Ed Gorman's blog

Mystery File has been running reviews of early Mickey Spillane by Bill Crider and James M. Cain by Max Allan Collins and fine articulate rev...

Interesting piece on John Carpenter whose fall from grace continues to facsinate and confound me. He was so good and then so bad. John Carpe...

My stepfather is dying so I probably won't be posting for a few days. He's 102 and so he's certainly had a good run but seeing h...

(Title of my favorite Beach Boys song) Many people in this business have friends and enemies alike. I know that "enemies" sounds a...

In the NY Times review of the four-movie DVD set of Errol Flynn westerns writer Dave Kehr discusses the problems Hwood had with turning swa...

This review appeared on Patti Abbott's blog Friday night. It articulates perfectly the sub-genre that some call "suburban noir....

Bruce Grossman was kind enough to send me a link to this long, interesting article on the troubles John D. MacDonald and various Hollywood p...

On her blog today Patti Abbott raises some interesting questions about book reviewing on blogs. As more and more book reviewing shifts from...

Last week I started rereading 2000 Miles To Open Road by Trey R. Barker. We published it at Five Star and it got nothing but raves from vir...

I've always liked the original Death Race 2000 (1975). The black comedy, the scuzzy settings (sometimes low budget can work to your adva...

From Noir of The Week: "Rogue Cop is one the best film noirs of the 1950s, standing alongside such classics as The Big Heat (1953) and ...

As I've said before, Richard Matheson has probably influenced more writers than any other author alive. Three generations of men and wom...

Comparing Iron Man to The Dark Knight, Robert Downey Jr. said: "My whole thing is that that I saw 'The Dark Knight'. I feel lik...

A few days ago Cinema Retro ran a really interesting piece by Tom Lisanti on four starlets who never quite fulfilled their promise. Yvette M...

My son Joe is forty-two years old, a systems engineer in aero-space. He lives by choice in the country and commutes. This is a letter I got ...

gin forwarded message: From: The Mystery Company Date: August 13, 2008 3:05:26 PM EDT To: katestine@mysteryscenemag.com Subject: Power outag...

Batman West Eyes Dancing Show 13 August 2008 5:00 AM, PDT Original Batman star Adam West is set for a stint as a contestant on hit U.S. tale...

From one of my favorite writers and favorite people Judi Rohrig: Morning, Ed. Hope all is well with you. It surely feels like fall here in t...

I stumbled on an interesting article about producer William Castle by David Parkinson. I'm a fan of Castle's two The Whistler movi...

Posted by Cinema Retro in Obituary Isaac Hayes, who won both a Grammy and an Oscar for his hit title song from the 1971 film Shaft, was foun...