Roy Bain (Larry Lamb) would rather spend his days painting than getting involved with old, bad influences like gangster-turned-industrialist Motherskille (Steven Berkoff). However, when Bain’s old flame Nicole (Nicola Cowper) is kidnapped by persons unknown, Motherskille hires the former gumshoe to take one last case. The investigation leads Bain to Pepperdine (Ingrid PItt) an exclusive […]
Read more "You Are What You Dream: Underworld (1985)"When Lohman’s circus acquires a jaguar, they don’t realize it’s carrying something unexpected inside of it. They only realize that the new cat is reacting strongly to the lion tamer’s assistant Yanka (Emmanuelle Escourrou) and that jittery quality is passing to all the cats in the show. The cause will soon be revealed … but […]
Read more "A Violent Creation: Baby Blood"When the new shop opens in Castle Rock, all the locals are intrigued. It has an unusual name, a promising advertisement, and a mysterious owner. Polly Chalmers (Bonnie Bedelia) and Nettie Cobb (Amanda Plummer) work just across the street and have a good view of the place, but no real answers. Sheriff Alan Pangborn (Ed […]
Read more "You Won’t Believe Your Eyes: Needful Things"When Steve (James Stewart) and Gambi (Dan Duryea) come to the small Louisiana town, they have all their worldly possessions on them, a dream in a trunk, and change in their pockets. They can’t even pay the $5 to good-natured local tough guy Teche Bossier (Gilbert Roland) for a ride on the last leg of […]
Read more "If No One Takes a Gamble, Then the Oil Industry Will Die: Thunder Bay (1953)"With Glyn McLyntock (James Stewart) leading the way, the group of westward headed settlers under Jeremy Baile’s (Jay C. Flippen) capable leadership have little to worry about. McLyntock knows his way around the territory, he’s got a natural charm that eases most tensions and a grit that sees them through the rest. Baile’s daughter Laura […]
Read more "Yeah, You’ll Be Seeing Me: Bend of the River (1952)"A coupe of hoods make their way through the city, ending up in a Harlem apartment where money is getting counted and packaged up by a trio of Black men. When the cops arrive, the five tough guys freeze, but these aren’t cops at all. Jim Harris (Paul Benjamin) and Joe Logart (Ed Bernard) are […]
Read more "Ratta-tat-tat: Across 110th Street"
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