Classic movie fan - westerns, film noir, melodrama but whatever there is basically, blogger and educator. I also love classic crime and detective fiction, Hemingway, Sinatra and on and on....
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“He’s the only man I know that can make a sow’s ear out of a silk purse. Somehow I always hate to see it happen.” Graft, greed, ambition , manipulation, betrayal… and …
I rewatched the unsung but rather good western noir Flesh and Bone (1993) a while back really liked the use of this song by Cowboy Junkies in the soundtrack.
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A warm day today, spring in the air.
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A journey from darkness into light. That is as succinct a description of Mirage (1965) as any I can imagine. It is a slickly told tale of confusion, loss of identity and amnesia all wrapped in an a…
Sometimes a title will intrigue, sometimes it will beguile, and sometimes it’s just self-explanatory. Armored Car Robbery (1950) by Richard Fleischer lets us know exactly what the subject ma…
“There are some things a man can’t ride around.” And there are some lines a writer can’t help revisiting, some setups as well when one thinks about it. Six Black Horses (196…
Thrilled to be part of the team on the extras for the 4K UHD + Blu-ray release of BREAK IN THE CIRCLE with the fab @barryf48.bsky.social, @laurajm.bky.social, @sarahbabsmorgan.bsky.social, @balanescumiriam.bsky.social, Gavin Collinson, Richard Holliss, Wayne Kinsey, Adrian Martin and Neil Sinyard.
I'm joined on the podcast by Steve Rogers of Hammer Films to discuss their 4K UHD / Blu-ray of Terence Fisher's whodunit, MANTRAP, starring Paul Henreid, Lois Maxwell & Kay Kendall. Catch the chat here:
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Who is your favourite cinema Sherlock: Rathbone, Cushing, Plummer, Downey Jr? I'm joined by Nick Cardillo, actor and author of several Holmesian pastiches, to discuss his top 10 Sherlock Holmes movies.
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Novelists and podcasters @lukedeckard.bsky.social & @matthewboothauthor.bsky.social of @cinemasleuths.bsky.social shared their list of top 10 hardboiled mysteries with me. Do you agree with their picks?
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