By movieMoll on July 3, 2009
Bela Lugosi’s over-the-top performance as mad scientist Dr. Richard Vollin is not to be missed. Lugosi hams it up as a brilliant, egotistical surgeon that has a fanatical obsession with Edgar Allan Poe, keeping a stuffed raven on his desk and devices of torture described in Poe’s tales in his dungeon! Although Boris Karloff has [...]
Posted in Drama, Horror, Index, Mystery | Tagged Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Drama, Edgar Allan Poe, Horror, Mystery |
By movieMoll on June 30, 2009
This is a B-movie in every sense — brief, low-budget and bad, obviously made to show in theaters as part of a double feature. Secretary Susan Hart (Pamela Blake) takes on a job from a client while her cash-strapped private eye boss and boyfriend Russ Ashton (Tom Neal) is out of town on a case. [...]
Posted in Crime, Drama, Index, Mystery | Tagged Drama, gangster, Mystery, suspense, Thriller |
By movieMoll on June 28, 2009
Fans of Coen Brothers’ movies should check out this early gem. “Blood Simple” was the first commercial film by the brothers and the big-screen debut of Frances McDormand. Club owner and jealous husband Marty (Dan Hedaya) hires a scumball private detective to kill his wife Abby (McDormand) and her lover Ray (John Getz). The hired [...]
Posted in Drama, Index, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged Coen Brothers, Drama, Frances McDormand, Mystery, Thriller |
By movieMoll on June 25, 2009
This movie doesn’t include a murder — or a mystery, for that matter. A publicity man for a movie studio (Frank Albertson) hatches a scheme to convince the press that the star of the latest gangster film (José Crespo) is a real gangster. Complications arise when real gangsters come after him. The good news is [...]
Posted in Crime, Drama, Index, Mystery | Tagged Drama, gangster, Mystery, suspense, Thriller |
By movieMoll on June 15, 2009
Premise: Politically incorrect puppet super heroes destroy Paris and save the world.
Fans of South Park may be disappointed. Ditto for fans of Alec Baldwin and Matt Damon. The film seeks to offend everyone, as does South Park, but overall it’s not nearly as funny.
The first 30 minutes of “Team America: World Police” were slow. There [...]
Posted in Action Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Index | Tagged action, adventure, Animation, Comedy, Matt Stone, puppets, Trey Parker |
By movieMoll on June 8, 2009
This is Astaire and Rogers first pairing as leads after their knockout supporting performances in “Flying Down to Rio” the year before. Lightweight plot finds Guy Holden (Fred Astaire) pursuing Mimi Glossop (Ginger Rogers). She’s playing hard-to-get because she’s still married to an absentee husband. Her Aunt Hortense (Alice Brady) concocts a divorce plan by [...]
Posted in Classic, Comedy, Crime, Index, Musical, Romance, Screwball | Tagged Astaire and Rogers, Best Song Oscar, Comedy, dance, Musical, Romance |
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