The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- Oct 17, 2008
FP085: A Relaxing Game of Solitaire...
John Frankenheimer's political thriller, based on Richard Condon's novel, is as riveting today as it ever was, remakes notwithstanding....
Winchester '73 (1950)
- Oct 10, 2008
FP084: “The Gun That Won the West."
Anthony Mann took an aging genre, the western, and an aging star, James Stewart, and turned them both around in Winchester '73. This film...
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
- Oct 3, 2008
FP083: “Whaddaya Hear? Whaddaya Say?"
Pat O’Brien as a priest, James Cagney as a murderous hood, and Humphrey Bogart as a sleazy lawyer? How can you go wrong? Lay it all in...