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...
Read MoreThe Mill and the Cross (2011): Slowly, methodically—but sometimes violently—Bruegel’s famous painting The Way to Calvary comes to life through the varying...
Read MorePushover (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...
Read MoreMurder! (1930): Despite its year of production, this very early effort from Hitchcock (his third talkie!) displays the important signature elements of the...
Read MorePimpernel 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...
Read MoreWatching 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...
Read More“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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