Wednesday, August 28, 2013

A Taste of Death on Hollywood Boulevard

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A visit to the Museum of Death in Hollywood doesn't sound like a particularly cheerful take-in ... and believe me, it isn't. Bu...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Leonard's Page Turners Also Lit Up the Screen

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Novelist Elmore Leonard created characters that were violent, frightening and hilarious, often all at the same time. The larger than life...
Monday, August 19, 2013

A B Picture That Profoundly Influenced Martin Scorsese

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Whenever I see him in interviews, Martin Scorsese never fails to amaze me with the breadth of his film knowledge. Click on thi...
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Friday, August 16, 2013

Tarantino's Twists and Turns Add Up Perfectly

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Vincent, left, and Jules settle a score. S ome may quibble with “Pulp Fiction”’s herky jerky storyline. It dodges back and forth from th...
Thursday, August 8, 2013

It Took Two Directors to Tell the Murder, Inc. Story

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Humphrey Bogart as Dist. Atty. Martin Ferguson "The Enforcer" is one of the lesser appreciated Bogart films, but it deserves m...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

British Invasion: Boorman Uncorks Psychedelic Noir

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Angie Dickinson, Lee Marvin and Carroll O'Connor in 'Point Blank' (1967). W hy is L.A. the location of choice for so many crime...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

'Sopranos' was Groundbreaking Television

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It's hard to overstate how important "The Sopranos" was to television and to crime fiction. Before "The Sopranos,"...