Category: Drama

Loyalty on Trial Vin Diesel plays mobster Jackie DiNorscio in Find Me Guilty. It’s a true story. New York prosecutors sought to take down the mob, DiNorscio defended himself, …

Border Panic Tijuana is a den of sex and drugs as Tijuana Story begins. That terror of the ‘50s – Mexican marijuana. It’s so bad, an American kid looking …

Trucking Through Europe Harry Miller is an average guy. He served his country during World War II, he wants to go back to America, but at his wife’s request, …

Working the Texas Oil Fields The oil fields of West Texas provide fertile creative ground for director Ty Roberts’ vibrant period drama about the harsh life of pioneering oil …

Hippie Dippie If ever asked to draw an image of a ‘60s era hippie living in late ‘80s New York, use James Woods’ character in True Believer. He plays …

“No Problem!” Baby’s star is a doughy-eyed, infant Brontosaurus who often acts like a lost, scared puppy. It’s a kids movie, or it seems as such. To Baby’s credit …

An Examination of National Self A number of stark images from The Ugly American stand out, doubly so in retrospect. Consider The Ugly American came out in 1963, at …

Peer Into a Foreign Land – Silently When Shiraz released in 1928, India was fighting for independence from British rule. Ghandi began his peaceful protests, and the nation began …

Feminist Deconstruction Of The Manson Family Hollywood continues to be fascinated by Charles Manson and his heinous murder cult, decades after the Manson Family brutally murdered a pregnant Sharon …

Not a prequel to Rumble in the Bronx James Darren’s first role came as Jimmy Smigelski, a poor kid joining a street gang for a sense of belonging. Rumble …

Sticky Web If the synopsis to Spin a Dark Web sounds familiar, that’s because of 1950’s 711 Ocean Drive. The two movies carry identical themes and ideas; the only …

Probably Censored Arthur Franz (Monster on the Campus) plays Dan Corbett in New Orleans Uncensored, an ex-Navy man who heads to New Orleans to purchase a ship from war …