Franchot decided to spotlight the actor with a blogathon, I thought I’d take the opportunity to […]
He Ran All The Way (1951)
When I attended the 2016 TCM Festival in Hollywood, this final film in the career of John Garfield was playing […]
Across This Land With Stompin’ Tom Connors (1973)
For the annual blogathon celebrating my homeland of Canada kindly put forth by Speakeasy’s Kristina and Ruth over at Silver […]
Slumming With .... ›
Slumming With Cameron Mitchell …. A Triple Feature
Picking up where I left off poking a bit of fun while Slumming With David Carradine, I selected Mr. Cameron Mitchell […]
Slumming With David Carradine …. A Triple Feature
During the VHS era, it seemed as if David Carradine had a new title turning up weekly at the corner […]
DVD/Blu Take ›
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)
No matter how many films I’ve seen as the years go by, I still on occasion will discover a new […]
Killer Fish (1978)
The long shadow of Jaws was a major influence on the exploitation market in the immediate years that followed the […]
Chato’s Land (1972)
“Back off Lawman.” This after a racially charged slur and threat from a frontier town sheriff towards the “half-breed” Chato […]
The Black Sleep (1956)
I would think that if this mad doctor tale had been filmed in the heart of the horror run of […]
Articles ›
Lizabeth Scott Stands Up To Robert Ryan and Robert Mitchum in The Racket (1951)
Previously this piece was kindly published by Karen of Shadows and Satin in her Noir newsletter The Dark Pages. Lizabeth […]
Anthony Caruso : More Than The Henchman
This article on Mr. Caruso was kindly featured in the September 2014 issue of The Dark Pages put forth by […]
An Evil to Behold : Sherry Peatty in The Killing (1956)
This article was kindly published by the Dark Pages last May and it was my attempt at presenting a take […]
Charles McGraw : Tough Guy With the Gravel Voice
This article on the career of Charles McGraw appeared in The Dark Pages special edition dedicated to the classic 1946 […]
Live Take ›
The Charles Bronson Starter Kit and Then Some
Chatting up a list of Bronson titles worth checking into using posters as props from my personal collection.
Film Books We Rely On Vol. 3 or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Crime Movies
After a couple months of intense negotiations over finding the right director to film the third installment of videos dedicated […]
Film Books We Rely On Volume 2
Once again I am joined by Kristina from Speakeasy to share more of our favorite books devoted to the study […]
Film Books We Rely On
Making her debut on camera for a live take, I am joined by Kristina Dijan who operates the wonderful and […]
Monthly Reviews ›
May 2017 In Review
Rounding up the month allows me to sneak a few mini reviews and thoughts on some more recent titles and to […]
April 2017 In Review
When the Stanley Cup Playoffs begin here in Canada and you’ve grown up playing the game, it’s sure hard to […]
March 2017 In Review
I don’t doubt that the highlight of the month turned out once again to be the Mad Movie Challenge from […]
February 2017 in Review
Westerns, John Wick, fun retro VHS horror movies and Canada’s own Stompin’ Tom Connors filled my viewing time this month […]
Daily Take ›
Africa Express (1975)
Jack Palance fan that I am I knew this film existed but had never come across it until rummaging through one of […]
The King of Comedy (1982)
“Better to be King for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.” Just when you think you know which Martin […]
Snowbound (1948)
It’s films like these that I’ll occasionally come across that remind me of the fact that there are so many […]
Split Second (1953)
If one were to subtitle this Dick Powell directed feature then how about, The Petrified Forest Meets The Atomic Age. […]
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The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
If you like westerns and John Wayne, then for my money it’s nearly impossible not to love this movie. As […]
Roger Moore : The Non-Bond Poster Gallery
Originally posted on Mike's Take On the Movies .......... Rediscovering Cinema's Past:
Sure it’s easy to argue that Moore essentially played James Bond in practically everything before and after he received…
Looking For Positives In a Quartet of Duds
Generally I hate getting overly critical of films for a number of reasons. One of which is we only see […]
Price and Poe : The Poster Gallery
For the regular readers here at Mike’s Take, you know I love the works of my “friend” Vincent Price. Not […]
The Gauntlet (1977)
“A nothing witness for a nothing trial.” If only things were that simple for Clint Eastwood in this non Dirty […]
Hard Times (1975) on blu ray from Eureka!
“He sure was something.” Is Hard Times the best feature film of the 1970’s to have starred Charles Bronson? I […]
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
This star studded flick feeds into my love of the disaster movie where we the viewers get to play spot […]
Like Father, Like Son
No this isn’t a look back at the Dudley Moore film from years ago or a remake either though I […]
Night of the Iguana (1964)
I probably knew more about what went on behind the scenes of this John Huston production then anything that actually happened […]