Category: Reviews
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Dark Angel, a.k.a. I Come in Peace (1989)
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Read more: Dark Angel, a.k.a. I Come in Peace (1989)A renegade cop and an F.B.I. agent battle a drug dealer from outer space
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Men of Consequence, Volume III: Ned Beatty, Network (1976)
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Read more: Men of Consequence, Volume III: Ned Beatty, Network (1976)Due to popular demand, I have decided that my newly minted “Men of Consequence” series will pivot, buck convention, and add an entry that doesn’t involve beating some lippy broad to a pulp.
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Honey Don’t (2025)
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Read more: Honey Don’t (2025)Honey Don’t! is what a lesbian detective movie would look like if Mickey Spillane wrote it
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King Rat (1965)
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Read more: King Rat (1965)In wartime, it is not always the highest ranked individuals that run the show.
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Crime 101 (2026)
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Read more: Crime 101 (2026)Crime 101 asks a very important question – what if we made another Steve McQueen (the actor) movie?
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Men of Consequence, Volume II: Ronald Reagan, The Killers (1964)
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Read more: Men of Consequence, Volume II: Ronald Reagan, The Killers (1964)Thirty-one words. Perhaps not quite the equal to Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address for brevitic brilliance, but close. Damn close.
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Men of Consequence, Volume I : Lee Marvin, Point Blank (1967)
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Read more: Men of Consequence, Volume I : Lee Marvin, Point Blank (1967)It is, for my money, the greatest thirty seconds in the history of the cinema. If I’ve seen it once, I’ve seen it a hundred times, if only because it’s one of the few scenes going that needs no context.
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The Crawling Eye: A.K.A. The Trollenberg Terror (1958)
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Read more: The Crawling Eye: A.K.A. The Trollenberg Terror (1958)Coleman Francis, where are you when we really need you?
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Brokeback Mountain (2005): From the Ruthless Archives
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Read more: Brokeback Mountain (2005): From the Ruthless ArchivesIt’s what we always knew to be true: beneath the tight jeans, sweaty chaps, and weathered countenance, the American Cowboy is an ass-pounder waiting to be born.
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Ace In the Hole (1951)
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Read more: Ace In the Hole (1951)If it took losing his family to the ovens of Auschwitz (including his mother) in order for Billy Wilder to see humanity so clearly…