Written by James M. Tate / 4/30/2014 / No comments / 2014 , cameron diaz , chick flick , comedy , don johnson , leslie mann , revenge
CAMERON DIAZ & LESLIE MANN IN THE OTHER WOMAN

year: 2014 rating: *** At one point in THE OTHER WOMAN, Cindi Lauper's anthem “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” plays while the three ma...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/29/2014 / No comments / eighties , farrah fawcett , harvey keitel , kirk douglas , science-fiction
GALACTIC RINGFUL OF CINEMATIC INFLUENCES FOR 'SATURN 3'

Year of Release: 1980 SATURN 3 is a relatively low budget, guilty-pleasure science-fiction thriller that borrows heavily from several im...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/28/2014 / No comments / 2014 , horror , jared harris , new hammer films
HAMMER FILMS PRESENTS THE QUIET ONES

year: 2014 rating: ** Ever notice that pretty much anything spoken in a British accent winds up sounding intelligent? Well this is the...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/27/2014 / No comments / 2014 , john turturro , quirky , romantic comedy , sharon stone , woody allen
JOHN TURTURRO DIRECTS AND STARS IN FADING GIGOLO W/ WOODY ALLEN

year: 2014 rating: *1/2 When times were good... There’s a scene in Woody Allen’s HANNAH AND HER SISTERS where John Turturro is che...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/25/2014 / No comments / 2014 , david belle , paul walker , remake
PAUL WALKER AND DAVID BELLE IN BRICK MANSIONS

year: 2014 rating: *** Here’s a movie for anyone wanting cinematic closure from the late Paul Walker, at least until his final FAST AND ...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/24/2014 / No comments / drama , george clooney , michael o'keefe , thriller , tom wilkinson
GEORGE CLOONEY TAKES IT EASY YET EDGY IN MICHAEL CLAYTON

2007 rating: ***1/2 Tom Wilkinson’s Arthur Edens, a high priced and very effective corporation lawyer whose conscience may have got the ...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/23/2014 / No comments / 2012 , documentary , morton downey jr
ÉVOCATEUR: THE MORTON DOWNEY JR

2012 rating: **1/2 In the late 1980’s, Morton Downey Jr. entered the daytime talk show circuit as a chain-smoking firebrand screaming at...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/21/2014 / 1 Comment / franchise , horror , interview , larry zerner
FRIDAY THE 13TH 3D FEATURES LARRY ZERNER

year: 1982 In the world of franchise sequels, the number three can be magical… or not... "I can't go skinny dipping. ...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/20/2014 / No comments / 2014 , kevin sorbo , religious
KEVIN SORBO CREATES A BIG BANG PERFORMANCE IN GOD'S NOT DEAD

rating: **1/2 In GOD’S NOT DEAD, Kevin Sorbo plays Professor Radisson, a college philosophy teacher who politely demands that his stud...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/18/2014 / No comments / 2014 , cillian murphy , johnny depp , mindtrip , morgan freeman , rebecca hall , science-fiction , thriller
JOHNNY DEPP AND REBECCA HALL IN TRANSCENDENCE

year: 2014 rating: *1/2 It should come as no surprise that a mindtrip experience would begin in Berkeley, California… And with a mellow ...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/16/2014 / No comments / 2014 , brenton thwaites , horror , karen gillan , mindtrip , suspense
KAREN GILLAN & BRENTON THWAITES IN OCULUS

year: 2014 Horror film starlets, often known as scream queens, are naïve, shrill victims until, after enough punishment, they get a se...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/15/2014 / No comments / 2014 , ivan reitman , jennifer garner , kevin costner , sport
IVAN REITMAN DIRECTS KEVIN COSTNER IN DRAFT DAY

year: 2014 rating: ** It's 2014, and Kevin Costner returns in one of several "comeback" vehicles… Just yesterday he was ...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/14/2014 / No comments / action , heather menzies , made-for-TV , marvel comics , reb brown , seventies , superhero
REB BROWN AS CAPTAIN AMERICA IN TWO 1979 TV MOVIES
1 979 part one: *** part two: ** With a cool motorcycle, iconic uniform, and the boomerang shield, Captain America reigns: more of a bio...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/09/2014 / No comments / christopher lloyd , deforest kelly , eighties , franchise , leonard nimoy , nineties , science-fiction , sequel , seventies , star trek , william shatner
BEAMING INTO THE ORIGINAL CAST STAR TREK MOVIES

Reviews of the Original Star Trek Movies 1979-1991 The original STAR TREK series is a miraculous enigma: it only lasted three seasons an...
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