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 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 [...]
Posted in Crime, Drama, Index, Mystery | Tagged Drama, gangster, Mystery, suspense, 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 5, 2009
Equal parts comedy and zombie movie, “Shaun of the Dead” serves up laughs and frights and sends up zombie movies without becoming a caricature. Londoner Shaun’s life is in disarray. He’s lost his girlfriend, still sharing a flat with his waster friend Ed, hanging out at the same pub every night and has an unresolved [...]
Posted in Comedy, Horror, Index | Tagged British, Comedy, Horror, suspense |
By GroovyMovieGuy on June 5, 2009
It’s a comedy and a horror film not a spoof film, according to creators during DVD extras. But does the title remind you of anything, like “Dawn of the Dead”? Whatever your take, “Shaun of the Dead” certainly is comedic and it’s got all the gore of a good horror film with zombies to boot.
The [...]
Posted in Comedy, Horror, Index | Tagged British, Comedy, Horror, suspense |
By movieMoll on May 31, 2009
Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) spends an evening with spy Annabella (Lucie Mannheim), who tells him that important national security information is about to be smuggled out of England. After she’s murdered in his apartment, Hannay is on the run being pursued by the bad guys and the cops. The plot of an innocent man thrown [...]
Posted in Index, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged Hitchcock, Mystery, Romance, suspense, Thriller |
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