Mike Hammer

I, The Jury cover, the introduction of Mike Hammer

A Spillane Virgin Judges I, the Jury

By Eric Beetner

August 23, 2011

At the risk of losing my crime readers membership card, I have a confession to make. I’ve never read Mickey Spillane. Not that I’m unfamiliar with Spillane or his hard-nosed P.I. Mike Hammer; I’ve seen all the movies based on Hammer, including The Girl Hunters where Mickey himself played Hammer. Hmm, funny how that only…

Peggie Castle, classic femme fatale of the noir film

Noir’s Hard Luck Ladies: Peggie Castle

By Jake Hinkson

August 12, 2011

It’s important to remember that film noir is a recovered movie genre, by which I mean that most of the films we call noir were once lost. Many of these movies, in fact, are still in danger of vanishing unless we rescue them from the disintegrating effects of time. It would be a shame to…