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Sunday Matinee: Farewell My Lovely

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Robert Mitchum is one of the Hollywood stars I would have most like to share a bottle of tequila with.

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Sunday Matinee: Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy

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Here’s a Hitchcock film that may have escaped your notice. Here’s the plot summary from IMDb: A serial murderer is

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Sunday Matinee: Detour

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If this movie were any more noir, it would be a parody of itself. Here’s what IMDb had to say

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Sunday Matinee: Patterns

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Here’s a 1956 movie with a script written by Rod Serling. It’s about office politics, and naked capitalism. Watch this

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Sunday Matinee: Poolhall Junkies

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Hey. Christopher Walken in a pool hustling movie. With Chazz Palmenteri and a little Rod Steiger. How bad could it

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Sunday Matinee: In Bruges

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The International Movie Database (IMDb, to the cognoscenti) claims that this movie is a comedy, but that’s a stretch. The

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Sunday Matinee: Stiletto

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Over the top characters drive this hyper-violent crime story based on a graphic novel. Watch this video on YouTube Check

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Sunday Matinee: Street Kings

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Here’s a Keanu Reeves movie about dirty cops. Watch this video on YouTube Check it out.

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Sunday Matinee: The Butcher

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Have you had your dose of over-the-top violence today? Here’s an Eric Roberts movie about a ex-boxer who has fallen

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Sunday Matinee: Hammerhead (1968)

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Remember 1968? Yeah, me neither. But I hear it was groovy. And here’s proof. Watch this video on YouTube Here’s

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Sunday Matinee: Game of Aces

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Here’s a World War I movie about pilots and traitors. Watch this video on YouTube Check it out.

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Sunday Matinee: The Numbers Station

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John Cusack leads this one, as a CIA assassin assigned to watch over a secret broadcasting station and the girl

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Sunday Matinee: The Killers 1946

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Yesterday we watched the 1964 remake of this movie, starring Lee Marvin and a 33-year-old Angie Dickinson. Today we’re showing

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Saturday Matinee: The Killers, 1964

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Judging just by the credits, this might be the best movie ever. It stars Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, and John

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Sunday Matinee: The Knight Templar

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Here’s a movie for the polyglots out there. Swedish, English, Arabic, and maybe a smattering of some other tongues. It’s

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Sunday Matinee: Puerto Vallarta Squeeze

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Here’s a thriller that has almost everything we like: Mexico, occasional violence, and a little Vikki Carr. Watch this video

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Sunday Matinee: Kill Me Again

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Here’s a neo-noir thriller starring Val Kilmer and Michael Madsen, with Val’s wife-at-the-time Joanne Whalley-Kilmer. Watch this video on YouTube

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Sunday Matinee: Murder By Contract

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Here’s a killer low-budget 1958 film noir about a hitman. Check out the cars. Check out the proto-surf tunes. Check

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Sunday Matinee: Flashpoint

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Here’s a movie from 1984 featuring one of America’s greatest songwriters Kris Kristofferson, as a Border Patrol agent on the

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Sunday Matinee: Kurmanjan Datka, Queen of the Mountains

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Here’s a movie from Kyrgyzstan. Who would have thunk it? Here’s a quote from the Hollywood Times: [Sharon] Stone called

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