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24 Hours to Kill / Assignment to Kill

Spies, lies and ... Mickey Rooney?!?


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Rod Lott
Why not “Kill” a few hours with a couple of forgotten, mid-’60s spy flicks from Warner Archive?
 
Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Avalanche Express

Well, at least the avalanche part is cool.


Thriller

Rod Lott
Just last week, a friend was telling me how much he loves movies “set in snowy locales.” Those were his exact words, and he was serious.
 
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Deliver Us from Evil

Sibling rivalry implodes — oh, brother!


Thriller

Rod Lott
With "Nightwatch" director Ole Bornedal at the helm, the Danish thriller "Deliver Us from Evil" has a lot of promise ... and a lot to lose.
 
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Brotherhood

A surprisingly tense study in fratricide


Thriller

Rod Lott
I knew there were reasons I didn't bother to join a college fraternity.
 
Friday, June 17, 2011

Report to the Commissioner / Harry in Your Pocket

Two great '70s crime thrillers


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Rod Lott
So ripe were the 1970s for great crime thrillers that we’ve forgotten about a lot of them, through no fault of our own.
 
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Unknown

Only if you're really 'Taken' with Liam Neeson


Thriller

Rod Lott
In "Unknown," his third at-bat under the Dark Castle Entertainment banner, director Jaume Collet-Serra ("Orphan," "House of Wax") delivers his most accomplished film yet.
 
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Sweet Karma

Catch up with ‘Karma’


Thriller

Rod Lott
You could count the number of Playboy Playmates who actually can act on, er, one hand.
 
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Passion Play

When not even Megan Fox can summon ‘Passion,’ uh-oh.


Thriller

Rod Lott
If Mickey Rourke keeps taking roles like the jazz trumpeter Nate in "Passion Play," he'll find his post-Oscar nominee career comeback over as quickly as Burt Reynolds'.
 
Monday, June 6, 2011

Marlowe

James Garner does Raymond Chandler, and quite well


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Rod Lott
Recently, I received a thank-you note via email that concluded with the sentence, “Anyone coming from the home state of James Garner can’t be all bad.”
 
Monday, June 6, 2011

Defiance

There goes the neighborhood, at a snail’s pace


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Rod Lott
Perhaps AIP’s answer to “Death Wish,” “Walking Tall” and “The Warriors,” 1980’s “Defiance” feels late to the vigilante party.
 
Friday, June 3, 2011

The Cat o' Nine Tails

Get whipped with another hi-def slice of Dario Argento.


Thriller

Rod Lott
Blue Underground continues its all-aces reissues of Dario Argento's work on Blu-ray with his sophomore film, 1971's "The Cat o' Nine Tails."
 
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

The Big Bang

Not-bad thriller needs more zip


Thriller

Rod Lott
Sienna Guillory, yes. That's my review of "The Big Bang" in three words.
 
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Smile Jenny, You’re Dead

A compelling crime drama, even decades later


Thriller

Rod Lott
How ironic for this made-for-TV movie to sport “Smile” in its (incorrectly punctuated) title, because for network television — especially in 1974 — it’s remarkably morose.
 
Friday, May 13, 2011

The Ambulance

Sly, entertaining thriller


Thriller

Rod Lott
Larry Cohen comes up with some of the best ideas in Hollywood.
 
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Poor Pretty Eddie

Tough stuff, from the drive-in to your door


Thriller

Rod Lott
If Cultra's Blu-ray/DVD combo-pack release of Al Adamson's "Carnival Magic" had you thirsty for more affordable, remastered obscurities, start writing your thank-you notes and pick up "Poor Pretty Eddie."
 
Monday, May 9, 2011
 
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