The Killers

Hemingway's story "The Killers," previously filmed in 1946, is given the ultimate "B" Movie treatment deluxe by veteran director Don Siegel. Lee Marvin and Clu Gulager are two hired hit men who complete their assignment with ease but are taken... Full review

A bunch of well-known 1960s actors dot this film, with lesser-known but familiar faces also in here. He's not in the lead, but the most famous, of course, is former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. The stars of the film are... Full review

What can I say about this one? This race driver is the best there is and one day he gets approached y a dame and he falls in love and gets distracted on the filed and crashes his car and... Full review

I love many Don Siegel films. His The Invasion of the Body Snatchers is paranoid bliss, and Dirty Harry is an amazing, gritty (and some say fascist) take on the cops and robbers genre. The Killers, though, is probably my... Full review

I haven't seen Robert Siodmark's 1946 original, but since it's generally accepted to be better than this version; I sure want to see it! Second best, this may be, but that's certainly not to say that this isn't an excellent... Full review

One of Hollywood's greater contract directors, Donald Siegel, brought Hemmingway's short story to TV, but NBC turned it down because, for 1964, it was too damn brutal. Although it pales in comparison to the 1946 original, this cheap (thanks to... Full review

I know that Quentin Tarantino has disclaimed this particular "Killers" as inspiration for "Pulp Fiction," but there are just too many similarities for me to accept that. Two wisecracking hit men arguing over who is going to finish their steak... Full review

Under the title Ernest Hemingway's The Killers, Don Siegel's 1964 movie shows no more fidelity to the short story from which it takes its name and a fraction of its plot than Robert Siodmak's 1946 masterpiece, The Killers. And though... Full review

Don Siegel's 'The Killers' is a diamond in the rough! Initially filmed for television, its technical limitations are easily overlooked as they are more than compensated for by the drive of the no-nonsense narrative, and the high standards of the... Full review

Lee Marvin and Clu Gulager, two contract killers, walk into a Midwest school for the blind and cold-bloodedly murder John Cassavettes. "We walk in, we put him down, we walk out," muses Marvin distractedly on the train back to Chicago.... Full review

Ronald Reagan gives one of his very best performances as Dickinson's nasty keeper who arranges the heist..... ... Full Review

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The 76-year-old resurfaced at an L.A. event last month, looking delicious. Galvanic facials, anyone?!Angie was once slapped by Ronald Reagan -- in the movie, "The Killers."Dickinson reportedly turned down the role of Krystle Carrington on "Dynasty", which Linda Evans then... ... Full Article

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND Mon, Oct 15.Air Canada Centre (40 Bay).Doors 6:30pm. sold out.Why Springsteen, and why now? Sure, he has a surprisingly strong new album, Magic, with the E Street Band, and he's... ... Full Article

I'm not seeing the Springsteen influence with the Killers - you can definitely hear some U2 and even some (attempted) Queen moments. The Killers seem to be name-dropping The Boss a lot in interviews - perhaps this is why the... ... Full Article

Well, Amy Lee's pain is still a big seller, according to this week's charts anyway, which have Evanescence scoring a seriously big Number One debut. ... Full Article

US band Scissor Sisters kept the top spot in both the UK singles and album charts for a second week today. The New York disco group made it four weeks at number one in the singles chart with I Don't... ... Full Article