Release Year: 1972 Director: Robert Fuest Starring: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp, Peter Cushing, Berryl Reid, Terry-Thomas, Milton Reid, Caroline Munro Music: John Gale I haven’t seen The Abominable Dr. Phibes since I was a kid, so I cannot remember too much about it. Thankfully this sequel leads in with a detailed recap of [...]
15Feb12
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
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Tagged Caroline Munro, Dr. Phibes, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Terry-Thomas, Vincent Price
Tagged Caroline Munro, Dr. Phibes, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Terry-Thomas, Vincent Price
23Jan12
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Country: United States Director: Robert Aldrich Starring: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Wesley Addy, Marian Carr, Maxine Cooper, Cloris Leachman, Strother Martin, Jack Elam Music: Frank DeVol Song, ‘Rather Have the Blues’ performed by Nat ‘King’ Cole Based on characters created by Mickey Spillane Warning: this review contains adult content. The other [...]
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Tagged Albert Dekker, Film Noir, Jack Elam, Mickey Spillane, Mike Hammer, Ralph Meeker, Robert Aldrich, Strother Martin
Tagged Albert Dekker, Film Noir, Jack Elam, Mickey Spillane, Mike Hammer, Ralph Meeker, Robert Aldrich, Strother Martin
16Jan12
Secret Santa: Assignment Sphinx
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Permission to Kill, and I thought it was appropriate to look at something off the beaten track, and I was given that opportunity by my Secret Santa. You see, over the last month or so (depending on the postal services of the world), the minions of The Mysterious Order [...]
15Jan12
Phantom Punch (2007)
Country: Canada Director: Robert Townsend Starring: Ving Rhames, Stacey Dash, Nicholas Turturro, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Rick Roberts Music: Stephen James Taylor Robert Townsend’s film, Phantom Punch, attempts to put a human face on one of the most unloved boxing champions of all time, Sonny Liston. And he almost succeeds due to the performance of Ving Rhames [...]
13Jan12
The Battling Bellhop (1937)
AKA: Kid Galahad Country: United States Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Wayne Morris, Jane Bryan Music: Max Steiner, Heinz Roemheld The Battling Bellhop is a boxing drama from Warner Brothers Studios featuring three of their biggest names – Robinson, Bogart and Davis. And each of them play characters that [...]
12Jan12
Lionel (2008)
Country: Australia Director: Eddie Martin Starring: Lionel Rose, Anthony Mundine, Jeff ‘Hitman’ Harding Editor: Ken Sallows Composer: Cezary Skubiszewski One month after I was born, a young aboriginal boxer, named Lionel Rose, became the world bantam weight boxing champion when he defeated Fighting Harada in Japan. I am obviously too young to recall the swell [...]
10Jan12
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Country: United States Director: Robert Altman Starring: Elliot Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, Arnold Schwarzenegger Music: John T. Williams Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler It has been said that Robert Altman’s film of The Long Goodbye is a send up of Raymond Chandler’s novel of the same name. [...]
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Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elliott Gould, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler, Robert Altman, The Long Goodbye
Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elliott Gould, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler, Robert Altman, The Long Goodbye
17Nov11
Hard Times (1975)
Country: United States Director: Walter Hill Starring: Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin, Robert Tessier Music: Barry DeVorzon AKA: The Street Fighter I consider myself a pretty big Charles Bronson fan. I even don’t mind some of the violent dross he made in the 1980s as his career was petering out. I think [...]
15Nov11
Out for Justice (1991)
Country: United States Director: John Flynn Starring: Steven Seagal, William Forsythe, Jerry Orbach, Jo Champa Music: David Michael Frank Even as somewhat of a fan, it is hard to explain the rise of Steven Seagal as an action hero. Let’s face it the guy could never act – something that is verified over his long [...]
