Tag Archives: The Dude

Sinister Cinema: Bathtub Pulp

Pulps in the Movies! On Sale Every Wednesday. Once again our resident adviser on all things woodpulp ransacks the archives of Hollywood for purposes of amusement and instruction. An education with a smile. That adviser, of course, none other than … Continue reading

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Rediscovered: Block on Willeford/Block on Block

The recent mentions of Charles Willeford caused Terry Zobeck to prowl the net for awhile, where he discovered an article from yesteryear in which Lawrence Block remembered his meetings with Willeford — pretty interesting, especially the bits about eating cat, though … Continue reading

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Sinister Cinema: Footnotes to R.I.P.D.

Footnote One: In some odd way, Jeff Bridges with his line delivery as Old West lawman Roy Pulsipher in R.I.P.D. reminded me of Dennis McMillan. Not the same voice, exactly, though something very much like The Taw. More the sense of … Continue reading

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Sinister Cinema: “A Freakin’ Cave, Hoss!”

In the photo above you have, left to right, Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges, as avatared by the great James Hong, veteran of literally hundreds of movie and TV appearances, and supermodel Marisa Miller in her first film. Yep. I said … Continue reading

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Sinister Cinema: World War Z, No Doubt with SPOILERS

Okay, after blurbing it on Cheese Theatre, I had to give the movie World War Z a shot. First, I must congratulate Max Brooks for selling them two words and the letter “Z” —nabbing around a reported $100,000 per letter or thereabout. Sweet . … Continue reading

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Sinister Cinema: Oscar Nominees

Can’t let the Oscars slip past without some sort of mention, here on one of the Homes on the Web for Oscar Nominee Dashiell Hammett. . . . Per my track record of recent years, I have not yet seen … Continue reading

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