Despite Tony Curtis' dominate, yet two dimensional, performance,
Lepke (1975) was sort of a bore. The problem with this movie is the script - the screenwriter basically took newspaper headlines from the 40s and developed a movie around that - yet, there was little to no mention of Murder, INC. in the movie. Obviously made to ride the wave of
Godfather hype,
Lepke certainly has its moments, but ultimately belongs to stay in obscurity. The poster is easily the best part of the movie.
Being a big Ellroy and
L.A. Confidential (1997) fan, I really wanted to like
The Black Dahlia when it came out back in 2006, but didn't. I thought to myself this past weekend: "Hey, it's over 10 years later. I've grown, I've matured, maybe older me will like it." Though it's a movie I can see myself revisiting from time to time, maybe oncee a decade or so, basically 30 year old me and 18 year old me shared the same opinion. I'm just starting the last in Ellroy's "LA Quartet" that I 've never read:
White Jazz. After that I'm thinking about picking up
The Black Dahlia graphic novel that came out a few years back.