Forum: Crime & Thriller 
12th December 2015, 11:14 AM
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Views: 106,284  M (1951) - Finally caught Losey's version of M...
M (1951) - Finally caught Losey's version of M and it didn't disappoint - whereas Lang's original had it's roots in silent cinema and expressionism, this one is pure noir. There's some amazing...
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Forum: General Film Discussions
11th December 2015, 06:19 PM
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Views: 6,786,520 Blanche (1971) - What is it about this movie...
Blanche (1971) - What is it about this movie that's so addictive? It's a medieval set, Jacobean type tragedy played out deliberately and with none of the transgressive Borowyck sex and violence . For...
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Forum: Crime & Thriller
8th December 2015, 08:01 PM
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Views: 106,284 Une Si Jolie Petit Plage (Riptide) 1949 - The...
Une Si Jolie Petit Plage (Riptide) 1949 - The French title translates as 'A pretty little beach' - let me assure you this is as savage as irony gets - the landscape here is as far from pretty as...
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Forum: Crime & Thriller
26th November 2015, 06:57 PM
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Views: 106,284 Deadline at Dawn (1946) - Pure distilled noir...
Deadline at Dawn (1946) - Pure distilled noir from the peak period. This has sneaked under the radar and sure, it's not a perfect film the way Double Indemnity, The Killers or Out of the Past are....
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Forum: Crime & Thriller
26th November 2015, 05:43 AM
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Views: 106,284 The Face Behind the Mask (1941) - If ever there...
The Face Behind the Mask (1941) - If ever there was a pulp comic bought to life this movie is it. Peter Lorre is an impossibly nice optimistic immigrant who gets horribly burned. Next thing you know...
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Forum: Crime & Thriller
18th November 2015, 08:13 PM
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Forum: Crime & Thriller
16th November 2015, 07:51 PM
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Views: 106,284 Woman On the Run (1950) - here's a brilliant...
Woman On the Run (1950) - here's a brilliant little film desperately needing rescued from public domain hell. The Alpha Video copy I watched was bloody awful (still not as bad as Too Late For Tears...
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Forum: Crime & Thriller
15th November 2015, 09:29 AM
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Views: 106,284 Slightly sub-per weekend double bill -
Fear...
Slightly sub-per weekend double bill -
Fear in the Night (1947) - The old 'was it a dream' chestnut given an overwrought, fatally po-faced early outing. Admittedly the print I watched was awful...
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Forum: Crime & Thriller
14th November 2015, 06:17 PM
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Views: 106,284 Cheers mate, my internet is crap just now but...
Cheers mate, my internet is crap just now but I'll try and chip in as much as possible. To watch list includes Possessed, They Made Me a Fugitive, Human Desire and I Died a Thousand Times - expect my...
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Forum: Crime & Thriller
14th November 2015, 05:12 PM
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Forum: General Film Discussions
7th October 2015, 06:51 PM
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Forum: General Film Discussions
25th September 2015, 09:47 PM
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Forum: General Film Discussions
31st July 2015, 12:21 PM
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Forum: General Film Discussions
24th July 2015, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 62,747
Views: 6,786,520 I'm in the process of filing a lawsuit against...
I'm in the process of filing a lawsuit against this particular movie - my failing eyesight is directly attributable to a certain campfire scene which was viewed frequently at age circa 14. .Also...
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Forum: General Film Discussions
21st July 2015, 02:25 PM
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Replies: 62,757
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Forum: General Film Discussions
18th July 2015, 08:02 PM
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Forum: Other Labels
17th July 2015, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 1,081
Views: 136,587 That announcement reminded me to order...
That announcement reminded me to order Criterion's Eraserhead. The UK blu-Ray release of that movie is a disgrace - just as well the Lynch One doc is on it or it would've been chucked in the bin.
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Forum: General Film Discussions
13th July 2015, 07:59 PM
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Replies: 62,747
Views: 6,786,520 First up four classic villain portrayals
The...
First up four classic villain portrayals
The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) - A crackerjack of an hour with the expected sadism of Lawrence Tierney's hitchhiker psycho levened with unexpected knowing...
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Forum: Trades & Deals
7th July 2015, 02:44 PM
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Forum: General Film Discussions
25th June 2015, 05:16 AM
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Replies: 62,747
Views: 6,786,520 Blast of Silence (1961) - My 4th must see...
Blast of Silence (1961) - My 4th must see masterpiece of the past few months (see also No Way Out, Patterns and The Breaking Point). This is the tombstone at the end of the classic Flm Noir era, a...
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