At the risk of sounding slightly spoil-sportish, allow me to suggest good rule for the cinematic archeologist is not to always expect too much. Lord knows there are plenty of…
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When I was a kid, I had this fun idea that I thought of at the time as a nifty cinematic practical joke. Nifty albeit completely unpractical, that is. Essentially,…
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The conventional wisdom in certain circles is that this quasi-sequel/companion piece to 1952's The Bad And The Beautiful is both a weak and weird sister to the prior film. I…
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In my heedless youth, with my slovenly wannabe-hippie attitude and all, I was never much of a Jack Webb fan, so I wasn't even aware of his film -30- until…
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The ineffable Mr. Cook, Jr., does not spend a whole lot of his brief screen time in this exceptionally engaging RKO B-picture looking so chipper. Rather, up until precisely this…
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As I myself get older, I bristle at the phrase "old movies" more and more. My first principle that un vrai film est un vrai film allows no room for…
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