Tag Archives: Gangsters

The Harder They Come (1972)

Posted on March 6, 2021 at 10:01 am by Jeff Kuykendall

2021 is the 10th anniversary of Midnight Only. To mark the occasion, this imaginary, rat-infested, leaky-roofed theater is raising the curtain on historically important midnight movies. The Harder They Come (1972) was a midnight movie hit shortly after its US … Continue reading →

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Hey Good Lookin’ (1982)

Posted on April 20, 2013 at 10:22 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Finally available on DVD is one of Ralph Bakshi’s more obscure animated films, Hey Good Lookin’ (1982), his R-rated, semi-autobiographical reflection on street life in 1950’s Brooklyn. It’s a personal enough film to complete an informal trilogy begun with Heavy … Continue reading →

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Bugsy Malone (1976)

Posted on April 20, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

I had no idea. I mean, when I was a kid, Bugsy Malone (1976) was just that really odd movie that was on HBO quite a lot. The one with Scott Baio and Jodie Foster, both of them still adolescents, … Continue reading →

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