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Hollywood Mystery

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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Raising Arizona

By GroovyMovieGuy on June 20, 2009

Back in their salad days, The Coen brothers made a movie called “Raising Arizona” that became an instant classic. It also became the film to which I would compare every movie the brothers made from then on — and there were some excellent movies to follow — such as “Fargo,” “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou” [...]

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Song of the Thin Man

By movieMoll on June 7, 2009

Thirteen years after Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell, Myrna Loy) first lit up the silver screen in “The Thin Man,” the pair give their farewell performance in the sixth and final entry of the series with “Song of the Thin Man.” Nick and Nora have aged a bit and eased up on their drinking [...]

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Blow-Up

By GroovyMovieGuy on June 6, 2009

Let Down. Dud. Who Cares. These would have been better names for the critically acclaimed “Blow Up.”
I’ve heard about this movie for years. As a photographer, I’ve read about it in trade magazines. It stars David Hemmings as a famous fashion photographer, along with Vanessa Redgrave. It features the famous model Veruschka. The film showcased [...]

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Too Late for Tears

By movieMoll on June 2, 2009

When a bag full of cash drops — literally — into her lap, Jane Palmer (Lizabeth Scott) is hellbent on hanging on to it, no matter who gets hurt. Her husband Alan (Arthur Kennedy) is a sap, and Danny Fuller (Dan Duryea) the thug who claims the money is rightfully his is slimy. However, Lizabeth [...]

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Too Late for Tears

By GroovyMovieGuy on June 2, 2009

What do we learn from film noir? Crime and greed don’t pay — especially when there’s a dame involved.
Ill-gotten gains, even though innocently acquired, bring turmoil into the life of Alan Palmer (Arthur Kennedy) and his wife Jane (Lizabeth Scott). A shady character Danny (Dan Duryea), Alan’s sister Cathy (Kristine Miller) and the mysterious Don [...]

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