Fury

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(1936, Fritz Lang)
Preachy and melodramatic, but powerful film about the dangers of mob mentality.
Lang’s first English-language film stars Spencer Tracy as a wrongly accused man who seeks revenge after a lawless mob tries to burn him alive in a prison cell. Strong, angry filmmaking.
Also, according to IMDB, features Terry the dog, better known to us [...]

Death Race 2000

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(1975, Paul Bartel)
Out-there low-budget sci-fi (that’s three concurrent hyphenated modifiers: fan-freaking-tastic!) movie about a futuristic race across the U.S. where racers earn points for killing pedestrians. Roger Corman produced and zany/brilliant Paul Bartel directed this schlock-shock-comedy. (More hyphens! This must stop! Instead, interjections! Hey! Wow!)
David Carradine shakes off the subdued character from “Kung Fu”, and [...]

A Slight Case of Murder

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(1938, Lloyd Bacon)
Edward G. Robinson is – surprise! – a gangster and bootlegger who decides to go legit after Prohibition ends by selling his beer, which is simply awful. The whole thing is played for laughs (O! The spit-takes!) with a fantastic supporting cast, and a few pesky corpses a la Arsenic and Old Lace. [...]