I really know very little about director Nicholas Ray. But I know a little more now thanks to Noir of the Week and a review of On Dangerous Ground (1952) by clydefro. You, too, can learn a little more about Ray, of whom he says:
Ray’s decade was the 1950’s. You can look at and appreciate [...]

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Recently, it appears I’ve been on a John Wayne thing. To get away from that for the moment, here’s what I wrote recently about L.A. Confidential (1997). For what it’s worth …
I’ve always been lukewarm on noir films. I prefer comedies, romances and, of course, westerns. Still there are, as we all know, some exquisite [...]

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This movie, North to Alaska, is a difficult one to account for. I really like it a lot. But I can’t think of a single cinematic merit it has going for it. Essentially, if you don’t like John Wayne’s later movies, especially the comic ones, you won’t likely take to this film. In fact, you [...]

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Yes, I’ve watched and even reviewed another film. Hard to believe. Perhaps I am waking up. Whatever the case, the scribbling goes like this:
Directed by Ivan Reitman
I watched the movie Dave the other day (for probably the third or fourth time since it came out back in 1993 – yes, fifteen years old now) and [...]

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Last night I watched Clint Eastwood’s movie, Blood Work. I saw it, and wrote about it, back in 2002. I liked it then. Perhaps I liked it a little more this time. It really is a good movie. Here’s what I wrote back in 2002, with it’s asinine opening paragraph and some opinions I don’t [...]

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