Classic Movie Review

A lustful vixen, a dipsomaniac, a tough guy, and a dame that had nothing but bad breaks intersect in The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers (1946) The Coyote's Tale , a noir mystery by John Cornelison, is available on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle Support the show with a purchase from Merch SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review, a...

A revolutionary piece of filmmaking by Director James Whale who brought Mary Shelly's monster to the screen. Boris Karloff is the Monster in Frankenstein (1931) .   The Coyote's Tale , a noir mystery by John Cornelison is available on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle Support the show with a purchase from Merch SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us...

It is a classic horror film with John Carradine and Lon Chaney Jr. as Dracula and the Wolf Man in  House of Dracula (1945). Frankenstein's Monster was there too. The Coyote's Tale , a noir mystery by John Cornelison, is available on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle Support the show with a purchase from Merch SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a...

One of the great post atom bomb monster movies. A solid cast and hordes of giant ants make Them ! (1954) a great classic sci-fi movie.   SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! We would love to get your feedback! Email Click here to subscribe via iTunes Read more at classicmovierev.com  

Kung Fu and Chinese black magic as Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) helps his friends fight a 2000-year-old Chinatown demon in Big Trouble in Little China (1986)   SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! We would love to get your feedback! Email Click here to subscribe via iTunes Read more at classicmovierev.com  

Better than average John Wayne fare with a great story and a lot of exciting dialogue and stunts. You will really enjoy The Sons of Katie Elder (1965).   SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! We would love to get your feedback! Email Click here to subscribe via iTunes Read more at classicmovierev.com  

A funny buddy picture that never got the attention it deserves. Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder are hilarious in  The Frisco Kid (1979)     SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! We would love to get your feedback! Email Click here to subscribe via iTunes Read more at classicmovierev.com  

Steven Spielberg directed the most exciting archaeology and Nazi-punching movies ever. Ford is amazing as Indiana Jones, a collector of antiquities in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)   SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! We would love to get your feedback! Email Click here to subscribe via iTunes Read more at cla...

Based on W. Somerset Maugham's novel of the same name, this movie follows Larry (Bill Murray) as his searches for the meaning of life, following the WWI death of a friend, in The Razor's Edge (1984). A remake of 1946 classic The Razor's Edge (1946), with Catherine Hicks, Theresa Russell, and Denholm Elliott.  SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a...

This classic western shows the struggle between an old man, played by John Wayne and a younger man, played by Montogomery Clift, set during the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas in Red River (1948).  SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! We would love to get your feedback! Email Click here to subscribe via i...

This movie features the great Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong, Japanese silent film actor Sessue Hayakawa, and Swedish Warner Oland as Fu Manchu. Wong is reminiscent of Norma Desmond as she works her hands while speaking. Take the time to watch this wonderful pre-code film, Daughter of the Dragon (1931).  SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave u...

This Film Noir may be the grandfather of all police procedurals. Elsa Lanchester, Ricardo Montalban, and Jan Sterling are excellent in Mystery Street (1950). Lanchester is amazing, as the investigation of a murdered B-girl, takes places place using the latest forensic techniques.  SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscr...

The first Sci-Fi films with a big budget, an electronic soundtrack, completely off Earth, and introducing Robby the Robot, Forbidden Planet (1956) is Leslie Nielsen's debut. With Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, and Robby, this is a must-see film.   The Coyote's Tale , a noir mystery by John Cornelison is available on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle Support the show with a purchase from Merch SPREA...

One of the ten films that paired Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet, this is a sharp mystery tale. The three strangers make a wish on a statue of a Chinese goddess and their lives are all spun in unexpected directions. Joan Lorring and Peter Whitney are outstanding in their supporting roles. Enjoy my classic movie review of Three Strangers (1946). The Coyote's Tale , a noir mystery by John Corneli...

Following WW1, a drunken American war hero is hired to fly a biplane for a spoiled socialite in an attempt to find her missing father. The pair, along with a mechanic take two bi-planes into Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and finally China before the missing father is found fighting a war with a local warlord. All the while, the father's business partner is trying to have them killed. Tom Selleck is o...

One of the greatest and purest Film Noirs, this movie is set on a moving train and is suspenseful and tense. Charles McGraw and Marie Windsor are antagonistically wonderful in  The Narrow Margin (1952) The Coyote's Tale , a noir mystery by John Cornelison, is available on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle Support the show with a purchase from Merch SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head...

Based on a true story, this Film Noir, is shot in a gritty style that exposes the seedy underbelly of southern crime in The Phenix City Story (1955). You really get the feeling of southern crime. The Coyote's Tale , a noir mystery by John Cornelison is available on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle Support the show with a purchase from Merch SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on ove...

Michael Crichton wrote and directed this futurist tale of technology gone wild as crazed gunslinger robot Yul Brynner kills guests in Westworld (1973). Starring James Brolin and Richard Benjamin. The Coyote's Tale , a noir mystery by John Cornelison is available on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle Support the show with a purchase from Merch SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on ove...

Not popular when released, it has grown into a Vietnam War cult status film. Burt Lancaster is amazing as the 3 war veteran in Go Tell the Spartans (1978). The Coyote's Tale , a noir mystery by John Cornelison, is available on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle Support the show with a purchase from Merch SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this episode head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a ratin...

This John Milius-directed coming-of-age story is set in the world of California surfers. William Katt, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Gary Busey lead the ensemble cast through the trials leading to Big Wednesday (1978). The Coyote's Tale , a noir mystery by John Cornelison, is available on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle Support the show with a purchase from Merch SPREAD THE WORD! If you enjoyed this...

Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre were in nine movies together. Well, I've seen The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), and Passage to Marseille (1944) dozens of time, so I figure I would check out one of the others. That is how I came to The Verdict (1946), and I was pleasantly surprised. The Coyote's Tale , a noir mystery by John Cornelison is available on Amazon in paperback and on Kindl...

Based on the W. Somerset Maugham novel, this film tests the story of a disenchanted World War I veteran seeking the meaning of life. The Razor's Edge (1946) is carefully woven with a few loves stories and features Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Anne Baxter, John Payne, and Clifton Webb Classic Film Jerks - Network (1976) with John Cornelison The Coyote's Tale , a noir mystery by John Cornelison is av...

Often listed as a Film Noir, The Petrified Forest (1936), is widely considered to be a precursor to Film Noir. The basic story is a lonely young waitress, a foreign drifter, and a few others are held hostages by a homicidal bank robber at a desert diner. Humphrey Bogart is amazing in the role of Duke Mantee, the gangster that made him a star.  Classic Film Jerks - Network (1976) with John Cornelis...

Directed by André De Toth, this movie tells a woman that survived a U-boat attack and a delayed rescue that comes to live with her only relatives on a lonely Louisiana plantation. Dark Waters (1944) is an intense Gothic Film Noir. Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone Elisha Cook Jr. Thomas Mitchell Rex Ingram. Classic Film Jerks - Network (1976) with John Cornelison The Coyote's Tale , a noir mystery by Jo...

This mantheon film is full of manly men fighting a war. A beaten patrol tries to make it back to their lines as a hardened sergeant and a catatonic Colonel tag along. There are a large number of obstacles in their way in Men in War (1957). Classic Film Jerks - Network (1976) with John Cornelison   The Coyote's Tale , a noir mystery by John Cornelison is available on Amazon in paperback and on Kind...