Written by James M. Tate / 3/31/2015 / No comments / 2015 , david lee roth , edward van halen , music
ROTH VAN HALEN MOVES FORWARD WITH TOKYO DOME LIVE
Release: 3/31/15 Grade: A– Upon a progressively heated argument accidentally instigated by yours truly after comparing Sammy Hagar’s V...
BETTER CALL SAUL SCRAWL: EPISODE 109 PIMENTO
E9 Grade: A– Michael McKean is sort of a Working Icon. He never fell off the map, and always continued to find jobs after his airhead ...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/29/2015 / No comments / 2015 , cable , walking dead , zombie
WALKING DEAD DIARIES: SEASON 5 FINALE CONQUER
Title: Conquer “We need this place,” Michonne tells a recovering Rick. “We had to stop being out there.” Truer words have never been...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/28/2015 / No comments / 2015 , autographs
SHOW GLOAT 3/15: SUPERMAN TO TERMINATOR CIRCA MONSTERPOLOOZA
Signed by all living cast except Gene Hackman, Terrence Stamp & Ned Beatty DEAD KIDS aka STRANGE BEHAVIOR signed by Marc McClure.....
Written by James M. Tate / 3/26/2015 / No comments / 2015 , comedy , kevin hart , team-up , will ferrell
WILL FERRELL & KEVIN HART IN GET HARD
2015 rating: *1/2 The second pseudo remake for Kevin Hart this year. THE WEDDING RINGER has an extremely similar plot to I LOVE YOU M...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/25/2015 / No comments / annette o'toole , christopher reeve , eighties , franchise , gavan o'herlihy , margot kidder , richard pryor , sequel , superhero
CHRISTOPHER REEVE FINALLY HEADLINES HIS OWN 'SUPERMAN III'
Tougher than a junkyard dog is Christopher Reeve YEAR: 1983 Even at the time, when Richard Pryor was at the height of his cinematic glor...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/24/2015 / No comments / 2015 , cable , rose mciver
A WEEK-OLD TV SERIES PILOT REVIEW OF iZOMBIE
Title: iZOMBIE Rose McIver plays Liv Moore, with a name as ironic as ironical names get… She does Live More… After death, the ex-doctor,...
BETTER CALL SAUL SCRAWL: EPISODE 108 RICO
Episode 108 RICO Now we really get to see Jimmy McGill being a lawyer aka defender of the people, and, it seems, without any angles... ...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/23/2015 / No comments / 2015 , cable , walking dead , zombie
WALKING DEAD DIARIES: EPISODE TRY
TRY Grade: B– The perfect woman’s husband Pete is a lot like Mr. Delbert Grady from THE SHINING. An extremely typical, oafish fellow unt...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/22/2015 / 1 Comment / 2015 , franchise , miles teller , science-fiction , sequel , shailene woodley
INSURGENT: THE DIVERGENT SERIES
Written by James M. Tate / 3/20/2015 / No comments / 2015 , action , javier bardem , sean penn
SEAN PENN STARRING IN THE GUNMAN
year: 2015 rating: ** Seems odd Sean Penn would want to go high-octane mainstream on us. Or that the TAKEN director would gamble this pa...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/18/2015 / No comments / 2015 , cate blanchett , disney , fantasy , lily taylor
DISNEY PRESENTS LILY JAMES & CATE BLANCHETT IN CINDERELLA
Year: 2015 Grade: B– By the time one of Cinderella’s stepsisters comes up with her nickname… Ella combined with the cinder dust from the...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/17/2015 / No comments / 2015 , bob odenkirk , cable , julie ann emery
BETTER CALL SAUL SCRAWL: EPISODE 107 BINGO AKA TEAM KETTLEMAN
Episode 107: BINGO Grade: B In Episode 10 7 titled BINGO, Jimmy McGill goes up against who is arguably his most complicated foe: The Ke...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/15/2015 / No comments / 2015 , cable , walking dead , zombie
WALKING DEAD DIARIES: SEASON FIVE EPISODE SPEND
SPEND Grade: B Noah’s arc, if you pardon the pun, wasn’t very involving. He helped Beth out of trouble but she bought the farm either wa...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/12/2015 / No comments / 2015 , ed harris , liam neeson , neo noir
LIAM NEESON & ED HARRIS IN 'RUN ALL NIGHT'
2015 rating: ** There’s a beginning to THE GODFATHER… a very large wedding. Then there’s the point where the movie really starts… As ...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/11/2015 / No comments / 2015 , bob odenkirk , cable , crime , jonathan banks
BETTER CALL SAUL SCRAWL: MIKE STEPS OUT IN EPISODE 106 FIVE-O
FIVE-0 Grade: A– No one’s allergic to electricity. There’s no time for that. Put away childish things. It’s Mike’s turn at bat… Jonath...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/10/2015 / No comments / 2015 , dev patel , hugh jackman , science-fiction , sigourney weaver
DEV PATEL AND HUGH JACKMAN IN CHAPPIE
2015 rating: **1/2 A busy weekend for energetic actor Dev Patel… He trumps the elderly with far more screen time in the limp BEST EXOTIC...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/09/2015 / No comments / 2015 , cable , walking dead , zombie
WALKING DEAD DIARIES: SEASON FIVE EPISODE FORGET
FORGET Grade: B+ Last week's episode title was REMEMBER, now we FORGET… Next week, ME NOT? Well it’d be impossible to imagine an e...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/08/2015 / No comments / 2015 , judi dench , sequel
THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
2015 rating: * It made perfect sense that Dev Patel’s Sonny Kapoor was overly excited in THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL since he was hid...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/06/2015 / No comments / 2015 , comedy , dave franco , road movie , tom wilkinson , vince vaughn
VINCE VAUGHN IN UNFINISHED BUSINESS
year: 2015 rating: ** It’s Politically Incorrect to use the “R” word for… the mentally challenged. And it’s even worse, especially in a ...
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