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DVD Review: Dangerous Dames, Killer Kids, and the Chumps Who Love Them

Bob Cashill July 16, 2010 1

Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics II is one sequel that couldn’t be more welcome this summer. Hot weather goes well with hothouse tales of lust, greed, and the five other deadly sins (recall how

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No Concessions: Michael Caine Revengeful, “Metropolis” Restored

Bob Cashill May 10, 2010 1

Last week, Hit Girl. This week, Hit Pensioner, as Michael Caine mows ’em down as Harry Brown. This is familiar territory for Caine, whose nasty gangland thriller Get Carter still reverberates in the culture

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Popdose Flashback: Madonna, “Like a Prayer”

Jon Cummings May 25, 2009 12

Love her or hate her, Madonna defined popular music – screw that, she defined popular culture – like no one else during the 1980s. Her 16 straight Top-5 singles (from “Lucky Star” to “Cherish”)

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