Bill Crane, a private detective with no weakness as an investigator but large ones for blondes and straight-whiskey, gets a call from his attorney friend Read More »
Monthly Archives: August 2023
Jar City AKA Mýrin (2006) Baltasar Kormákur, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson
Örn’s daughter is dead because of a rare genetic disease. Read More »
Smilin’ Through (1941) Frank Borzage, Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond
John Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because, at his wedding years ago Read More »
The Threat (1949) Felix E. Feist, Michael O’Shea, Virginia Grey, Charles McGraw
At Folsom Prison, several inmates escape…including killer Arnold Kluger, who swore revenge Read More »
Nishi Ginza Station AKA Nishi Ginza ekimae (1958) Shôhei Imamura, Frank Nagai, Shin’ichi Yanagisawa, Hisano Yamaoka
This Japanese comedy is bookended by Frank Nagai’s title song, and Nagai keeps cropping up throughout the film Read More »
God of Gamblers Part III: Back to Shanghai AKA Do haap II: Seung Hoi taam do sing (1991) Jing Wong, Stephen Chow, Gong Li, Ray Lui
This film focuses on the disciple of the God of Gamblers, Chow Sing Cho Read More »
Darkness in Tallinn AKA Tallinn pimeduses (1993) Ilkka Järvi-Laturi, Ivo Uukkivi, Milena Gulbe, Monika Mäger
In August, 1991, Estonia reclaims its independence from the USSR and brings to its national bank Read More »
Admiral Yamamoto AKA Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (1968) Seiji Maruyama, Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Yôko Tsukasa
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Read More »
The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner AKA Svetat e golyam i spasenie debne otvsyakade (2008) Stephan Komandarev, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic, Carlo Ljubek, Hristo Mutafchiev
The story of Alex, who, with the help of his charismatic grandfather Read More »
Life Marks AKA La vida mancha (2003) Enrique Urbizu, May Pascual, Gabriel Moreno, Alfonso Torregrosa
Fito, a truck driver, and Juana, an administrative assistant, live under the heavy Read More »