Written by James M. Tate / 10/29/2014 / No comments / eighties , emilio estevez , horror , j.c. quinn , laura harrington , pat hingle , stephen king , suspense
CRANKING THROUGH STEPHEN KING'S MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE

year: 1986 rating: *** WEEK OF THE COMET would be a fitting alternative title for MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE, Stephen King’s adaptation of his sh...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/25/2014 / No comments / 2014 , horror
HALLOWEEN HORROR REVIEW OF OUIJA

year: 2014 rating: ** PG-13 horror can be lackluster for two reasons: Adult audiences yearning to be scared silly have to put up with an...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/23/2014 / No comments / 2014 , action , genre tarantino , keanu reeves
KEANU REEVES IN JOHN WICK

year: 2014 rating: *** THE DROP aside, most crime flicks where an adorable puppy's introduced usually means it won’t live to be a do...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/22/2014 / No comments / 2014 , adventure , animated , channing tatum , chick flick , james marsden , kids , michelle monaghan , romance
THE BEST OF ME & THE BOOK OF LIFE

year: 2014 rating: * THE BEST OF ME: In a chick flick, it's no surprise when the good rich girl falls for the bad boy... only this ...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/20/2014 / No comments / 2014 , bill murray
BILL MURRAY IN ST. VINCENT

2014 rating: *1/2 The most intriguing and humorous aspect of any cinematic “unlikely friendship" is the amount of time taken for tw...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/17/2014 / No comments / 2014 , brad pitt , ensemble , jon bernthal , logan lerman , shia labeouf , war , world war II
REVIEW OF FURY STARRING BRAD PITT

year: 2014 rating: *** “He was one of those guys that had that weird light around him... You just knew he wasn't going to get so muc...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/14/2014 / 1 Comment /
CONNERY BOND SEVEN: NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
year: 1983 rating: **1/2 "I do hope we have some gratuitous sex and violence," says the new Q to the old Bond in NEVER SAY NEV...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/13/2014 / No comments / 2014 , disney , jennifer garner , steve carell , teen
GROUCHY GROWN UP REVIEW OF ALEXANDER AND... THE VERY BAD DAY

year: 2014 rating: ** It couldn’t have happened quickly enough that ALEXANDER traded off his TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY i...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/12/2014 / No comments / 2014 , jeremy renner , politics , thriller
JEREMY RENNER IN KILL THE MESSENGER

2014 rating: ** Jeremy Renner is the kind of actor who takes his job seriously, playing each character with gusto. And in the role of re...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/11/2014 / No comments / 2014 , exploitation , indie , indie corner , parody
INDIE CORNER: A SHOCKED GLIMPSE INTO T.S. SLAUGHTER'S 'THE GAYS'
Click For THE GAYS It’s a blanket term, “The Gays,” referring to an entire unseen lifestyle, usually spoken by an uptight straight perso...
ROBERT DOWNEY JR & ROBERT DUVALL IN THE JUDGE

2014 rating: **1/2 The title character in THE JUDGE is accused of murder – he’s also dying of cancer, just lost his wife, has memory lap...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/10/2014 / No comments / 2014 , prequel
REVIEW OF DRACULA UNTOLD

2014 rating: ** If Darth Vader turned into the most sinister thug in the galaxy after his wife died in a dream, having Dracula, whose re...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/07/2014 / No comments / body count , brion james , eighties , fred ward , keith carradine , les lannom , military , powers boothe , suspense , walter hill
BODY COUNT NIGHTMARE OF WALTER HILL'S SOUTHERN COMFORT

1981 rating: ****1/2 According to the bonus feature documentary from the Shout Factory Blu-Ray/DVD combo, the creators and actors of SOU...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/06/2014 / No comments / 2014 , adam sandler , drama , ensemble , nicolas cage , reese witherspoon , thriller
JOURNEY THROUGH THE INTERNET, AFRICA & THE RAPTURE

year: 2014 rating: **1/2 In a weekend dominated by a missing girl and a demonic doll, here's a three-pack including THE GOOD LIE, ...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/04/2014 / No comments / 2014 , franchise , horror , prequel
REVIEW OF ANNABELLE

year: 2014 rating: ** Two particular things don’t make sense: Calling a girl you think is ugly a dog, when dogs are usually cute… And re...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/03/2014 / No comments / 2014 , ben affleck , david fincher , mystery , neo noir , thriller
DAVID FINCHER DIRECTS BEN AFFLECK IN GONE GIRL

2014 rating: ***1/2 Practically critic-proof, a film designed so as not to be spoiled, David Fincher’s moody and atmospheric GONE GIRL ...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/02/2014 / No comments / 2014 , ben kingsley , children , stop motion
GROUCHY GROWNUP REVIEW OF THE BOXTROLLS

year: 2014 rating: * Stop-motion animation is a beautiful process. The story unfolding as if the characters and backdrops are being crea...
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SIDNEY LUMET DIRECTS AL PACINO IN THE TRUE CRIME 'SERPICO'
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