“Times have sure changed.” Believe it or not, Ida Lupino received top billing over Humphrey Bogart in this interesting proto-noir crime film directed by Raoul Walsh (White Heat) and scripted…

“Just ring for doom service!” I must admit I was anticipating some schlocky horror flick but my anxiety turned into pleasant surprise at this thoughtful little atmospheric gem (AKA The…

“Enticing Blonde Beauty Lures Lover’s Straying Eyes …” Billed as “Fritz Lang’s Gothic Mystery,” this enjoyable low-budget film noir was released by Republic Pictures and features Louis Hayward as Stephen…

“His Home Was the Park! His Roof—the Sky!” In one of his best film performances, Al Jolson portrays an enlightened New York City bum known as “Bumper,” the self-proclaimed “Mayor…

“Sometimes the future is better than it used to be.” In this offbeat and thoughtful romantic comedy, “Ruby Weaver” (Marisa Tomei)–who has been unlucky in love to say the least–meets…

“New Orleans, 1933. In those days words didn’t say much.” Think Every Which Way But Loose. Move the action to Depression-era New Orleans. Take out the comedy. Replace Clint Eastwood…

“We’re all mad, you know.” Haunted is the type of adequate atmospheric horror flick that is never as good as you want or expect it to be. Frankly, I think…

“If I don’t make you my friend it means I gotta kick your ass everytime I see you. Nobody wants that, do they?” In this offbeat, frequently hilarious comedy-drama directed…

“We’re going to have a party!” Take an eerie, dilapidated roadside attraction full of lifelike mannequins way off the beaten path called “Slausen’s Lost Oasis” run by creepy proprietor “Mr.…

“That’s what I like about trains … You never what’s going to happen.” A deeply disturbed Vietnam veteran, “First Sgt. Jack Falen,” portrayed by Dennis Hopper (who else?) travels by…