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Assholery Is Not Strength 2.0

June 25, 2025June 25, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

John Wayne meets Andrew Cuomo and Donald Trump. Continue reading Assholery Is Not Strength 2.0

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Vintage First Draft: Love & Mercy

June 15, 2025June 15, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

The life and times of Brian Wilson. Continue reading Vintage First Draft: Love & Mercy

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Shadow Of A Doubt (1943)

June 1, 2025June 1, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers, Wallace Ford, and Hume Cronyn. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Raville. Continue reading Shadow Of A Doubt (1943)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Slow Ride

May 31, 2025May 30, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Slow Ride

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King Of The Roaring 20’s: The Story Of Arnold Rothstein (1961)

May 25, 2025May 25, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

A gangster biopic starring David Janssen, Dianne Foster, Jack Carson, Diana Dors, Keenan Wynn, and Mickey Rooney. Directed by Joseph M. Newman. Screenplay by Jo Swerling. Continue reading King Of The Roaring 20’s: The Story Of Arnold Rothstein (1961)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Hand Of Fate

May 24, 2025May 23, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Hand Of Fate

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Blues In The Night

May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. Continue reading Blues In The Night

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The Set-Up (1949)

May 18, 2025May 18, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, and George Tobias. Directed by Robert Wise. Screenplay by Art Cohn. Cinematography by Milton Krasner. Continue reading The Set-Up (1949)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Ooh La La

May 17, 2025May 16, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Ooh La La

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Midnight Train To Georgia

May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Jim Weatherly. Continue reading Midnight Train To Georgia

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Eight Men In

May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has reinstated the Black Sox. Adrastos is not amused. Continue reading Eight Men In

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The Second Dumbest Argument I Ever Had

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Of Lou Athas, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Gena Rowlands, and Edna Athas. Continue reading The Second Dumbest Argument I Ever Had

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Reason To Believe

May 10, 2025May 9, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Reason To Believe

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Birdbrain Of Alcatraz

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Convicted felon orders reopening of infamous prison 62 years after it closed. Continue reading Birdbrain Of Alcatraz

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Nightfall (1956)

May 4, 2025May 4, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, Jocelyn Brando, James Gregory, and Rudy Bond. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. Written by Sterling Silliphant. Based on a novel by David Goodis. Continue reading Nightfall (1956)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Misfits

May 3, 2025May 2, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Misfits

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The Steel Trap (1952)

April 27, 2025April 27, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright. Written and directed by Andrew L. Stone. Continue reading The Steel Trap (1952)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Education

April 26, 2025April 25, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Education

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Snark Noir: Johnny O’Clock (1947)

April 20, 2025April 20, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

A comedic film noir starring Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb, Ellen Drew, and Thomas Gomez. Written and directed by Robert Rossen. Cinematography by Bernard Guffey. Continue reading Snark Noir: Johnny O’Clock (1947)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Tailspin

April 19, 2025April 19, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Tailspin

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Walk On By

April 18, 2025April 18, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Continue reading Walk On By

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Big Law Extortion Racket Redux

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Life Imitates The Godfather and The Sopranos. Continue reading Big Law Extortion Racket Redux

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The Cole Porter Dozen

April 16, 2025April 16, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to the delightful, delicious, and de-lovely Cole Porter. Continue reading The Cole Porter Dozen

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Contempt

April 16, 2025April 16, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

In which Adrastos expresses his contempt for the bad political and legal actors involved in the illegal imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Continue reading Contempt

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Nobody Lives Forever (1946)

April 13, 2025April 13, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Film noir classic starring John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Walter Brennan, Faye Emerson, George Coulouris, and George Tobias. Directed by Jean Negulesco. Screenplay by WR Burnett. Cinematography by Arthur Edeson. Continue reading Nobody Lives Forever (1946)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Nobody

April 12, 2025April 11, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Nobody

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Quo Vadis On The Potomac

April 9, 2025April 9, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

The Emperor Nero meets the Kaiser of Chaos. Continue reading Quo Vadis On The Potomac

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The Big Clock (1948)

April 6, 2025April 7, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

A stylish film noir starring Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Sullivan, George Macready, Rita Johnson, and Elsa Lanchester. Directed by John Farrow. Screenplay by Jonathan Latimer. Cinematography by John F. Seitz. Continue reading The Big Clock (1948)