An unemployed actor hires out as a bodyguard-companion for a woman and finds himself involved in murder. Read More »
Monthly Archives: January 2022
Call of the Canyon (1942) Joseph Santley, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Sons of the Pioneers
Cattle buyer McCoy has run up gambling debts. When Gene and the other ranchers Read More »
Kitchen Stories / Salmer fra kjøkkenet (2003) Bent Hamer, Tomas Norström, Joachim Calmeyer, Bjørn Floberg
In post war Sweden it was discovered that every year, an average housewife walks the equivalent Read More »
Schizopolis (1996) Steven Soderbergh, Miles Hardy, Scott Allen
Fletcher Munson is a lethargic, passive worker for a Scientology-like self-help corporation called Eventualism. Read More »
Dog Eat Dog! / Einer frisst den anderen (1964) Gustav Gavrin, Richard E. Cunha, Ray Nazarro, Jayne Mansfield, Cameron Mitchell, Dodie Heath
Three thieves rip off a shipment of used money being sent back to the US. Read More »
The Capote Tapes (2019) Ebs Burnough, Truman Capote, George Plimpton, Kate Harrington
Answered Prayers was meant to be Truman Capote’s greatest masterpiece Read More »
Whispers in the Dark (1992) Christopher Crowe, Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan, Alan Alda
A psychiatrist (Sciorra) is helping a neurotic art gallery owner who has a submissive Read More »
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986) William A. Graham, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Marcia Cross
This movie looks at the last years (not days, as implied in the title) of famous outlaws, Frank and Jesse James. Read More »
Saving Grace (1986) Robert M. Young, Tom Conti, Fernando Rey, Erland Josephson
A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Read More »
Female Ninja Magic / Kunoichi ninpo (1964) Sadao Nakajima, Mari Yoshimura, Yumiko Nogawa, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position. Read More »