Kiss Me Deadly (1955) dir. Robert Aldrich Starring: Ralph Meeker **1/2 By Alan Bacchus Film noir is a well established genre – dark c...

The Usual Suspects (1995) dir. Bryan Singer Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollack ****...

Gilda (1946) dir. Charles Vidor Starring: Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth, George MacCready ***1/2 By Alan Bacchus The Hollywood "Pro...

The Third Man (1949) dir. Carol Reed Starring: Joseph Cotton, Orson Welles, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard **** By Alan Bacchus "The Third ...

Cape Fear (1962) dir. J Lee Thompson Starring: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Martin Balsam, Telly Savalas **** By Alan Bacchu...

The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009) dir. J. Blakeson Starring: Eddie Marsan, Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston **** With only his first f...

The Big Sleep (1946) dir. Howard Hawks Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall **** One Hollywood’s classic products, highly influential, a...

Man Hunt (1941) dir. Fritz Lang Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, John Carradine, George Sanders, Roddy McDowell ** During WWII Hollyw...

Sin City (2005) dir. Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez Starring: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Benicio Del Toro ***...

Our Man in Havana (1959) dir. Carol Reed Starring: Alec Guinness, Maureen O’Hara, Burl Ives, Noel Coward, Ralph Richardson *** “Our Man in H...

The Garment Jungle (1957) dir. Vincent Sherman Starring: Kerwin Matthews, Lee J. Cobb, Richard Boone, Gia Scala, Robert Loggia ***1/2 The 19...

Touch of Evil (1958) dir. Orson Welles Starring: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich **** To commemorate the 50th A...

Roadhouse (1948) dir. Jean Negulesco Starring: Ida Lupino, Richard Widmark, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm *** No, this isn’t the Patrick Swayze...

Dark City (1998) dir. Alex Proyas Starring: Rufus Sewell, Jennifer Connolly, Kiefer Sutherland, William Hurt *** “Dark City” was Aussie Alex...

Framed (1975) dir. Phil Karlson Starring: Joe Don Baker, Gabriel Dell, John Marley, Brock Peters, John Larch and Connie Van Dyke *** Guest R...

Basic Instinct (1992) dir. Paul Verhoeven Starring: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzunza, Jeanne Tripplehorn ***1/2 In 1992, Paul Ve...

Daisy Kenyon (1946) dir. Otto Preminger Starring: Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews ** There's a bit of false advertising labelli...

Image courtesy of DVD Beaver Black Widow (1954) dir, Nunnaly Johnson Starring: Van Heflin, Ginger Rogers, Gene Tierney, George Raft *** The ...

Image courtesy of DVD Beaver Dangerous Crossing (1953) dir. Joseph Newman Starring: Jeanne Craine, Michael Rennie **** “Dangerous Crossing...

No Country For Old Men (2007) dir. Joel and Ethan Coen Starring: Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson **** Hollywood...