The Stop Button Posted by on June 17, 2020

Pulp is good. I would’ve liked it a lot more with a different ending, instead of the same ending writer Ed Brubaker has used at least once before—but it’s such a distinctive, painfully obvious a reveal it sticks with me a decade after I first read it in Criminal. Though...   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on April 3, 2019

Carole Lombard's final film for Paramount, "True Confession," was thus named in order to be similar to the popular magazine of that era, True Confessions. In fact, an ersatz version of the mag was created for promotional purposes:Apparently another tie-in was to have Lombard appear on an actual True   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on October 8, 2015

(A couple of months ago, I was in my local McKay’s bookstore and happened across a handful of Shadow pulps for less than $1 apiece. I’ve had a lot of fun reading – or in a couple of cases re-reading – them, and that’s what led to this post.) Something...   read more