Monthly Archives: April 2020

My Review of ‘Bullitt’ (1968)

Posted on April 30, 2020 by

WARNING: This review contains minor spoilers! Okay, you’ve been warned. 🙂 This is, in my opinion, The Great Granddaddy of car chase films. It has the plot twists and turns of a great mystery, streetwise characters, and the cops who … Continue reading →

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The Untold Story of Mrs. Flitcraft

Posted on April 25, 2020 by

As you may know, if you’re a regular visitor here, I have a great deal of interest in film noir. One of my favorite such films to be adapted from a book is The Maltese Falcon. The 1941 version. You … Continue reading →

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‘The Creature Walks Among Us’ (B-Movie Review)

Posted on April 18, 2020 by

In the interest keeping with the Creature theme of these reviews, here’s my B-movie review of The Creature Walks Among Us from 1956. So, last week, I posted a review of the sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon, aka … Continue reading →

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My Review of ‘Crime Wave’ ( 1954)

Posted on April 16, 2020 by

As films of the noir persuasion go, this story is fairly straightforward. The movie opens with a gas station robbery that goes quite wrong when a police officer happens by and gets shot dead for his trouble. But not before … Continue reading →

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‘Revenge of the Creature’ (B-Movie Review)

Posted on April 11, 2020 by

This week’s Saturday B-Movie Review can actually be covered in less than a thousand parts in one post! So here are my thoughts about the second movie in the Creature trilogy. As one who hadn’t seen the original before the … Continue reading →

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The Coronavirus Writers’ Room (Day 1)

Posted on April 6, 2020 by

Originally posted on Screenwriting from Iowa:
NOTE: Starting today, I’m going to try a little experiment. I’m calling it the Coronavirus Writers’ Room. I don’t mean to downplay the seriousness of the deadly situation around the world. But this is…

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The Fourth and Final Part of ‘Marihuana’

Posted on April 4, 2020 by

At last! The big finale of this absolutely amazing movie. And I’ve got the premiere set up for 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time, if you’d like to join us on YouTube and chat along with the film! 🙂 And here’s a … Continue reading →

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The Alfred Hitchcock Stay-at-Home Special!

Posted on April 2, 2020 by

Today’s post is brought to you by the letter “H” (as in Hitchcock—get it? 🙂 ). The Paradine Case is one of those rare Hitchcock films that I haven’t watched ten or twelve times before. In fact, I just saw … Continue reading →

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