The January 2021 Round-Up
Like many of you I’m still in a semi-lockdown situation which means plenty of time hanging out with Brando the Wiener Dog, playing guitar, watching hockey and yes indeed watching […]
Johnny Cool (1963)
Not quite a Rat Pack film this black and white gangland feature starring Henry Silva in the title role proves to be a fringe contender to the Sinatra led vehicles. […]
Will I Ever See That Movie? Cause I Ain’t Getting Any Younger!
There comes a point in every film buff’s life when you’ve got to ask yourself one question…… “Do I feel lucky?” Scratch that, damn movie quotes are always bubbling to […]
Kiss The Blood Off My Hands (1948)
Early on his stellar career, Burt Lancaster, found himself in this Noir thriller opposite Joan Fontaine with foggy postwar London as a backdrop by way of a Hollywood backlot. Bringing […]
King of Hockey (1936)
Take any number of cocky Cagney features from Warner Brothers in the 1930’s and change the locale from the military or the world of car racing to the hockey rinks […]
Bamboo Gods and Iron Men (1974)
Looking every inch the boxer he’s portraying on camera, James Iglehart, finds himself in a race to find a centuries old secret against a madman looking to yield enough power […]
Just Cause (1995)
This thriller adapted from a novel by John Katzenbach is a clear case of Silence of the Lambs meeting Cape Fear and caught in the middle of the bloodshed is […]
X, The Unknown (1956)
Following up on the success of 1955’s The Quatermass Xperiment, Hammer Films, cast Oscar winner Dean Jagger in a very Quatermass like role as a scientist looking to put an […]
Looking Back at The Year That Was … 2020
There’s little doubt that most everyone on Planet Earth was somehow affected by what we went through during the first pandemic in over one hundred years. I can only hope […]
A Nod to the Corner Men on Boxing Day
As is my custom I turn to the world of the Sweet Science aka Boxing on December 26th. Usually I feature the Brawlers and Bruisers who enter the Square Jungle […]
