Written by James M. Tate / 1/31/2012 / No comments / crime , peter falk , rebecca staab , TV
COLUMBO CRIES WOLF

Rebecca Staab on COLUMBO This episode of the latter COLUMBO episodes rebooting the 70's show into the late 80's throughout the 9...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/30/2012 / No comments / mia farrow , richard fleischer , seventies , suspense
SEE NO EVIL

title: SEE NO EVIL year: 1971 cast: Mia Farrow rating: **1/2 Terrific build-up has a blind woman, played wonderfully by Mia Farrow, b...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/28/2012 / No comments / drama , glenn close , period piece , tens
ALBERT NOBBS

title: Albert Nobbs year: 2011 cast: Glenn Close, Janet McTeer, Mia Wasikowska rating: *** Glenn Close, resembling an aged Peter Pan...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/27/2012 / No comments / al lettieri , anthony quinn , crime , exploitation , frederic forrest , robert forster , seventies , sid haig
THE DON IS DEAD

title: THE DON IS DEAD year: 1973 cast: Anthony Quinn, Robert Forster, Fredric Forrest rating: **1/2 THIS REVIEW HAS MOVED TO ...
THE GOLDEN CHILD

title: THE GOLDEN CHILD year: 1986 starring: Eddie Murphy rating: ** In 1986, it was time for superstar Eddie Murphy to fully establis...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/26/2012 / No comments /
Written by James M. Tate / 1/24/2012 / No comments / action , jean-claude van damme , karate , michael rooker , tani cohen , zeroes
REPLICANT

title: Replicant year: 2001 cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker rating: ***1/2 Here’s a really cool action movie that might ...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/22/2012 / No comments / oscar nominated 2012 , tom hanks
EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE

title: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close year: 2011 cast: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks rating: *** Kids in life-affirming movies usua...
CARNAGE

title: CARNAGE year: 2011 cast: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz rating: ***1/2 In Roman Polanski’s first...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/21/2012 / No comments / action , espionage , ewan mcgregor , michael douglas , michael fassbender , tens
GINA CARANO GOES HAYWIRE

year: 2012 rating: *** A year after Steven Soderbergh directed a searing drama about people dropping dead from a horrible virus, someon...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/20/2012 / No comments / action , biopic , george lucas , tens , war
GEORGE LUCAS PRESENTS RED TAILS

year: 2012 rating: ** Anyone familiar with the George Lucas Productions of the past fifteen years won’t be surprised the special effects...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/18/2012 / No comments / action , classic gangster , edmund o'brien , forties , james cagney , virginia mayo
WHITE HEAT

title: WHITE HEAT year: 1949 cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmund O'Brien rating: ****1/2 Several stories here: and James C...
LADY KILLER

title: LADY KILLER year: 1933 cast: James Cagney rating: *** James Cagney plays a smart-aleck usher at a movie theater: his character...
BLONDE CRAZY

title: BLONDE CRAZY year: 1931 cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern rating: ***1/2 What is it about James Cagney – he br...
TAXI

title: TAXI! year : 1932 cast: James Cagney, Loretta Young rating: *** Begins as a predictable, clichéd melodrama dealing with the h...
WINNER TAKE ALL

title: WINNER TAKE ALL year: 1932 cast: James Cagney rating: *** CLICK HERE FOR THIS REVIEW'S NEW HOME...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/15/2012 / 1 Comment /
PAPILLON REVIEW HAS RELOCATED

Don Gordon, Bill Mumy, Steve McQueen & Dustin Hoffman YEAR: 1973 CLICK THIS LINK FOR THE NEW HOME
THE IRON LADY

Hear the click? title: THE IRON LADY year: 2012 cast: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent rating: *1/2 During a montage where Margaret T...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/13/2012 / No comments / action , heist , mark walhberg , suspense , tens
CONTRABAND

title: CONTRABAND year: 2012 cast: Mark Walhberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Foster rating: ***1/2 Give us an antihero that’s gonna break ...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/10/2012 / No comments / action , chicks with guns , claudia jennings , donna gordon , exploitation , lieux dressler , mark l. lester , seventies
TRUCK STOP WOMEN

year: 1974 cast: Lieux Dressler, Claudia Jennings, John Martino rating: *** Right from the start, Mark L. Lester knew how to direct ...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/09/2012 / No comments / anne archer , sam elliott , seventies , stephen young
LIFEGUARD OUR FIRST REVIEW HAS MOVED TO ANOTHER POST

Sam Elliott does some soul searching in LIFEGUARD Year: 1976 CLICK FOR THE NEW HOME OF LIFEGUARD VHS Artwork With Kathleen ...
ZACK AND THE MAGIC FACTORY

1981 rating: *** Those long gone and sorely missed ABC Weekend Specials, the introduction with the animated wizard conjuring butterflies...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/08/2012 / No comments / children , comedy , disney , katy kurtzman , olivia barash , seventies , steve shaw
OLIVIA BARASH & KATY KURTZMAN IN CHILD OF GLASS

1978 rating: ***1/2 While it's perplexed adults for centuries, the children in Disney films seem to have grasped the Meaning of Li...
BLACK DYNAMITE

title: BLACK DYNAMITE year: 2009 cast: Michael Jai White rating: ** In a Cult Film Freak interview with actress Gloria Hendry , who ...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/07/2012 / No comments / arthouse , christopher plummer , ewan mcgregor , indie , tens
BEGINNERS

title: BEGINNERS year: 2011 cast: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer rating: ** If Gus Van Sant directed Cameron Crowe’s SINGLES, you’d...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/06/2012 / No comments / action , creature , eco horror , eighties , henry silva , jaws-clone , monster , robert forster , sue lyon , suspense
ALLIGATOR

title: ALLIGATOR year: 1980 cast: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Henry Silva rating: **** Robert Forster can make just about anything w...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/04/2012 / No comments / drama , john travolta , pj soles , robert reed , seth wagerman , seventies , TV
THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE

title: THE BOY IN THE PLASTIC BUBBLE year: 1976 cast: John Travolta, Robert Reed, Glynnis O'Connor rating: ***1/2 A cute l...
MAUREEN McCORMICK IN TEXAS LIGHTNING

year: 1981 rating: *1/2 Exploitation cinematographer turned director Gary Graver's meandering mess about three rambunctious drunke...
HIGH ROLLING IN A HOT CORVETTE: RELOCATED
BONNIE'S KIDS

title: BONNIE'S KIDS year: 1973 cast: Tiffany Bolling, Robin Mattson, Scott Brady rating: ** Two gorgeous blonde sisters, daughter...
SHORT EYES

title: SHORT EYES year: 1977 cast: Luis Perez, Tito Goya, Bruce Davison rating: ***** The centerpiece of this, the ultimate ensemble...
THE HAPPENING

title: THE HAPPENING year: 2008 cast: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, Betty Buckley rating: * To quote the iconic Buffalo Spr...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/01/2012 / No comments /
MORGAN PAULL: PODCAST INTERVIEW

PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH MORGAN PAULL Listen to internet radio with cultfilmfreak on Blog Talk Radio The late Morgan Paull was a gre...
LOUISE FLETCHER: PODCAST INTERVIEW

Many know LOUISE FLETCHER as the formidable Nurse Ratched in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST . Her steely yet calm persistence to k...