Barry Bowe's Blog, page 48

In the Line of Fire

In the Line of Fire stars my favorite actor – Clint Eastwood. In the Line of Fire is a 1993 movie starring Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, and Rene Ruso. It plays like so: A Secret Service agent played by Clint Eastwood couldn’t save JFK – but he’s determined not to let a clever assassin – […]

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Out of Sight

Out of Sight is about a romance between a bank robber and a U.S. marshal. Out of Sight is a 1998 movie based on a novel by my favorite crime writer Elmore Leonard. Liked the movie but liked the book better – too many dream sequences and distorted chronology. The movie stars George Clooney and […]

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Charlie Says

Charlie Says takes you inside the inner-workings of the Manson Family. I was an adult in 1969 when the Manson Family committed the Tate-LaBianca murders – big news everywhere. I read Vince Bugliosi’s bestseller Helter Skelter as soon as it came out in 1974. And over the last 50 years I’ve watched dozens of interviews […]

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Leslie Van Houten

Leslie Van Houten was a drug-freak who became a cold-blooded killer. Last night I bumped into the 2018 movie CHARLEY SAYS. Charley refers to Charles Manson, and the movie’s about the Manson Family. I like it and will tell you all about it tomorrow – but first. IMDB describes CHARLEY SAYS like this: “The tragic […]

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Training Day

Training Day is one of the most brutal movies I ever saw. I saw 2001’s Training Day when it came out – but all I remembered was the naked scene with Eva Mendez. Watched the movie last night – and saw one of the most shocking – most brutal movies ever – got my adrenaline […]

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Serious Serial Killers

Serious Serial Killers features some of the most heinous serial killers ever. Serious Serial Killers is a British produced crime documentary about – you guessed it – serial killers. I watched it several times – in fact, I turn it on every morning because it runs for 6 hours and 28 minutes – which is […]

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Manchurian Odds and Ends

Arthur Krim did not want United Artists to make The Manchurian Candidate – but Frank Sinatra did. Paranoia existed in the United States for good portions of the 1950s and 1960s – the Red Scare – a fear that Russia was trying to take over the U.S. and turn it into a communist country. In […]

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Manchurian Candidate 1962

Manchurian Candidate 1962 is based on a novel by Richard Condon. IMDB describes the original version like so: A former prisoner of war is brainwashed into becoming an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.” Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey are the stars – Sinatra is excellent. But Harvey is a huge mistake – Born […]

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Manchurian Candidate 2004

Manchurian Candidate 2004 is a money-grab trying to coattail off the original. IMDB describes 2004’s version like so: “In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.” Some of my favorites are in this movie – Denzel Washington – Liev Schreiber – Jon Voight. The story starts out in […]

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Biggest Cocaine Bust

Biggest Cocaine Bust in U.S. History – June 17, 2019 – 17 tons – street value $1-billion. Since I was in Kensington this morning – decided to post this – my next book is called Cocaine – & it leads off in Kensington – based on the true story of the biggest cocaine seizure in […]

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