Topic: Mike Hammer

DVD review: 'Kiss Me Deadly'

0 View Larger Image . . . . . With this Criterion release, in Blu-ray, you have the opportunity to see this 1955 film noir masterpiece under ideal ...

Stacy Keach

Stacy Keach is an actor who has appeared in well known films, stage productions and television shows including Prison Break , The Boxer, Mike Hammer and W . Keach was hospitalized on March 17 , 2009 , for an undisclosed illness in Los Angeles. Stacy Keach ...

Movie reviews: Kiss Me Deadly

is one of the great noir film classics. He's left with no clues, injured in the hospital, while his secretary Velda identifies the shadowy figures who are always afflicting detectives- "the nameless ones who kill people for the great whatsit. " The ...

Book review: Burn Me Deadly

Burn Me Deadly is the second book to feature the? hard-boiled detective Eddie Lacrosse, who exists in a world where magic is real, and so is murder.The first book in the series is The Sword-Edged Blonde, which I haven't read ...
The death of a Colombian rebel commander, who had a five-million-dollar US bounty on his head, was a major step in the fight against FARC rebels, White House spokesman Mike Hammer said Thursday."This is an important victory for Colombia," said Hammer ...

U.S. expresses concern about Rwanda election

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States expressed concern on Friday about "disturbing events" surrounding this week's presidential election in Rwanda in which incumbent Paul Kagame drew 93 percent of the votes.The White House National Security Council said in a statement that ...

U.S. helping Pakistan deal with floods

President Barack Obama expressed his condolences to flood-ravaged Pakistan on Tuesday and the White House said the United States was providing humanitarian assistance.. In addition to $10 million in aid for meals, shelter, clean water and other needs, the United States has ...

US condemns jailing of Syrian human rights lawyers

The United States on Sunday condemned the sentencing of two Syrian human rights lawyers and called on Damascus to release prisoners being held for exercising freedom of expression and association.Haytham al-Maleh and Muhanad al-Hasani both face three years in prison for ...

Mike Hammer vs. Sherlock Holmes

Last year Robert Downey, Jr. starred in a new movie version of Sherlock Holmes that turned out to be a pretty big hit all around. With Jude Law playing Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes was off on another adventure that would add to ...

"Shut Up," He Explained

"C'mon, Sandy baby, loosen up. " --former Redskins running back John Riggins to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. " --Han Solo, when Princess Leia lets slip an "I love you" in The Empire Strikes Back. " --private eye Mike Hammer to the ...