Kick-Back Friday: #196
The Mill and the Cross (2011): Slowly, methodically—but sometimes violently—Bruegel’s famous painting The Way to Calvary comes to life through the varying...
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About Pathophilia
Kick-Back Friday: #195
Pushover (1954): Back to noir. As a cop after a bank robber, Fred MacMurray romances the criminal’s girlfriend (Kim Novak) to get a lead on the stolen money; but...
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Kick-Back Friday: #194
Murder! (1930): Despite its year of production, this very early effort from Hitchcock (his third talkie!) displays the important signature elements of the...
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Kick-Back Friday: #193
Pimpernel Smith (1941) is Leslie Howard’s updated riff on his previous leading role in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), the classic espionage adventure of rescue set...
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Kick-Back Friday: #192
Watching The Final Countdown (1980), starring the recently departed James Farentino, is more of an exercise in “How could I make this movie really good?” as...
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Kick-Back Friday: #191
“Life on Mars” (2006-2007): A modern-day Manchester policeman (played by the terrific John Simm) is transported back to politically incorrect 1973 after...
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