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Here's a list of pretty clear cut femme fatales that come to mind: From the classic era of film noir: Mary Astor - the Maltese Falcon Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity Joan Bennett - Scarlett Street Ava Gardner - The Killers Lana Turner - The Postman Always Rings Twice Anne Savage -...

Food for Thought: From Detours and Lost Highways: A Map of Neo-Noir by Foster Hirsch. He considers Point Blank a neo-noir, with Marvin, a master thief in the same vein as the P.I.s of classic noir. In this case he is on a revenge quest against his wife and ex-partner who betrayed him. In...

Murder, My Sweet is a fine film, but there's no contest in my mind about the actors. Powell seems too petulent to me; as if he is trying too hard to be the tough guy. Bogart is the best of the Marlowes - confident, but not as much as his Sam Spade, cagey, witty and humane. And he handles a gun...

It seems almost fruitless to attempt to classify certain films into genres anymore. There is so much melding and mixing of styles that simple genre classification frequently doesn't work: There's the dramedies like "The Apartment" Retro futuristic: "Brazil" Sci/Fi western: "Westworld" Sci/Fi...

Here are some settings and scenes from various film noirs that give me immense enjoyment: Jazz Clubs: D.O.A: After a rather routine and sometimes corny beginning, the film abruptly shifts to the world of noir with the scene in "The Fisherman" jazz club. The angles, close-ups of sweating...

In addition to the already mentioned Laura: Bad Day at Black Rock Call Northside 777 Delicatessen Green for Danger The List of Adrian Messenger

If this was aboaut a fantasized Julie, one statement confuses me. Julie says at one point to Sarah, that her father would never leave his "family" to live with her and her mother at the villa. This could suggest that Julie is the daughter of the publisher and his French mistress, and that he had...

Movie City News reports they are hearing that the preliminary list of Visual Effects nominees will be: The Hulk LOTR: Return Of The King Master and Commander Peter Pan Pirates of the Caribbean Terminator 3 X-Men 2 Of these, usually three are chosen as final nominees. No mention of...

In THE SWEET HEREAFTER: The school bus sinks through the ice - shown in long-shot from POV of Bruce Greenwood, who watches helplessly knowing his two sons are onboard.

For me Bullitt was one of the quintessential films of the late sixties. Known mostly for its groundbreaking car chase sequence, it was much more than that. It laid the foundation for the grittier cop films that would come - The French Connection, Dirty Harry, etc. Steve McQueen was the essence...

It's hard to figure out Walmart's pricing scheme. My local superstore (Viera, Florida) has Nemo for $13.88 (They also had the Indiana Jones Box set for $34.88 the first week of release.)

Douglas, as a thirteen year old in 1960, who spent many hours glued to the portable radio, I can tell you that Percy Faith Orchestra's "Theme from 'A Summer Place'" was a monster hit - #1 on the charts for about 9 straight weeks, it finished as the #1 song of 1960 beating out several Elvis...

I'm sure it was her even though IMDB doesn't list the credit (but if you look there is no listing for the wife's character in Matchstick Men.)

Very entertaining movie, perhaps a little too cute for its own good, but a solid *** out of *****. Did anyone notice that Nicolas Cages's ex-wife was played by Melora Walters ("Magnolia") Such a small role, and not credited at all. Sam Rockwell is a dynamic actor, but if anyone enters a...

Unless prohibited by a no U-Turn sign, someone making a properly executed u-turn would only have to yield to any on-coming traffic. Any vehicle behind or on a cross street would have to yield the right of way to the vehicle making the u-turn.

An amazing piece of work. Michael Gambon is simply outstanding. As far as the singing is concerned, nobody does their own. It is all original music that the actors lipsynch. Michael Gambon's various numbers with the band are by different performers. I recognize Bing Crosby and the Mills...

I must admit that the 1968 sequence did not sit well with me plot-wise over the years until I read about the opium dream conjecture in Christopher Frayling's book. I had never considered it until then. In particular, I felt that Max's character becoming Secretary Bailey was highly unlikely if...

To Joe S.: Local Hero was in the bin, but with a sticker of $5.00, so it may not be part of the $5.88 group. It's an older release, but in anamorphic widescreen (standard on flip side), and it only has DD 2.0. Still it looks great and has that terrific Mark Knopfler score. I wouldn't go crazy...

Regarding the lack of chemistry between Wood and Beymer, I thought I read once that Natalie Wood wanted her "Splendor in the Grass" co-star Warren Beatty to play Tony. Was this or other casting issues addressed in the documentary?

At the end of 1989, Premiere Magazine asked a group of filmworld notables in tandem with the magazine's top editors to pick the ten best movies of the 80s. Here were the 83 films listed that earned at least 5 points: 1. Raging Bull - 105 points 2. Wings of Desire - 59 3. E.T. The...

My personal find in the bin was Local Hero for $5.00. In a poll conducted in 1990 by Premiere Magazine and film notable film critics at that time, Local Hero was selected at the #10 film (tied with Terms of Endearment) of the decade of the 80s. Their Top 10 was: 1. Raging Bull 2. Wings of...

A bonified classic. A very moral film even if its message of "The end justifies the means" can be called to question. And what about those Christ references: the resurrection of Klaatu, he calls himself Mr. Carpenter, he can be viewed as the prince of peace, etc? On a personal note, the...

Jack: Cinema Paradiso was selected Best Foreign Language Film in 1989. It is the story of a famous Italian director who returns to his small Sicilian hometown after being away for many years. Told in flashback, it covers his youth and the friendship he develops with a father figure, a crusty...

Roy Orbison's In Dreams - lipsynched by Dean Stockwell in Blue Velvet

Those of you in the Central Florida area should head over the The Enzian Theater and see this wonderful movie. Almodovar may be the most unique voice in cinema today.

Everybody's Talkin' - Midnight Cowboy

I saw this terrific film during its original release when I was in college. For years afterward, I couldn't find more than a couple of people who had also seen it. It was the first film I thought of when in 1993 I saw Falling Down. I looked at Michael Douglas as the 90s equivilent to Neddy - a...

For me it's Robert DeNiro's Travis Bickle in TaxiDriver losing to the overbaked performance of Network's Peter Finch. Hell, Finch wasn't even the best in his own picture. William Holden was the voice of moderation among the rest of the cast who seemed to want to out shout each other. Nice...

True Jeff, but now that Bourne knows who he is, there are enough story threads in all three Ludlam books to continue the franchise. Or, as in the case of the later Bond films, they can come up with their own stories.

With two other Bourne novels, this could become a mini-franchise. Some films hit you as fitting into the rewatchable category. This is one of them. I think Damon will only get better as he matures into this character. My only real complaint was that I wished Chris Cooper's character was less...