Written by James M. Tate / 6/30/2016 / No comments / 2016 , action , christoph waltz , franchise , margot robie , samuel l. jackson
TARZAN BEGINS AGAIN IN THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

Sam Jackson watches Tarzan run, and run some more Edgar Rice Burroughs' second TARZAN novel was THE RETURN OF TARZAN, and while this...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/28/2016 / No comments / fifties , film noir or melodrama , irvin kershner , jonathan haze , steven marlo
IRVIN KERSHNER DIRECTS STAKEOUT ON DOPE STREET

Year: 1958 Cast: Steven Marlo, Jonathan Haze By the time George Lucas went to USC Film School, one of his favorite teachers, Irvin Kersh...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/26/2016 / No comments / art evans , clu gulager , david bowie , don siegel , eighties , jeff goldblum , john landis , michelle pfeiffer , neo noir , rick baker
STAYING AWAKE FOR THE JOHN LANDIS NOIR INTO THE NIGHT

Clu Gulager's take on things Ed Okin, our hero/pawn in the John Landis Neo Noir INTO THE NIGHT, works as an Aeronautical Engineer, w...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/25/2016 / No comments / broderick crawford , charles bronson , fifties , film noir or melodrama , jay c. flippen , lon chaney jr. , prison , ralph meeker
REVERSE NOIR OF VIOLENT PRISON FLICK BIG HOUSE U.S.A.

Poster Image for BIG HOUSE USA A strange, investigative, manipulative, adventurous sort of crime prison flick begins at a rural setting ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/23/2016 / No comments / burt lancaster , john frankenheimer , prison , sixties , telly savalas
BURT LANCASTER IN BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ

Twilight Time Blu Ray YEAR: 1962 It's impossible to know the truth, the real truth, about something, or in this case, someone who ga...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/21/2016 / No comments / alfred hitchcock , film noir , forties , priscilla lane , robert cummings , suspense
PRISCILLA LANE DOUBLE & LAWRENCE TIERNEY CINEMA

Title: SABOTEUR Year: 1942 In keeping with our LAWRENCE TIERNEY CINEMA posts, covering anything either starring or featuring the gruff N...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/19/2016 / No comments / adventure , film noir or melodrama , forties , lawrence tierney
LAWRENCE TIERNEY CINEMA: KILL OR BE KILLED

A primal adventure with shades of Film Noir and DILLINGER himself, born to survive Year: 1950 What a b-picture. The epitome of a program...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/18/2016 / No comments / cop , drug culture , film noir , harry morgan , heather menzies , jack webb , sixties
JACK WEBB IN DRAGNET 1967: EISENHOWER ON ACID

Jack Webb & Harry Morgan drive into a "future" where they just don't fit This continuation of the famous 1950's Fi...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/17/2016 / No comments / lance guest , lorraine gary , mario van peebles , michael caine , sequel , shark , suspense , thriller
BITING INTO THE BLASPHEMY OF JAWS THE REVENGE

Well it is terrific artwork, mom taking the harpoon and the lead If you don't count CADDYSHACK II – the fourth JAWS, tag-titled THE ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/16/2016 / No comments / fifties , film noir or melodrama , gangster , james cagney , william frawley
JAMES CAGNEY FILM NOIR: KISS TOMMORROW GOODBYE

James Cagney's true b-movie Film Noir YEAR: 1950 After the peak of James Cagney crime cinema, wildly popular during the programmers ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/15/2016 / No comments / 2016 , franchise , hugh jackman , jennifer lawrence
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE FEATURING HUGH JACKMAN

THE X-MEN MUPPET BABY FILMS SUSTAIN BREEZILY Year: 2016 The vessel has gone full circle. Not only do we begin with a mutant in a public ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/14/2016 / No comments / photobreak
JUXTAPOSED CINEMA: NEEDLE IN THE GRADUATE

Twilight Time Blu Ray A little of what we call a PHOTOBREAK from the routine of reviews, interviews and essays, here are two pictu...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/13/2016 / No comments / cameron mitchell , fifties , film noir , mexico , richard widmark , susan hayward , treasure , western
COOPER & WIDMARK RIDE IN GARDEN OF EVIL

Gorgeous wideshot of Hayward and Cooper YEAR: 1954 A year before GARDEN OF EVIL, an adventurous Cowboy Film Noir taking place in Mexic...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/12/2016 / No comments / fifties , james cagney , list , seventies , thirties
CFF 2016-2017 FAVORITE MOVIE LIST

LIST FOR THIS YEAR First thing to know is this FAVORITE MOVIE LIST isn't the same as BEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME or even FAVORITE MOV...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/11/2016 / No comments / biopic , david carradine , hal ashby , seventies
RAMBLIN' THROUGH DAVID CARRADINE IN BOUND FOR GLORY

