Blood on the Moon (1948)
In the golden old days of Hollywood they made it good because they made it so damn believable. And that’s just what Robert Wise did…
Author: Ernest Dempsey
Island in the Sky (1953)
It’s a John Wayne film but you don’t see him in cowboy pants and hat with a gun around his waist and a whip in…
13 Tzameti (2005)
Georgian filmmaker Géla Babluani wrote and directed 13 Tzameti (“Tzameti” also meaning “thirteen” in Georgian) as a dark thriller where the junction of character and…
The Killer (1989) – The Homoerotic Interpretation of Jeff–Li Chemistry
Since watching John Woo’s landmark gangster action film The Killer (1989), I’ve come across quite a few reviews that sense a homoerotic feel to the…
The Killer (1989)
John Woo’s The Killer (1989) became a notable work in the action cinema of Hong Kong in the late 80s and in the west a…
In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders (1988)
Two U.S. army veterans teamed up to commit a series of violent crimes in South Florida in 1985-86. Dick Lowry’s TV movie In the Line…
Airplane! (1980)
Seeing a commercial plane facing an emergency up at 30,000 feet gives viewers the chills. Not this one though! Airplane! by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker,…
Psychic Killer (1975)
Wrongfully convicted of murdering a doctor, Arnold Masters serves time at a mental institution until the real killer is caught and confesses to his crime.…
The Miracle of Marcelino (1955)
The original Spanish title Marcelino pan y vino (Marcelino bread and wine) accurately conveys the spirit of Ladislao Vajda’s 1955 faith drama The Miracle of…
Of Zodiac Signs and Movie Genres
Some of us keep an astronomical interest in movies. A recent article, however, that I came across proposed that the best movie genres for us…