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The movies High Plains Drifter and High Noon both feature a sheriff who is abandoned by fearful townspeople and as a result must confront a murderous gang alone.

All Fall Down is a fine drama about a ladies' man and his family with a cast including Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Warren Beatty, Angela Lansbury and Brandon De Wilde.

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From the outset, Point Blank with Lee Marvin and John Vernon, makes it clear that this isn't going to be a conventional crime movie.

In 2004, Michael Leutwyler created a horror-comedy that actually contains the elements of this mixed genre.

Drifter, Smith, is thrown in at the deep end when he helps defend a pregnant woman and her newborn baby from a group of nasty gun toting hitmen.

Five Easy Pieces helped mark a sea change in the content, tone and direction of American movies in the transitional, counterculture years of the late 1960s and early 70s.

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DecembeRadio’s debut on Slanted Records’ is petal-to-the-metal hook-heavy hard rock, and they’re as in your face with their faith as they are with their sound. Glorious.

Based on the hit Stratford Festival production, Orpheus Descending returns to Toronto as part of the 2006-2007 Mirvish Season at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

May 2010 will mark 70 years since WW II Operation Dynamo gave rise to the phrase "the Dunkirk spirit". Just what was that spirit and what did the operation achieve?

Yangshuo is a beautiful and remarkably calming town, despite its bustling appearance, it is located close to the Li Jiang River and is surrounded by limestone scenery.

Six year old Adam Wals went missing and was found murdered in 1981. After 27 years the Hollywood, Florida Police held a press conference and announced the case closed.

Anxiously awaiting the new Rocky? (Really? You are?) Forget it. The boxing classic Body And Soul is out on DVD.

From nude golf and pole dancing lessons to art installations, theme camps and fireworks, Nevada's festival of free spirits in August and September requires an open mind.

Visually stunning, Terence Malick's 'Badlands' provides a compelling odyssey of a murderer and his girlfriend, ably portrayed by Sissy Spacek and Martin Sheen.

Actor John Quade passed away at his family home in California on Sunday August 9 2009.

Even if one is not a western fan, reading L'Amour's autobiography will be inspiring. Loaded with surprising information, one will find L'Amour a rare and unique man.

The CMA crowns its new Male Vocalist of the Year in two weeks, here's a look at the country crooner competing for the crown.

Alejandro Jodorowsky explains his scandalous 1968 film that caused riots to break out in Mexican theaters.

Chances are you have never heard these five lost Beatles songs but some sleuthing may raise enough questions to see these tracks emerge to join The Beatles discography.

The Manchurian Candidate is a Cold War thriller and intense political satire with sinister plot twists starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Angela Lansbury.

Brief biography and works of American author and journalist Truman Capote, famous for Breakfast at Tiffany's and other short-stories like A Christmas Memory.

Contemporary mystery writer, Craig Holden's books are dark, yet compelling. They deal with the darker, yet all too believable, sign of mankind.

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John Wayne Gacy was a master of hiding his true self behind the make-up of "Pogo the Clown" but eventually his murderous deeds were discovered.

The corrupt politician William Macy Tweed cast a corrupt shadow over New York during the mid-1800s.

Two of the newest music collections from the folks at Time/Life hundreds of great tracks from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

Bonnie and Clyde were real life Depression Era bank robbers who were portrayed by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in this romanticized drama about the criminal couple.

Short stories by major British and American authors, including Ken MacLeod, Pat Cadigan, Brian Stableford, Hal Duncan and Adam Roberts

When Christine Collins' son goes missing in 1920s-era Los Angeles, the police reunite her with a boy who claims to be her son but isn't.

Perpetual pouter Owen Wilson stars as Bob "Drillbit" Taylor", an imaginative homeless man hired as a bodyguard by three young imperiled high school freshmen. 5/10

Fiction from Robert Reed, Marc Laidlaw, Daniel Abraham and Yoon Ha Lee, a classic Hugo-winning reprint from Robert Bloch, reviews from Charles de Lint and Michelle West

John Henry "Doc" Holliday, a dentist by trade, became associated with Wyatt Earp and was best known for his involvement in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Stealing 2 million dollars is no easy task for Llewelyn (Josh Brolin) in the Cohen Brothers latest film. Especially when it belongs to Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem).

A survey of five essential Scottish films, complete with cast information and mini synopses.

Year 2008 saw the fourth installment of Rambo and after taking on the Vietnamese and Russian armies in the previous two sequels in Rambo IV he fought the Burmese army

Australia's isolated roads and remote outback has been the setting for many disappearances and murders. Some of them have been solved, while others remain a mystery.

The Magus is the story of Londoner Nicholas Urfe, an aimless drifter who takes a teaching job on a remote island off of Greece.

Sylvester Stallone is now in his 60s but that has not prevented him from attempting to recapture the glory of one of his most beloved characters, John Rambo.

The Bartered Bride (Prodaná Nevesta), Czech opera by Bedrich Smetana: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Smetana opera information.

A night at the movies is a staple of the modern dating scene and is considered a safe option for the first date.

Before foreign oil, the U.S. relied on domestic oil discovered in 1859 in western Pennsylvania. Through that discovery, Americans learned the many uses of oil.

Steelhead have the reputation of being hard to catch and harder to land, but these tried and true tactics get the job done in the Pacific Northwest.

Even though the Jack the Ripper case is over 100 years old, new books and evidence have led to a variety of different theories about the unsolved murders.

Story ideas can come from almost anywhere. Take a stroll through a local antique shop, and inspire your writing.

Biography of Mother Jones (nee Mary Harris), iconic American labor activist and organizer whom the Senate declared "the most dangerous woman in America".

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Albert Maltz is one of the finest writers of social protest literature in the US. He was committed to social justice and opposed worker exploitation, racism and fascism.

The Berkbigler family was tormented by a spook in 1983. The police and others could not catch the culprit. Finally, eminent parapsychologist D. Scott Rogo went to help.