Beautiful Twilight Time Blu Ray for BOUND Movie Year: 1976 John Carradine, father of David, Keith and Robert, is best known for co-starr...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/09/2016 / No comments / fifties , jazz score , scott brady , TV , western
SCOTT BRADY JAZZES WILD WEST TV ON SHOTGUN SLADE

Year: 1950 Show Title: SHOTGUN SLADE Starring: Scott Brady Having been visiting several obscure TV Westerns, including one that's a ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/07/2016 / No comments / alan bates , bob hoskins , malcolm mcdowell , oliver reed , seventies , time period
MALCOLM MCDOWELL STARS IN ROYAL FLASH

Twilight Time Blu Ray for ROYAL FLASH Year: 1975 The Legendary Stanley Kubrick stated there were only three actors he hardly had to gi...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/05/2016 / No comments / body count , dan shor , diana scarwid , eighties , horror , louise fletcher , marc mcclure , michael murphy , paul lemat , science-fiction , scott brady , slasher
STRANGE ON STRANGE DOUBLE: BEHAVIOR & INVADERS

A Look at Strange Invaders & Dead Kids YEARS: 1981-1983 "Do you feel like going to the gym or working out?" young SUPERMAN...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/04/2016 / No comments / bill murray , dan aykroyd , eighties
A SEMI NOSTALGIC REVIEW OF GHOSTBUSTERS II

Working On The Old Familiar Sign "One day," says Ernie Hudson's fourth Ghostbuster, Winston, in GHOSTBUSTERS 2, "thes...
THE TIMELESS IMPRESSION OF GHOSTBUSTERS

THE TIMELESS ORIGINAL CIRCA 1984 John Winger, Bill Murray’s lovable loser in the boot camp comedy STRIPES, the second of three collabora...
RYAN O'NEAL & BRUCE DERN IN WALTER HILL'S THE DRIVER

RYAN O'NEAL IS THE DRIVER Year: 1976 Literally an action vehicle, but not entirely, Walter Hill's THE DRIVER is more a meticul...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/02/2016 / No comments / adventure , ernest borgnine , keith carradine , lee marvin , robert aldrich , seventies , sid haig
MARVIN & BORGNINE IN EMPEROR OF THE NORTH

Lee Marvin vs Robert Carradine, kind of, in a Robert Alrich action flick Arguably, director Robert Aldrich turned in his best work over ...
CHEVY CHASE AND MADOLYN SMITH IN FUNNY FARM

The Dog gets a bone in George Roy Hill's Swan Song FUNNY FARM At first viewing, FUNNY FARM, on the heels of Chevy Chase's best p...
REVIEW OF ME BEFORE YOU STARRING EMILIA CLARKE

Year: 2016 A hybrid of EDUCATING RITA, in which a short, spunky, awkward working class girl perks up the life of a stuffy, brainy and co...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/01/2016 / No comments / beau bridges , gothic , horror , james mason , robert preston , seventies , suspense , thriller
CHARACTER-DRIVEN TRINITY OF THE 1972 'CHILD'S PLAY'

Beau Bridges and Robert Preston look on an injured bullied student in the 1972 subtle chiller CHILD'S PLAY Year: 1972 Before every h...
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year: 1978 cast: Allen Garfield, Leif Garrett, Kathleen Lloyd, Tony Alva, Pam Kenneally rating: ***1/2 Although promoted as a Leif Garre...
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Mary-Louise Weller in NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE ANIMAL HOUSE, directed by John Landis and produced by Ivan Reitman, stars John...
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Robyn Hilton on STARSKY AND HUTCH Model/Actress ROBYN HILTON played Mel Brook's secretary in BLAZING SADDLES and turns up in an epis...
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Robyn Hilton enters into an eclectic exploitation comedy career in Wonder Women circa 1973 As mentioned a few posts ago, ROBYN HILTON, b...
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WILLIAM SMITH AS FALCONETTI ON RICH MAN POOR MAN The baddest of all TV bad guys… Matt Dillon’s character in BEAUTIFUL GIRLS calls Antho...
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year: 1972 rating: *** Some of the best elements of hijacking, plane crashing, ship sinking, building burning or any other disaster type...
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Ron Ely in the pulpy adventure of Doc Savage YEAR: 1976 Just when you thought you'd seen everything, up comes something you missed b...
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Kristine Debell as A.L. from MEATBALLS In MEATBALLS, actress KRISTINE DeBELL played a camp counselor in a classic movie that's liv...
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year: 1981 cast: Olivia Barash, Matthew Laborteaux, Michael Landon, Royal Dano rating: ****1/2 Don’t let the flowery title fool you: LIT...
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Hilton serves Hinton in Andy Sidaris's MALIBU EXPRESS Year: 1985 By the mid-Eighties, the sex-exploitation genre had moved from driv...
