My life at the movies.
Directed by William Dieterle. Starring Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Sybil Jason, and Ann Sheridan.
Pat O’Brien plays a New York beat cop who spends his days writing nuisance citations and his nights studying the city code in search of new ordinances to enforce. To teach O’Brien some humanity, his chief assigns him to work as a crossing guard for a city grade-school, where he develops a bond with a crippled young girl. Continue reading...
Directed by Sidney J. Furie. Starring Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, and Sue Lloyd.
Michael Caine plays Harry Palmer, a British Army sergeant in the Ministry of Defence charged with aiding the recovery of an abducted scientist during which he uncovers a larger conspiracy. Continue reading...
Directed by Tay Garnett. Starring William Powell, Kay Francis, Frank McHugh, and Aline MacMahon.
Kay Francis bumps into William Powell in a Hong Kong bar. Their eyes lock and a connection blooms. They share a drink, then part with Powell catching her eye again as he leaves the bar, each wondering what might have been. Continue reading...
Directed by Philippe Mora. Starring Christopher Lee, Annie McEnroe, Reb Brown, and Marsha A. Hunt.
Christopher Lee plays an “occult investigator” hunting a ten-thousand-year-old werewolf queen to prevent a werewolf apocalypse. Continue reading...
Directed by Lucio Fulci. Starring Jennifer O'Neill, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marc Porel, and Gianni Garko.
Jennifer O’Neill plays an American married to a wealthy Italian businessman. A psychic vision leads her to discover a year-old murder victim in her husband’s shuttered family villa and she resolves to uncover the killer. Continue reading...
Directed by Fred Walton. Starring Deborah Foreman, Griffin O'Neal, Clayton Rohner, and Jay Baker.
Several college students gather at a classmate’s island estate for a weekend getaway, only to fall victim to an unseen killer. Continue reading...
Directed by Joe Dante. Starring Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, and Christopher Stone.
Dee Wallace plays an investigative television reporter suffering post-traumatic stress disorder after an encounter with a monstrous serial killer. Patrick Macnee plays a therapist guru who invites Wallace to his remote commune to convalesce, but there she only finds more terror. Continue reading...
Directed by Rick Morales. Starring Manny Jacinto, David Wenham, Artt Butler, and Yuri Lowenthal.
Following the events of Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, earth has descended into a wasteland. Survivors band together in outposts, fearing discovery and subjugation by King Kano and his Black Dragon clan. A young warrior named Kenshi challenges the Black Dragon and winds up beaten and blinded. An aging Kuai Liang, having long abandoned his moniker of Sub Zero, trains Kenshi to use his other senses to survive. Continue reading...
Directed by Chih-Hung Kuei. Starring Phillip Ko, Shao-Yen Lin, Kar-Man Wai, and Lung-Wei Wang.
How to describe The Boxer’s Omen? It proves an experience best viewed cold, as its target audience will delight in discovering the outlandish spectacle. Thus, my job as a reviewer is to describe enough of the film for its target audience to find it, while cautioning others to steer clear. Forgive me, dear reader, if I fall short. Continue reading...
Directed by Umberto Lenzi and James Justice. Starring Nicolas De Toth, Sarah Buxton, Rawley Valverde, and Lance LeGault.
Someone is murdering spring-breakers and it’s up to a morose, undersized college quarterback and his townie love-interest to uncover the culprit. Continue reading...
