Mysterious, suave and mentally keen, Franchot Tone managed to create conflicted heroes and charming villains empathizing with their inevitable flaws, unafraid of the benighted human condition.
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TV Review: ‘Ray Donovan’ Season One, Episode One – ‘The Bag or the Bat’
Liev Schreiber makes a great noir anti-hero in the lead. His world weariness, underlaying a toughness, but also a genuine nobility and moral code make for a compelling character.
Read More »Book Review: The Song is You by Megan Abbott
Emulating hardboiled lingo to a T, Megan Abbott traces the strange circumstances surrounding actress and B-girl Jean Spangler, who disappeared from Los Angeles in 1949.
Read More »Book Review: Lady, Go Die! by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
Mike Hammer is back in a sequel to I, The Jury
Read More »PlayStation 3 Review: Max Payne 3
Some guys have all the luck. Some guys have all the Payne.
Read More »Book Review: Choke Hold by Christa Faust
Former porn star and unprotected witness Angel Dare returns in a second Hard Case Crime adventure.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: Blue Estate: Preserves by Viktor Kalvachev, Andrew Osborne, et al
Dark deeds and double-dealings in an energetically violent noir comic mini-series.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit by Darwyn Cooke
The second graphic novel adaptation from Donald E. Westlake’s hard-nosed caper series proves as entertaining as the first.
Read More »Book Review: Bust by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr
A dark and comic take on an old noir standby.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Edge of Darkness (2010)
Mel Gibson returns to the big screen and does so in a very Mel Gibson part.
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