Nightfall (1957)

“Nice place. I’ll try not to bleed over everything.” Okay, so the Nightfall poster exuded hyperbole when it screamed “YOU COULD GO TO THE MOVIES EVERY DAY FOR FIVE YEARS…

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No Looking Back (1998)

“Where is it written you gotta be happy all the time?” I always find it enjoyable to watch the personal, low-budget films of Edward Burns and enter a familiar world…

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Night of the Comet (1984)

“It was the last thing on earth they ever expected.” Feeling nostalgic about the ‘80s? Get a quick fix by watching Night of the Comet, a highly entertaining sci-fi horror…

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Deranged (1974)

“Remember what I’ve always told you: The wages of sin is gonorrhea, syphilis and death.” A grave robber, necrophile and serial killer, “Ezra Cobb” (Roberts Blossom) isn’t exactly the life…

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Detour (1945)

“Man, she looked like she had been thrown off the crummiest freight train in the world.” Down-and out piano player "Al Roberts" (Tom Neal) is the kind of perennial loser…

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Die Laughing (1980)

“As a singer, he’s a killer. As a lover, he’s a killer. As a killer, he’s a lovely singer.” In this guilty pleasure directed by Jeff Werner, cabbie and aspiring…

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Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

"I was once a shameless full-time dope fiend." In his preface to Junky, William S. Burroughs states: “I have learned the junk equation. Junk is not, like alcohol or weed,…

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Crime and Punishment (1935)

“A Monumental Human Document Flames Anew as a Masterpiece of Screen Entertainment!” Although the Hollywood version of Crime and Punishment bears little if no resemblance to the classic Dostoevsky novel…

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Cry Danger (1951)

“Powell’s on the Prowl! He plays it on the level until he meets a double-crossing gal!” Maybe it’s because of his early acting career as a song and dance man…

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