Written by James M. Tate / 10/31/2015 / No comments / body count , donald pleasence , franchise , halloween , horror , jamie lee curtis , john carpenter , pj soles , seventies , slasher
REVIEW OF THE JOHN CARPENTER ORIGINAL 'HALLOWEEN'
year: 1978 cast: Jamie Lee Curtis and PJ Soles "I think it was the little tiny details that made the thing the bigger picture,...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/29/2015 / No comments / bela lugosi , dwight frye , horror , thirties , universal monster
ENGLISH VS SPANISH DRACULA: FEATURING DWIGHT FRYE
The Best Version Especially thanks to Dwight Frye The American version of the 1931 groundbreaking classic DRACULA, directed by FREAKS le...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/28/2015 / No comments / adam roarke , creature , eco-horror , horror , lynn borden , ray milland , sam elliott
SAM ELLIOTT & RAY MILLAND IN 'FROGS' WITH LYNN BORDEN
year: 1972 cast: Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Lynn Borden rating: **** "We’d all be scared," according to the late actress Lynn B...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/25/2015 / No comments / 2015 , franchise , giancarlo esposito , patricia clarkson , road movie , sequel , teen
MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS
year: 2015 cast: Dylan O'Brien, Patricia Clarkson, Giancarlo Esposito Director: Wes Ball It's difficult for adults to keep up wi...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/24/2015 / No comments / 2015 , barry levinson , bill murray , biopic , bruce willis , comedy
BILL MURRAY IN ROCK THE KASBAH
year: 2015 Unless you go way back to the original SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, after Chevy Chase quit and the new kid took over, and follow Bill...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/23/2015 / No comments / 2015 , horror , michael caine , vin diesel , witch
VIN DIESEL IN THE LAST WITCH HUNTER
year: 2015 cast: Vin Diesel, Michael Caine, Elijah Wood Director: Breck Eisner There's just so much CGI that kills suspense, and mak...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/21/2015 / No comments / 2015 , horror , jack black
JACK BLACK IN GOOSEBUMPS
year: 2015 cast: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush Director: Rob Letterman Steven Spielberg, whose 1941 rolling rollercoaster is pa...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/19/2015 / No comments / 2015 , cold war , fifties-era , spy , steven spielberg , tom hanks
STEVE SPIELBERG DIRECTS TOM HANKS IN 'BRIDGE OF SPIES'
year: 2015 director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Tom Hanks Cold War thrillers aren't always very thrilling, and mostly rely on mellow...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/17/2015 / No comments / bruce dern , casey kasem , drive-in , exploitation , pat priest , seventies
THE INCREDIBLE 2-HEADED TRANSPLANT
1971 camp value: ***1/2 The strangest thing about the THE INCREDIBLE 2-HEADED TRANSPLANT... overshadowed by the following year's bla...
MICHAEL FASSBENDER AS STEVE JOBS
year: 2015 director: Danny Boyle What could have been titled, YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO TALK RIGHT NOW? or CAN'T WE DISCUSS THIS LATER ON...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/16/2015 / 1 Comment / 2015 , horror
GUILLERMO DEL TORO DIRECTS CRIMSON PEAK
year: 2015 A classy stab at the Costume Period Piece Horror ala Hammer Films with a poisoned dash of Hitchcock's NOTORIOUS, Guillerm...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/15/2015 / No comments / 2015 , fantasy , garrett hedlund , hugh jackman , prequel , remake , rooney mara
A BELATED REVIEW OF PAN
year: 2015 A sort of PETER POTTER AND THE NEFARIOUS ORPHANAGE, with an impressive big budget fantastical aesthetic and evil nuns who run...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/11/2015 / No comments / anthony perkins , diana scarwid , franchise , henry thomas , horror , jeff fahey , robert loggia , sequel , suspense
SEQUELS OF PSYCHO WITH ANTHONY PERKINS AS NORMAN BATES
Anthony Perkins returns as Norman Bates from 1983-1990 On the new DVD/Blu Ray cover of Alfred Hitchcock's classic suspense thriller ...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/09/2015 / No comments / ben kingsley , biopic , caper , joseph gordon-levitt , robert zemeckis , sport , thriller
ROBERT ZEMECKIS DIRECTS THE WALK
year: 2015 There's a point in THE WALK, based on an autobiography turned into a popular documentary MAN ON WIRE about tight-rope ext...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/08/2015 / No comments / 2015 , disaster , emily watson , jake gyllenhaal , jason clarke , john hawkes , keira knightley , michael kelly , robin wright , sport , thriller
BELATED REVIEW OF EVEREST
year: 2015 Score: **1/2 With an exception of Jason Clarke as Rob Hall, who made climbing up Mount Everest a hardcore vacation trend for ...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/05/2015 / No comments / christopher mcdonald , crown international , eighties , haunted house , horror , joseph cotten , killer car , perry lang , suspense , thriller , trish van devere
TRISH VAN DEVERE LEADS 'THE HEARSE' WITH JOSEPH COTTEN
Before CHRISTINE, the nefarious element of a ghostly vehicle wreaking havoc occurred in this old style horror flick wherein THE HEARSE has...
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