Out of the Past (1947)
From the brightest days of film noir in the past comes this adaptation of Daniel Mainwaring’s novel Build My Gallows High that would set the…
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Pentathlon (1994)
Pentathlon became the final film of Bruce Malmuth’s directorial career but for Dolph Lundgren, the movie’s hero, it was still early in his long career…
Devils in Disguise (2014)
Guillaume Campanacci’s Devils in Disguise (2014) brings to the screen the familiar story of the French thriller Les Diaboliques (1955) by Henri-Georges Clouzot. This adaptation,…
Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?
It’s the same question everywhere and always, some may still asking it in hopes of getting a real answer while others just to laugh at…
Life with Father (1947)
If you are looking to go back in time and visit America of the Victorian years, particularly New York, you don’t need a time machine;…
Babette’s Feast (1987)
Putting virtue and faith on the treadmill of time, Gabriel Axel’s Babette’s Feast (1987) offers some fine taste in Danish faith-based dramas. With a female-led…
The Matrix: Trans Allegory or Garden-Variety Identity Politics?
Over the past few years, media and the blogosphere have tried to make a case for The Matrix (1999) by the Wachowskis being an allegory…
The Devil’s Rain (1975)
Robert Fuest’s The Devil’s Rain (1975) brings the evil cult storyline to a modern-day western setting, creating a horror thriller that is entertaining in the…
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death (2002)
Medical malpractice has killed and continues to kill countless people around the world, and this includes the developed world. In addition, there have been medical…
Is Tom Cruise among Hollywood’s Greatest Action Heroes?
Is Tom Cruise one of the greatest action heroes? Is he great enough to be put up on the Mount Rushmore of greatest action movie…