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Short Reviews of 6 Japanese Yakuza Films

Robert Lindsey — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:19:23 +0000

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)

Robert Lindsey — Mon, 30 May 2011 01:07:26 +0000

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

Robert Lindsey — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:08:00 +0000

“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

Robert Lindsey — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:08:56 +0000

“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

Robert Lindsey — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:47:34 +0000

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

Robert Lindsey — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:43:32 +0000

“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. »»

The Naked City (1948) Movie Review

Robert Lindsey — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:31:26 +0000

The Naked City. Directed by Jules Dassin, written by Albert Maltz and Malvin Wald from the story by Malvin Wald. Starring Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, »»

Kiss Me Deadly Movie Review

Robert Lindsey — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:02:59 +0000

Kiss Me Deadly, directed by Robert Aldrich, Screenplay by A.I. Bezzerides from the novel by Mickey Spillane. Starring Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Cloris Leachman, Jack Elam. »»