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Sociopath vs. Sociopath

Black, white and creepy all over: you need only watch the first four minutes of Compulsion to get a serious dose of disturbing behavior. Watch the whole thing and you'll be treated to a story that's so wildly whacked out and psychologically troubling that it's still intriguing and unsettling today, even though it was made in 1959. And - as if this intense psycho thriller could get any creepier - it's inspired by a true story. Compulsion is based on the rather infamous 1924 Leopold Loeb murder case from Chicago. Since this is a movie where the audience knows whodunit...

More Than Meets The Eye

The first thing I remember seeing of Peyton Place turned out to be the last shot, where two children on bicycles crisscross their way up a bucolic town street. It was evocative in a sentimental way, and my interest was piqued, but by then the movie was already over. Here at work I sometimes watch movies on our channel out of the corner of my eye, catching scenes out of order and out of context. On another day, I caught a vision of a pretty blond teenage girl in a full blue skirt running through the woods, terrified by a...

Who Likes Jugs?

Um, I kind of want to say that Mother, Jugs & Speed is the best movie we've got on Fox Movie Channel right now. But then I am quick to remember Point Break and Die Hard and Romancing the Stone and some of the other shiny gems of our catalog, and I realize I must reserve declaring a superlative best. But this one is way the hell up there. I didn't watch Mother, Jugs & Speed for months because I was superlatively turned off by the title. Specifically the word Jugs in the title, unsurprisingly. But I wound up...