Written by James M. Tate / 6/30/2014 / 1 Comment / 2014 , guy pearce , post-apocalyptic , robert pattison , thriller
GUY PEARCE STARRING IN THE ROVER

2014 rating: *1/2 It’s been ten years since “The Collapse,” turning the Outback into something resembling the MAD MAX post apocalyptic f...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/29/2014 / No comments / bagful , fifties , pj soles , seventies
ANOTHER ECLECTIC BAGFUL OF ARCHIVE REVIEWS

1980 rating: **1/2 PRIVATE BENJAMIN: Unlike the far superior STRIPES starring Bill Murray and Harold Ramis, which came out a year later...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/27/2014 / 1 Comment / action , franchise , mark wahlberg , sequel
MARK WAHLBERG IN TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION

year: 2014 rating: ** In BOOGIE NIGHTS, Mark Wahlberg sings a wonderfully cheesy song titled You Got The Touch, which originated from th...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/26/2014 / No comments / deborah winters , eli wallach , tribute
A SPECIAL FAREWELL TO THE LEGENDARY ELI WALLACH W/ DEBORAH WINTERS

Eli Wallach Tribute Eli Wallach, who died yesterday, was one of the great character-actors. Although in THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/24/2014 / No comments / 2014 , biopic , christopher walken , clint eastwood
CLINT EASTWOOD DIRECTS JERSEY BOYS

year: 2014 rating: ** Based on an immensely popular Broadway musical, JERSEY BOYS, about the rise and fall of the pop band The Four Seas...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/23/2014 / No comments / bagful , biker , exploitation , fifties , gary kent , robert dix , seventies , sixties , war
A GRITTY BAGFUL OF ARCHIVE MOVIE REVIEWS

1969 ***1/2 SUPERCOOL: Film Noir/Gumshoe/Private Eye films have a main character wandering from one location to the next in search of so...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/21/2014 / No comments / bagful , crime , eighties , exploitation , fifties , film noir or melodrama , gary kent , sixties
A RANDOM BLOODY BAGFUL OF ARCHIVE REVIEWS

year: 1969 rating: *1/2 THE MIGHTY GORGA: A man trying to save his fledgling zoo joins a woman whose father has been lost in the jungl...
SHAILENE WOODLEY IN THE FAULT OF OUR STARS

year: 2014 rating: ** Teenagers who talk like intellectual college grads is nothing new... Either is having a starstruck book fanatic me...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/19/2014 / 1 Comment / bagful , nineties , seventies , sixties
AN ECLECTIC BAGFUL OF ARCHIVE SUMMARY REVIEWS

1956 rating: ***1/2 FORBIDDEN PLANET: The 1950's were full of some pretty bad science fiction movies, so here's a good one... N...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/18/2014 / 1 Comment / billy dee williams , drama , fritz weaver , kim fields , lance kerwin , stacey nelkin , stella stevens , suzanne crough , tv movie
STACEY NELKIN IN THE TV MOVIE 'CHILDREN OF DIVORCE'

1980 rating: ***1/2 Stacey Nelkin is a cult actress known as the ingénue from HALLOWEEN 3, the pretty starlet in YELLOWBEARD, and last a...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/17/2014 / No comments / barry miller , cynthia rhodes , frank stallone , john travolta , sequel , seventies , sylvester stallone
JOHN TRAVOLTA IN 'SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER' AND 'STAYING ALIVE'

John Travolta (facing unseen talent agent Estelle Getty) YEAR: 1983 STAYING ALIVE: Believe it or not, STAYING ALIVE, the sequel to SAT...
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