Written by James M. Tate / 8/31/2015 / No comments / carol lawrence , fran drescher , horror , jeff east , lee purcell , linda blair , macdonald carey , made-for-TV , seventies , thriller , wes craven , witch
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year: 1984 cast: Robert Urich, Joanna Cassidy rating: ***1/2 One small step for the Netherworld INVITATION TO HELL HAS MOVED HERE ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/30/2015 / No comments / eighties , horror , kristy swanson , matthew labyorteaux , suspense , wes craven
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year: 1987 Those in the know, know already, that John Hughes wrote the original VACATION. Based on his childhood, the story, originally ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/25/2015 / No comments / 2015 , action
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Written by James M. Tate / 8/24/2015 / No comments / 2015 , cable , horror
QUICK PILOT GLANCE INTO FEAR THE WALKING DEAD

2015 grade: B There's one point when FEAR THE WALKING DEAD finally comes alive, having to do with the prologue that improves when br...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/23/2015 / No comments / 2015 , horror , sequel
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2015 rating: *1/2 Right off the bat we learn that THE EXORCIST is fiction when a priest tells our clumsy ex-cop hero... continuing what ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/20/2015 / No comments / 2015 , action , jesse eisenberg , kristen stewart , spy , stoner
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2015 rating: * Combine marijuana with a reluctant action hero who has a super cool, understanding girlfriend and you get one very realis...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/16/2015 / No comments / 2015 , creature , ian ziering , judd hirsch , rifftraxx , sequel , tara reid
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Written by James M. Tate / 8/15/2015 / No comments / 2015 , biopic , music , paul giamatti
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2015 rating: **1/2 Paul Giamatti is no stranger to playing sly manipulators of naïve yet successful musicians... Not after his venomous ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/14/2015 / No comments / 2015 , alicia vikander , armie hammer , guy ritchie , henry cavill , jared harris , spy , TV adaptation
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2015 rating: *** Unlike another spy franchise derived from the Cold War 1960's, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. television series is mostly ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/12/2015 / No comments / 2015 , ian mckellen , laura linney , mystery
MR. HOLMES STARRING IAN MCKELLEN

2015 rating: *** Well it's not like God's name is used in vain here; SHERLOCK HOLMES creator/author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle isn...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/10/2015 / No comments / 2015 , diablo cody , drama , jonathan demme , kevin kline , meryl streep , music
MERYL STREEP IN RICKI AND THE FLASH

2015 rating: ** Family squabbles can be a nerve-wracking chore, for everyone involved. And that's the word of the day here... involv...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/09/2015 / No comments / 2015 , emma watson , joaquin phoenix , neo noir , perfect murder , woody allen
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2015 rating: ** Taking THE out of IRRATIONAL MAN is perhaps Woody Allen's way of saying all men are this way. If so, he's create...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/08/2015 / No comments / 2015 , jason bateman , joel edgerton , rebecca hall , thriller
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year: 2015 rating: *** THE GIFT is both exactly what it seems and nothing like it's supposed to be. Well that's the eventual tur...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/06/2015 / No comments / 2015 , comic book , marvel
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2015 rating: ** There's a term in golf where, after screwing up your first shot i.e. the drive, you get to throw down another ball f...
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SIDNEY LUMET DIRECTS AL PACINO IN THE TRUE CRIME 'SERPICO'
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