Tag: neo-noir

Neo-Noir Trois: The Big Fix (1978)

Neo-Noir Trois: The Big Fix (1978)

May 23, 2019 | By

Review of the private eye thriller THE BIG FIX (1978), the oddball adaptation of Roger L. Simon’s novel, new on Blu from Twilight Time.

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BR: Big Fix, The (1978)

BR: Big Fix, The (1978)

May 23, 2019 | By

Roger L. Simon adapted his novel and probably retained the same tonal shifts which suggest both the author and director Jeremy Paul Kagan wanted to play with the private detective formula…

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Neo-Noir: Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) + Hickey & Boggs (1972)

Neo-Noir: Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) + Hickey & Boggs (1972)

July 13, 2016 | By

Reviews of two ground-breaking neo-noirs on Blu: Carl Franklin’s adaptation of Walter Moseley’s Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) from Twilight Time + Robert Culp’s Hickey & Boggs (1972) from KINO Lorber.

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BR: Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

BR: Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

July 13, 2016 | By

Riding on the success of the vicious crime thriller One False Move (1992), Carl Franklin’s follow-up film was the first of a proposed series of films based on Walter Moseley’s former machinist-turned detective Easy Rollins…

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BR: Hickey & Boggs (1972)

BR: Hickey & Boggs (1972)

July 13, 2016 | By

Hickey & Boggs could be described as a classic orphan film – a movie that vanished after its theatrical release and kind of rolled around TV stations in absolutely grubby full screen transfers that made it appear this effort to re-team I Spy’s Robert Culp and Bill Cosby…

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