Recent content by John Stell

Bold - Denotes first-time viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 14) 11/18/2023 Force of Evil (1948) John Garfield is excellent as a crooked attorney who tries to protect his brother when a bold move by numbers racketeer might ruin him. Fast-paced with tense final shoot out. Final scene is...

Actually, The White Cockatoo was released as part of the Warner Archive Collection on 12/4/2012. I have a copy myself. The White Cockatoo

Bold - Denotes first-time viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 11) 11/15/2023 Kiss Me Deadly (1955) Ralph Meeker is a gruff Mike Hammer in search of the great whatsit – a box which contains something a gang of ruthless thugs will torture and kill for. Influential noir from Robert Aldrich is...

Bold - Denotes first-time viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 08) 11/13/2023 His Kind of Woman (1951) Robert Mitchum is down on his luck gambler who, in desperation, takes a mysterious gig in Mexico that pays $5,000 upfront. He doesn’t ask many questions. But he’s actually being set up by...

Rating - Out of a possible 4 05) 11/11/2023 Among the Living (1941) After the death of his father, John Raden (Albert Dekker) learns that his twin brother Paul did not die years ago as claimed, but was instead hidden away because of a brain injury, suffered at the hands of his father, that...

Bold - Denotes first ever viewing Rating - Out of a possible 4 01) 11/10/2023 The Long Goodbye (1973) 1/2 Elliott Gould is great as a 1953 Philip Marlowe caught up in a 1973 Los Angeles mystery concerning close friend Terry Lennox who allegedly murdered his wife before committing suicide...

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Rating out of a possible 4 Bold denotes first-time viewing 102) 10/31/2023 Firestarter (2022) Young Charlie, whose parents were given experimental drugs by the government, has the power to start fires with her will. Now on the run from the authorities, the small family have been found again...