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David Cairns

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I WALK ALONE interestingly anticipates some more modern crime flicks -- Leone, Boorman... dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/n...

November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM

David Cairns

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I just knew I'd like MURDER BY CONTRACT this time, even though I didn't last time. dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/h...

November 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM

David Cairns

@dcairns.bsky.social

THE DEVIL'S RAIN is a bad movie with a good movie trying to get out, but the good movie is treated like Whack-a-Mole. dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/i...

November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM

David Cairns

@dcairns.bsky.social

The Dawn of Man it ain't.

November 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM

David Cairns

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NOSFERATU: better in German? dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/r...

October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM

David Cairns

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When did Dario Argento's DEEP RED acquire this new (to me) scene? dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/j...

October 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM

David Cairns

@dcairns.bsky.social

More seasonal scariness. dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/u...

October 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM

David Cairns

@dcairns.bsky.social

An important message... from Mars!

October 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM

David Cairns

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Hello! I am the Baron or Terror and I want to suck your brain out or something. dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/t...

October 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM

David Cairns

@dcairns.bsky.social

beautiful sky for driving in

October 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM

David Cairns

@dcairns.bsky.social

KING KONG VS GODZILLA is beneath the dignity of all involved except, apparently, me.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM

David Cairns

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We wanted to like FRANKENSTEIN. We tried to like FRANKENSTEIN. We could not like FRANKENSTEIN. Ihttps://dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/talky-horror-picture-show/

October 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM

David Cairns

@dcairns.bsky.social

A nice Lovecraftian space in 1933's BEFORE DAWN.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM

David Cairns

@dcairns.bsky.social

BUGONIA is a somewhat lame title for a watchable but ultimately somewhat lame film.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM

David Cairns

@dcairns.bsky.social

Our journey through pre-nouvelle vague cinema de papa continues with Gerard Philipe and Maria Casares in THE CHARTERHOUSE OF PARMA.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM

David Cairns

@dcairns.bsky.social

Is it an action movie? Is it a literary adaptation? Is it fun? Is it really really pertinent to this moment? yesyesyesyes
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September 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM

David Cairns

@dcairns.bsky.social

Today I saw ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER but am writing about OSCAR, the Sylvester Stallone mob farce from 1991. dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/m...

September 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM

David Cairns

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I thought I had to watch STAR! at some point in my life, but I may have been mistaken. dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/t...

September 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM

David Cairns

@dcairns.bsky.social

Red. dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/09/20/s...

September 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM

David Cairns

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Baz Lurpak's ELVIS.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM

David Cairns

@dcairns.bsky.social

I struggle with Michael Mann. dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/m...

September 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM

David Cairns

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Andre Cayatte's WE ARE ALL MURDERERS is one of his many legal dramas. This one tackles the death penalty. It packs a wallop. dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/09/13/g...

September 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM

David Cairns

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Ann Sheridan in WOMAN ON THE RUN isn't actually on the run, but that is my only real criticism of this excellent noir.
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