Written by James M. Tate / 12/31/2011 / No comments / comedy , ensemble , garry marshall , michelle pheiffer , robert davi , tens
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title: NEW YEARS EVE year: 2011 cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert DeNiro, Abigail Breslin rating: * What director Robert Altman perfected...
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THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2011)

title: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO year: 2011 cast: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer rating: *** The first half of this i...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/28/2011 / No comments / john goodman , oscar nominated 2012 , tens
THE ARTIST

title: THE ARTIST year: 2011 cast: Jean Dujardin, BĂ©rĂ©nice Bejo rating: **** Silent films, as we all know, are a thing of the past… ...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/27/2011 / No comments / cameron crowe , matt damon , quirky , scarlett johansson , tens
WE BOUGHT A ZOO

year: 2011 cast: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson rating: *** Here's a farfetched premise remarkably based on a true story that i...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/26/2011 / No comments / drama , oscar nominated 2012 , steven spielberg , tens
WAR HORSE

title: WAR HORSE year: 2011 cast: Jeremy Irvine, Niels Arestrup, Celine Buckens rating: ** In 1979's THE BLACK STALLION, it took...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/25/2011 / No comments / arthouse , indy , jean smart , nineties , sarah polley , stephen rae , tani cohen
GUINEVERE

title: GUINEVERE year: 1999 cast: Sarah Polley, Stephen Rae, Jean Smart rating: ***1/2 At last, a LOLITA for modern audiences and not tr...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/24/2011 / No comments / comedy , jason bateman , olivia wilde , ryan reynolds , tens
THE CHANGE-UP

title: THE CHANGE-UP year: 2011 cast: Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde rating: ** The FREAKY FRIDAY template is used in the ...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/21/2011 / 1 Comment / action , blockbuster , franchise , jeremy renner , sequel , suspense , tens , tom cruise
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL

year: 2011 cast: Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Jeremy Renner rating: **** If you thought the new Superman movie hasn ’t hit theaters yet,...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/19/2011 / No comments / bio , kenneth branagh , marilyn monroe , tens
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

title: MY WEEK WITH MARILYN year: 2011 cast: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh rating: *** At this point, Marilyn Monroe...
YOUNG ADULT

title: YOUNG ADULT year: 2011 cast: Charlize Theron rating: *1/2 A selfish, beautiful, irate, desperate, greedy, cunning woman retur...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/16/2011 / No comments / action , jared harris , jude law , mystery , robert downey jr. , sequel , suspense , tens
SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS

title: SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS year: 2011 cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris rating: **1/2 The usual template...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/12/2011 / No comments / katy kurtzman , michael landon , seventies , TV
LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE: THE MUSIC BOX

Katy Kurtzman title: LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE: THE MUSIC BOX year: 1977 cast: Melissa Gilbert, Alison Arngrim, Katy Kurtzman rat...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/11/2011 / No comments / action , adventure , andy serkis , computer animated , daniel craig , peter jackson , steven spielberg , tens
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

year: 2011 voices : Andy Serkis, Jamie Bell rating: ***1/2 Steven Spielberg’s computer animated adventure about a young boy Tintin, h...
GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES

year: 1984 rating: ** While being a more faithful rendition of Tarzan, the ape lord created by Edgar Rice Burroughs turned into an endea...
A NEGATIVE REVIEW OF THE OVERLONG/OVERRATED 'CASINO'

year: 1995 cast: Robert De Niro rating: **1/2 During the first act, as we learn the intricate ins-and-outs of a 1970's Las Vegas CAS...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/09/2011 / No comments / comedy , jonah hill , tens
THE SITTER

title: THE SITTER year: 2011 cast: Jonah Hill, Sam Rockwell rating: * During the opening credits, the name David Simkins doesn't ...
JAWS CLONE IN THE SAND ALA BLOOD BEACH

1981 rating: *** This beach-set horror/suspense is yet another JAWS clone in the spirit of ALLIGATOR and PIRANHA, and has all the elem...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/07/2011 / No comments / action , jude law , mystery , robert downey jr. , zeroes
SHERLOCK HOLMES

title: SHERLOCK HOLMES year: 2009 cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law rating: ***1/2 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the real Sherlock ...
DAY OF THE ANIMALS

year: 1977 cast: Christopher George, Leslie Neilson, Andrew Stevens rating: ** A limp eco -horror about wilderness animals going ber...
BOBBIE JO AND THE OUTLAW

year: 1976 cast: Marjoe Gortner, Lynda Carter, Merrie Lynn Ross, Belinda Balaski rating: *** B-Movie director Mark L. Lester makes his o...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/06/2011 / No comments / action , al adamson , exploitation , jazz score , john bud cardos , john carradine , robert dix , scott brady , seventies , western
FIVE BLOODY GRAVES

title: FIVE BLOODY GRAVES year: 1970 cast: Robert Dix, Scott Brady, John Carradine rating: *** A more suitable title for this e...
THE NORLISS TAPES

title: THE NORLISS TAPES year: 1973 cast: Roy Thinnes, Angie Dickenson, Claude Akins rating: ** Even Dan Curtis's good made-for-TV...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/05/2011 / No comments / elliott gould , george segal , robert altman , seventies
CALIFORNIA SPLIT

title: CALIFORNIA SPLIT year: 1 974 cast: George Segal, Elliott Gould rating: ****1/2 Robert Altman delves smoothly into the world of lo...
BUSTING

title: BUSTING year: 1974 cast: Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, Allen Garfield rating: ***1/2 A very hard to find seventies crime drama with...
MOHAMMAD ALI IN THE GREATEST

year: 1977 rating: ** In 1977 Mohammad Ali wasn't only a boxing champion, he was a personality. His confidence and poetic rants...
BURT REYNOLDS ACTUALLY GETS CAUGHT IN 'THE LONGEST YARD'

year: 1974 cast: Burt Reynolds, James Hamptonl rating: **** Having experienced the many Burt Reynolds road flicks throughout the mid/...
SCORCHY

Squeal like a Scorchy! title: SCORCHY year: 1978 cast: Connie Stevens, William Smith rating: ***1/2 Here we have a woman wi...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/01/2011 / No comments / eighties , john goodman , richard dreyfuss , romance , steven spielberg
SPIELBERG & DREYFUSS RETURN WITH ALWAYS

1989 rating: *1/2 During the 1970’s, Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss made a great team. The intense little actor played a likable ...
ONE MILLION AC/DC

title: ONE MILLION AC/DC year: 1969 cast : Gary Kent camp value: *** If the entire movie centered on caveman stud Olaf (Gary Kent) saunt...
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