James Cagney

Blogs
May 15, 2012
They Call Me Shoots: Blasting Away at Winfrey Point Crapola and Cops on the Katy Trail
Tried to get past these two very irritating issues but couldn't pull it off. Woke up in middle of night last night reaching for the shotgun. Please indulge. Eye and ear protection recommended. First clay pigeon I'd like to try a couple 12-gauge shells on: a throw-away line in an editorial last Sund ... More >>
Film
November 10, 2011
J. Edgar: Mama's Boy
Clint Eastwood's inspired take on the original G-man.
Music
July 19, 2007
Stan Ridgeway
Sunday, July 22, Club Dada
Home Entertainment
May 24, 2007
Good Clean Smut
Culture
June 24, 2004
Long Time No See
Wait Until Dark pits a blind girl against three violent cons; Yankee goes south at DSM
Calendar
June 10, 2004
Born Again
Choreographer leads a "Renaissance"
Film
September 18, 2003
Grumpy Old Men
Lions tames Duvall and Caine with feel-good cornpone
Film
January 20, 2000
McCourt's ashes
Alan Parker brings Pulitzer-winning Angela's Ashes to soggy, earnest life
Calendar
October 21, 1999
Cowtown cinema
Film fest plays Sundance, Fort Worth style
Film
April 8, 1999
Man at the top
The General adroitly animates real-life Irish crime boss Martin Cahill
Film
April 1, 1999
Oedipus hex
Portrait of the psycho as a young man
Film
June 11, 1998
The wild--and mild--bunch
Warner Bros. celebrates its 75th birthday with a weeklong best-of fest
Film
December 18, 1997
Schlock poetry
Don't come looking for subtlety, but Titanic is a great big romantic cornball success
Film
March 13, 1997
The pointy-head gang
A tumbledown City of Industry is built upon rehashed film-noir cliches
Film
August 15, 1996
Ready to scorn
Kansas City is Robert Altman's best movie in years--but does anyone care anymore?
Film
April 18, 1996
USA Film Festival
Film
June 15, 1995
Primate suspect
Congo is the missing link between storytelling and special effects
Film
February 9, 1995
Seaside bliss
In the charming romantic comedy Miami Rhapsody, just about everything goes right