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Happy 100th Birthday Glenn Ford: 3:10 TO YUMA (Columbia 1957)
Originally posted on crackedrearviewer: Actor Glenn Ford was born 100 years ago today in Sainte-Christine-d’Auergne, Quebec, Canada. Yes, the All-American star was actually Canadian, becoming a U.S....
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Hittin’ the Dusty Trail with THE DESPERADOES (Columbia 1943)
Originally posted on crackedrearviewer: There’s a lot to like about THE DESPERADOES. Not that it’s anything groundbreaking; it’s your standard Western outing with all the standard clichés. you’ve got...
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A Movie A Day #128: Ransom! (1956, directed by Alex Segal)
What would you do if your child was kidnapped? That’s the question asked in this unjustly obscure film from 1956. Dave Stannard (Glenn Ford) is a wealthy businessman, with a beautiful wife (Donna...
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Hot in Argentina: Rita Hayworth in GILDA (Columbia 1946)
Originally posted on cracked rear viewer: If COVER GIRL made Rita Hayworth a star, then GILDA propelled her into the stratosphere. This 1946 film noir cast Rita at her smoking hot best as the femme...
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Horror Film Review: Happy Birthday To Me (dir by J. Lee Thompson)
“John will never eat shish kebab again!” announces the poster for the 1981 Canadian slasher film, Happy Birthday To Me. Happy Birthday To Me is famous for three things. One of those things is the...
View Article30 Days of Noir #23: Framed (dir by Richard Wallace)
The 1947 film noir, Framed, is the story of a loser. That, in itself, is not a surprise. The loser who finds himself stranded in a strange place where he’s manipulated by nearly everyone he meets is a...
View Article40 Years of SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (Warner Brothers 1978)
Originally posted on cracked rear viewer: Unlike today, when superheroes dominate at the box office and your local multiplex, costumed crusaders were dead as the proverbial doornail in theaters of the...
View ArticleDark Valentine: THE LOVES OF CARMEN (Columbia 1948)
Originally posted on cracked rear viewer: Love takes many strange forms, none more strange than the obsessive love Don Jose has for the Gypsy temptress Carmen in THE LOVES OF CARMEN, Columbia Pictures’...
View ArticleCinemax Memories: Raw Nerve (1991, directed by David A. Prior)
Raw Nerve opens with a serial killer haunting Mobile, Alabama, using a pump action shotgun to shoot women in the face while they’re wearing red high heels. Race car driver Jimmy Clayton (Ted Prior,...
View ArticleThe Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974, directed by Jud Taylor)
Because of recent electrical surges aboard its aircrafts, the commander of the Whitney Air Force Base 458th Radar Test Group sends a four-man crew up in Flight 412 to try to figure out what’s...
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