Archive for Crime Films
Short Reviews of 6 Japanese Yakuza Films
For some reason this last month I went on a Japanese Yakuza movie kick. Yakuza are Japanese gangsters. “Why did you suddenly decide to watch »»
50 Greatest Movies – The Big Sleep (1946)
Vivian Rutledge: I don’t like your manners.
Philip Marlowe: And I’m not crazy about yours. I didn’t ask to see you. I don’t mind if you don’t like »»
50 Greatest Movies – The Maltese Falcon
“By gad sir, you are a character. There’s never any telling what you’ll say or do next, except that it’s bound to be something astonishing.”
Sam Spade »»
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Movie Review
“We all pay for our vices.” The Asphalt JungleThis tale of small-time crooks trying for a big score can be classed as a Film Noir, a »»
Harper (1966) Movie Review
Paul Newman channels Humphrey Bogart in a 1960s version of film noir. Film noir had fallen out of fashion and wasn’t being made as movies anymore. »»
Dead Reckoning (1947) Movie Review
“I’m a man who likes getting his mail.” In Dead Reckoning, Humphrey Bogart plays Rip Murdock, an Army Captain paratrooper getting back from World War II. »»
