I love the noir formula, but about halfway through a noir I can admit to myself if it's a bit crummy. It took me a while to get there with 1947's Born to Kill, but the last 40% of the film slowly circled the drain and petered out, which was too damn bad.
Ghost stories today aren't what they used to be, and as much as I enjoy gore and over-the-top carnage, there's something to be said for a quietly effective thriller. The…
Spies, slashers, space battles, and spooks! This week's roster was a well-balanced aperitif, if it led to a bit of gastroenteritis. - K. The Amazing Mr. X (1948) Gaslight (1940)…
In this underrated crime thriller Ray Milland plays George Stroud, a hardworking magazine editor who after seven hard years laboring under media mogul Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton) is starting to feel a…