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• #2,565. Lust for Life (1956) - The Films of Kirk Douglas

  

  Vincent Van Gogh, the Dutch artist whose paintings were revered only after his death, once said “I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,564. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) - The Films of Kirk Douglas

  

  Produced by Walt Disney, 1954’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is more than a great adventure movie; it’s arguably the finest live-action film that Disney ever... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,563. Ace in the Hole (1951) - The Films of Kirk Douglas

  

  Edward R. Murrow, American journalist extraordinaire, once said “To be persuasive, we must be believable. To be believable, we must be credible. To be... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,562. Young Man with a Horn (1950) - The Films of Kirk Douglas

  

  Based on a 1938 novel of the same name (which was itself inspired by the life of jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke), Young Man with a Horn stars Kirk Douglas as Ric... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,561. Champion (1949) - The Films of Kirk Douglas

  

  It wasn’t until 1996 that Kirk Douglas finally got his hands on an Oscar statuette, and even then it was only honorary (for his “50 years as a creative and mora... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,560. The Pit (1981)

  

  Directed by Lew Lehmen from a script penned by Ian Stuart, The Pit is a very strange motion picture.The story centers on 12-year-old Jamie (Sammy Snyders), a... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,559. Vampyros Lesbos (1971)

  

  The title alone should clue you in on what to expect from this trippy horror fantasy. Only there are times in the movie when director Jess Franco seems to have... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,558. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

  

  Based on the novel by Laird Koenig (who also penned the screenplay), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane relates the sometimes tense, always disturbing... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,557. Never Grow Old (2019)

  

  Horror will always be my favorite genre, but westerns are a close second, and one of the many reasons why is there are a plethora of obscure, excellent... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,556. The Last Voyage (1960)

  

  Released more than a decade before The Poseidon Adventure, The Last Voyage is a concise yet oh-so-effective disaster film about a cruise ship that runs into... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,555. The 5th Wave (2016)

  

  A young adult sci-fi thriller from director J Blakeson, The 5th Wave gets off to a promising start, only to be bogged down by below-average effects and one of... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,554. Southbound (2015)

  

  A horror anthology, Southbound features five separate yet intertwining stories.Over the course of a single day, a group of people - including two criminals (Cha... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,553. The Piper (2015)

  

  A dark retelling of The Pied Piper of Hammelin set during the days of the Korean conflict, director Kim Gwang-tae’s 2015 film The Piper strikes the perfect... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,552. The Grey Fox (1982)

  

  Director Phillip Borsos’ subtle, gorgeous western stars Richard Farnsworth as Bill Miner, the real-life stagecoach bandit who, having served 33 years in San... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,551. No Such Thing (2001)

  

  A dark yet surprisingly sweet fantasy, writer / director Hal Hartley’s No Such Thing tells the story of Beatrice (Sarah Polley), a wannabe reporter who travels... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,550. Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)

  

  Mark Hartley’s 2008 documentary Not Quite Hollywood turned me on to a number of great Aussie exploitation (known as “ozploitation”) films, but over the years... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,549. Incident in a Ghostland (2018)

  

  Written and directed by Pascal Laugier, 2018’s Incident in a Ghostland grabs you by the throat right at the outset. While moving in to their late Aunt’s... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,535. The Single Standard (1929)

  

  Greta Garbo is one of my favorite actresses, yet I had never seen this movie before.Socialite Arden Stuart (Garbo) refuses to settle down, choosing instead to... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• #2,534. Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979)

  

  I never got into roller skating growing up; it was a fad that passed me by completely. And based on what I saw in the comedy / musical Skatetown, U.S.A. I... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 55 Days at Peking (1963) - The Films of Nicholas Ray

  

  Like most of Samuel Bronston’s movies, his 1963 production of 55 Days at Peking was designed to be an epic, a grand, overpowering spectacle about China’s Boxer... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES