He bet on the wrong horse. It was as simple as that. He bet on the wrong horse because he let himself be influenced by his emotions, by his likes and his dislikes. He should have just stuck with the odds. He was a gambler, after all. Time and distance. That’s why Luciano’s word no […]
The first thing Lenny did was double check the parking lot. Trish’s white Honda Civic was nowhere in site. From there he drove to the exit and cruised through a convenience store parking lot, the one he knew she filled up at. She wasn’t there either. Then he took the interstate to Carrows where, Wendal, […]
Bottles rattled as an enormous man–his hands, big as shovel scoops–pulled the dolly up the steps and onto the platform. Once there, he wedged it between the bar and himself, easing it into an upright position, careful not to upend the boxes stacked high, emblazoned with the names Jack Daniels, W.L. Weller, Makers Mark and […]
Back in the early days of the millennium when everybody was in love with quirk, Panic was the indie darling that all the critics were hot and bothered about. Since I consider myself a reasonably discerning moviegoer, I attempted to give it a go. I had to bail out. I didn’t get it. The other night […]
Whew! Get Carter–director Mike Hodges’ cinematic film debut and undisputed king of the British gangster movie–is complicated. That’s just one of the many things I love about it. It’s a righteous flick. It checks out. Intricate plot twists, lots of dialogue and low volume sequences where you have to listen ever so carefully, or at […]
A long time ago, back in the 40s and the 50s, Jim Thompson eked out a living writing about psychopathic sheriffs, hit men, treacherous women and…more hit men. It was heady stuff. You ever see the movie The Grifters? (If you haven’t you should. Great movie.) It’s adapted from the Jim Thompson novel of […]
There’s a lot of running in Richard Lange’s brash thriller, Angel Baby. A vengeful husband chases his liberated wife. A dead end drunk flees from his past. A stone cold killer tries to outrun his worst fear. And a crooked cop ducks out on his gambling debts. Then there’s Luz. She’s running the hardest. That’s […]
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