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If you imagine a sort of preppy version of the “Jets” or the “Sharks”, only with skateboards instead of flick-knives then you’ll be on the right track for this really quite unremarkable short feature. A group of early teen lads show off their balancing skills around town until one of them espies - quite clumsily - a girl, then he becomes something of a jelly and a teased one at that. He looks at her, she looks at him, and we look on embarrassed at the early, nervous, stages of their rite of passage. Now some of the photography does show the agility of these often bare-footed boys and there’s a…

Based on the true exploits of Audie L. Murphy’s experiences during the Second World War, he plays himself as he leaves his rural Texas farmstead and makes his way via training, North Africa, Italy and France to a parade back home where he is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour. Now obviously he is making this film and pretty much intact, too, so there’s not a great deal of jeopardy about that. What we do witness, though, is an understated patriot who knows how to engage with an audience and who, given the Korean War was still keeping young American men from their families as this was rel…

There are quite a few former lawmen in this enjoyable western adventure, and for a change Dean Martin is neither the goodie nor the crooner. He’s “Flood” who owns just about everything in the town except the stagecoach line which still belongs to “Molly” (Jean Simmons). When then stage is ambushed, it is carrying “Dolan” (George Peppard) who quickly finds himself embroiled in some local shenanigans and allied to the strong-willed "Molly”. With “Flood” supremely confident about his position and violently imposing his will, it soon falls to the newcomer to try and convene a few decently-minded, …

**_Joe Spinell as a fudged-up murderer in New York City_** “Psycho” started a subgenre of films about mentally messed up people who go on killing sprees. For instance, the ’70s brought us movies like “Haunts,” “The Toolbox Murders,” “The Driller Killer” and “Don’t Go in the House.” “Maniac” comes in the tradition of these flicks while adding bits from the Dirty Harry franchise, “Dawn of the Dead” and “The Warriors.” It’s gritty in its depiction of the sometimes repugnant underbelly of the city, but IMHO focuses too much on the killer stalking his victims, particularly, the nurse …

When freight-man “Lockhart” (James Stewart) tries to take some salt from the local flats to trade, he falls foul of “Dave” (Alex Nicol) who just happens to be the wayward son of local boss “Alec” (Donald Crisp). It’s only the intervention of ranch foreman “Vic” (Arthur Kennedy) that enables him to escape with his life, but now bereft of his wagons and his mules, he vows to stick around long enough to set matters straight. “Alec” is a firm but reasonable man, and when he hears of what happened offers restitution, but by now “Lockhart” and the loose-cannon that is “Dave” are at a loggerheads tha…

If you can get past the ropey dubbing and some truly awful singing, then this spaghetti western works fine as a vehicle for the charismatic Lee Van Cleef. It’s his “Billy Joe” that is teamed up with the “Preacher” (Lionel Stander) and his own personal henchman “Al” (Al Hoosman) and they have found themselves an unique way of robbing a silver mine that uses a stagecoach to shift it’s product. Despite the best efforts of newly arrived mine manager “Novack” (Antonio Sabato) and the sheriff (Enzo Fiermonte), they can’t find out just what happened and so that encourages the trio to plan their next…

"What time is it? It's !@#$% r@ping time!" Wrong movie in the franchise, I know, but I can't help it. I like me some Walton Goggins! I really like this movie for finally giving us a different perspective. I was concerned that this movie would irritate me after Prey (2022)'s ending irritated me, but I was pleasantly surprised, and I am now looking forward to the next entry from this director. I hope he doesn't !@#$ it up somehow. **MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD:** Dek, Thia, and Bud, join Dutch, as my favorite characters in this franchise. Bud is just absolutely adorable throughout the…

I've heard about this film (and series) over the years and having finally watched it, it's quite dull. There's not much of a story here and that's not too surprising but even the erotism was not enough to carry through the 92-minute running time and as for Sylvia Kristel as Emmanuelle, she was okay I guess. I at least wanted to be entertained by this 1970s erotic drama and found myself bored. **2.0/5**…

Our intro features a trio of silly high school girls—all athletes—having fun on a road trip to a spooky location. The place has an absolutely ominous look and feel, thanks to the cinematography and sound design. They've arrived and are beginning their investigation/sightseeing adventure and not only does the place look super creepy, but it totally feels like trouble, and I’m getting excited for the upcoming scenes. Now, we’ve got some paranormal action starting with one character. Even now, she is feeling and seeing activity once again, and it’s spreading beyond our three primary characters…

A vanity piece about the most disliked 1st lady in US history. How does a Slavic model/goldigger become the wife of the president of what is arguably still, for now, the most powerful country in the world? How does a middle class social climber with little education and no real skills get an "Einstein Visa"? A damning indictment of how corrupted our political landscape is and how broken our immigration system is. A glaring example of hypocrisy in action.…