How The West Was Won (1962)
While I’ve see this western blockbuster filmed in Cinerama a number of times I don’t believe I’ve actually seen it since my adolescent days. It played regularly on TV though […]
Casting the Western Songs of Marty Robbins
Back when Country Music could be found in the Country & Western section of your local music stores, one name that was bound to have a number of LP’s in […]
Lawman (1971)
Looking for a 1970’s western with a superior cast? Look no further than this Michael Winner directed effort that includes a Jerry Fielding score with dialogue that flows like cowboy […]
What You Missed on Mars …. at the Monster Bash
Again I made the trip and again I really have nothing but good things to say about the friendly atmosphere and fine folks you’re bound to meet and chat with […]
They Came To Rob Las Vegas (1968)
“They? Who the hell is “they?” Being one who loves to borrow lines from movies, I couldn’t help myself starting off with an Edmond O’Brien quote. Anyone know the classic […]
Movies That Were Never Really Movies at All
A newly added film poster to the vault here at home, the headquarters of Mike’s Take On The Movies has prompted me to do a feature on the release of “cheater” movies. […]
The Friedkin Connection : A Memoir
By William Friedkin Quick! Name a film directed by William Friedkin. Did you think of The Exorcist first? I usually do. This self penned tale of his own journey growing […]
The Trap (1959)
In the course of one afternoon, Richard Widmark returns to the small town he grew up in and drastically changes the lives of the loved ones he left behind ten […]
Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)
Serving as a propaganda film from 20th Century Fox during the war years, this John Brahm directed thriller is just that. A thriller! John Sutton is elected by his superiors […]
Gorilla at Large (1954)
The 3D craze continues in the wake of House of Wax’s success with this Rue Morgue like tale featuring a number of well known faces and a couple of future […]
Sirocco (1951)
From Humphrey Bogart’s Santana Productions by way of Columbia’s distributing we find Bogie once again donning the trench coat in far off Damascus mixed up with gun running, spies and […]
The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
Though this plot may have been used previously in the Noir genre and again subsequently, it’s a solid “B” feature with Lee J. Cobb in over his head as a […]
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 film The Killers. Looking back I find it comical that […]
The Racers (1955)
From 20th Century Fox comes this Henry Hathaway directed tale of life on the fast lanes. It seems every decade casts a major star in a plot centered around car […]
