Written by James M. Tate / 7/31/2016 / No comments / charlton heston , dana andrews , disaster , efrem zimbalist jr. , erik estrada , franchise , george kennedy , gloria swanson , karen black , linda blair , nancy olson , norman fell , sequel
DANA ANDREWS CAUSES THE MAIN CRASH IN 'AIRPORT 1975'

Dana Andrews has a sky-high problem in Airport 1975 Like ZERO HOUR! and unlike AIRPLANE!, things are dead serious but so corny they...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/30/2016 / No comments / bert freed , british film noir/melodrama , cop , dana andrews , fifties , gary merill , gene tierney , karl malden , otto preminger , suspense
ANDREWS, TIERNEY & PREMINGER 'WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS'

Dana and Gene a third time YEAR: 1950 A sort of Film Noir in reverse as a downright bad and brutal cop does something accidental and pre...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/28/2016 / No comments / clifton webb , dana andrews , film noir or melodrama , forties , gene tierney , otto preminger , vincent price
Written by James M. Tate / 7/27/2016 / No comments / dana andrews , exploitation , forties , jeanne crain , road movie , romance , sixties
ANDREWS & CRAIN DOUBLE: HOT RODS TO STATE FAIR HELL

Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain 1967 Not a stranger double-feature you'll find, so just relax and unwind... First a 1945 trip to the S...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/25/2016 / No comments / action , don red barry , hanna landy , harry lauter , heist , joe patridge , sixties , thriller , western
Written by James M. Tate / 7/23/2016 / No comments / everette sloane , film noir or melodrama , forties , glenn anders , orson welles , rita hayworth , ted decorsia
ORSON WELLES CINEMA PRESENTS 'THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI'

Poster of THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI Year Released: 1947 Another potentially great Orson Welles post-CITIZEN KANE motion picture: a flawed y...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/22/2016 / No comments / booth coleman , crime , floyd crosby , garth benton , heist , jazz score , ken scott , maury dexter , merry anders , neo noir , russ bender , sixties
MAURY DEXTER'S HEIST FLICK 'RAIDERS FROM BENEATH THE SEA'

Year of Release and Capture of Raiders: 1964 A cross between beatnik frantic-bongo jazz and a ball game organist grinding between inning...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/21/2016 / No comments / 2016 , franchise , science-fiction
A THURSDAY NIGHT REVIEW OF STAR TREK BEYOND

Year: 2016 Cast: Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg If anyone else was a bit... taken out of the far future of the STAR ...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/20/2016 / No comments / dalton trumbo , fifties , film noir or melodrama , john garfield , shelley winters
JOHN GARFIELD'S FINAL BOW IN 'HE RAN ALL THE WAY'

Kino Blu Ray Cover MOVIE RELEASED: 1951 The death of John Garfield, especially for rabid fans of Film Noir, is that of a martyr; if ever...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/18/2016 / No comments / carol lynley , claude akins , dan curtis , darren mcgavin , gumshoe , horror , jazz score , jordan rhodes , kent smith , larry linville , neo noir , ralph meeker , seventies , simon oakland
KOLCHAK VS 'THE NIGHT STALKER' & 'THE NIGHT STRANGLER'

Reviews of NIGHT STALKER & STRANGLER Years: 1972-73 Darren McGavin's Kolchak is a throwback in an era that at this point is a th...
DAN DURYEA AND JAYNE MANSFIELD STEAL 'THE BURGLAR'

Dan Duryea breaks in in THE BURGLAR Year: 1957 Dan Duryea is Nat Harbin, a man with a mission… but first there’s inspiration. The film b...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/16/2016 / No comments / creature , dinosaur , irvin s. yeaworth jr. , jack h. harris , sixties
JACK H. HARRIS & IRVIN S. YEAWORTH JR. PRESENT 'DINOSAURUS!'

DINOSAURUS battles a tractor in this obscure cult flick from 1960 Every cult sleeper phenom is eventually considered a classic; even tho...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/14/2016 / No comments / 2016 , bill murray , comedy , franchise , kristin wiig , melissa mccarthy , paul feig , reboot
FEMALE REBOOT OF GHOSTBUSTERS

Year: 2016 When word hit the streets Bill Murray would provide a cameo, the anticipated GHOSTBUSTERS reboot, with dolls instead of guys,...
LOVELY MERRY ANDERS GETS ENTRANCED BY 'THE HYPNOTIC EYE'

Lovely dame Merry Anders being levitated YEAR: 1960 How a Horror or Suspense film is catapulted from a prologue is extremely important –...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/11/2016 / No comments / film noir or melodrama , gumshoe , kim tracy , mickey spillane , shirley eaton , sixties
MICKEY SPILLANE WIELDS HIS OWN HAMMER IN 'THE GIRL HUNTERS'

Mickey Spillane as his creation in THE GIRL HUNTERS It's not just how an actor delivers a line, but how they actually sit and/or sta...
MARQUEE SPOTTING: CROWN AFFAIR ON DRAGNET

Marquee of THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR on DRAGNET 1970 What we call Pop Culture Contraband is the art of spotting either movie marquees or ...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/08/2016 / No comments / fifties , film noir or melodrama , forties
DOUBLE NOIR VEHICLE OF 'THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT' & 'ROADBLOCK'

Roadblock YEAR: 1951 ROADBLOCK : Charles McGraw usually plays a cop with a gritty, no-nonsense, straitlaced exterior. That's the r...
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CHARLES BRONSON & ROBERT DUVALL BAND APART FOR 'BREAKOUT'
Charles Bronson in BREAKOUT Year: 1975 Rates: ***1/2 The violent prologue of the 1975 Tom Gries jailbreak flick is so Sam Peckinpah you cou...
