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. [...]
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By GroovyMovieGuy on June 26, 2009
The biggest mystery is “what were they thinking?” “Hollywood Mystery” doesn’t have a mystery or a murder. What it has is a movie promoter hyping his film by getting press that a real gangster is involved. I hope this doesn’t spoil the film, but that doesn’t go well.
If you’re looking for some background noise then [...]
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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 [...]
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By GroovyMovieGuy on May 13, 2009
Being a big fan of the Coen brothers, I was looking forward to watching “Miller’s Crossing” on DVD. But I guess I’m more of a fan of the quirky Coen brothers movies such as “Raising Arizona,” “Fargo,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou” and “Burn After Reading.”
“Miller’s Crossing” is a modern take on [...]
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