Daily Archives: August 20, 2024

Classic Film Review: Fonda’s standoff with 1940s cops, “The Long Night”

“The Long Night” (1947) is a film noir era police stand-off thriller built around flashbacks that show us how the killer landed in this predicament. Melodramatic to a fault, it stars Henry Fonda, with Barbara Bel Geddes and Ann Dvorak … Continue reading

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Series Review: Vince V. is back with the banter, and a “Bad Monkey”

Apple TV’s “Bad Monkey” ticks off so many personal boxes that there was no way I’d be missing this new series. It’s a sordid and silly Florida tale, and I put in my 25 years in the Banana Republic, so … Continue reading

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