Jedidiah Ayres

absolutely haunted by this poster for 26 years... trailer had the Elvis Costello song on it and Weisz looking at me like that... I didn't rent it from the grocery store for some dumb reason and 2 and a half decades later I still haven't found a way to see it

NoirCon 2024 registration is now open... doubt I'll be able to swing it, but it's always a good time www.eventbrite.com/e/noircon-20...

NoirCon 2024www.eventbrite.com Welcome to NoirCon 2024, where mystery, intrigue, and suspense collide in a thrilling celebration of all things noir!

Brief books at HBW spaceythompson.blogspot.com/2024/07/hero...

Heroic Pervertsspaceythompson.blogspot.com Reading a lovely and beautiful wisp of a book punching above its wordcount weight on my front porch in the oppressive heat of July last week...

watched twice today... still sad!

stationary bike VHS theater PRAYER OF THE ROLLERBOYS

drop of the title card in KILL was pretty great

weekend read: THE MOST WONDERFUL WONDER by Holly Samson Hall

Just become aware of TROPICAL COP TALES... worthwhile? I love THE GREASY STRANGLER

PERRY MASON S2 - pretty good! Looking forward to more

BOOKER is on prime - it's a July 4 miracle

BEVERLY HILLS COP milknoir

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Hot damn, preorders are now open for my new Angel Dare novel THE GET OFF! You know what to do. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775947...

The Get Off by Christa Faust: 9781835411735 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Bookswww.penguinrandomhouse.com The first Angel Dare novel, MONEY SHOT, earned universal acclaim: finalist for the Edgar, Anthony and Barry Awards, won the Crimespree Award and chosen by fans as their favorite...

Many days my favorite Peckinpah... which makes it one of my favorite period

In honor of PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID entering the Criterion Collection, here’s something I wrote when it played the Somerville Theatre’s “Summer of Sam” in 2015. www.wbur.org/news/2015/08...

'Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid': Peckinpah's Unfinished Masterpiecewww.wbur.org Peckinpah's last Western, his final word on a genre he helped to define, is the greatest movie you almost never got a chance to see, says Sean Burns.

HOW TO ROB A BANK on netflix is pretty good www.youtube.com/watch?v=w20a...

How to Rob a Bank | Official Trailer | Netflixwww.youtube.com In this true-crime documentary, a charismatic rebel in 1990s Seattle pulls off an unprecedented string of bank robberies straight out of the movies.Watch on ...

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*self-promotion alert* Speaking of unmade Ellroy, have you heard the story of Jordan Harper’s exceptional unaired pilot for a TV adaptation of LA Confidential? He had plans… and, in a fair and just world, we’d have all got to see em. Read about it here bit.ly/LAConfidenti...

Hope they nail this because Affleck would be spot-on casting for David Klein in Carnahan's too-good-to-go-unmade adaptation of WHITE JAZZ. variety.com/2024/film/ne...

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to Star in Netflix Thriller ‘RIP’variety.com Ben Affleck and Matt Damon will star in "RIP," a new Netflix thriller from writer and director Joe Carnahan.

GETTING GRITTY: LA CONFIDENTIAL REIMAGINED — One Heat Minute Productionsbit.ly One novel, five seasons. Writer Jordan Harper lays out his ambitious plans for his television adaptation of James Ellroy’s ‘LA Confidential’. On the record and not-so hush hush...

stationary bike VHS theater THE CRAFT

A few words about Sara Gran at HBW spaceythompson.blogspot.com/2015/01/sara...

Sara Gran's Holistic Detective Agencyspaceythompson.blogspot.com Recently had occasion to recommend a detective novel to someone without any real idea of their taste and the first thing that came out of my...

A good measuring stick for streaming channels. Go and type in a key word - choose a real good one like 'ninja' - At Tubi you'll get... 196 results including more than one documentary about boobs. This is a sign of quality

Forgot to log, my weekend read: WILD SPACES by S.L. Coney

Movies I watched in June 2024