Written by James M. Tate / 9/28/2016 / No comments / bob rafelson , eighties , ellen burstyn , jack nicholson , jennifer lopez , jessica lange , julia anne robinson , michael caine , neo noir , nineties , remake , scatman crothers , seventies , shark , thriller
JACK NICHOLSON & BOB RAFELSON NEO-NOIR TRIPLE FEATURE

Jack Nicholson unhitches The Postman Always Rings Twice In the late 60's, Jack Nicholson and director Bob Rarelson, when both were r...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/26/2016 / No comments / clint eastwood , creature , fifties , hugh beaumont , jack arnold , john agar , leo g. carroll , mara corday , nestor paiva , science-fiction , spiders , william alland
AGAR & ALLAND DOUBLE FEATURES 'TARANTULA' & 'MOLE PEOPLE'

The man who shoots the TARANTULA is pictured below YEAR: 1955 TARANTULA : The now obsolete special-effects method of superimposing insec...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/24/2016 / No comments / 2016 , angelina jolie , brad pitt , neo noir , romance
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in BY THE SEA Year: 2015 Those who haven't yet experienced BY THE SEA are probably wondering, Is It Rea...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/22/2016 / No comments / action , adventure , comedy , dennis christopher , eighties , karen kopins , wayne crawford
WAYNE CRAWFORD IS 'JAKE SPEED' ALSO STARRING KAREN KOPINS

Wayne Crawford & Karen Kopins in JAKE SPEED Year: 1986 The plot of ROMANCING THE STONE involves a mousy female Romance/Adventure Wes...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/19/2016 / No comments / bob dylan , eighties , ensemble , gang , james remar , lauren holly , laurence fishburn , military , stephen lang , teen
STEPHEN LANG DIRTIES-UP THE NEON-80'S IN BAND OF THE HAND

Neat Opening Credit Title Card for BAND OF THE HAND Year: 1986 Stephen Lang, the nefarious military man from AVATAR currently spooking a...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/15/2016 / No comments / 2016 , exploitation , horror , jane levy , stephen lang , suspense
BELATED NEW HORROR FLICK REVIEW OF: DON'T BREATHE

Jane Levy on the DON'T BREATHE Poster YEAR: 2016 "An impressive performance or achievement that has been accomplished or manage...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/13/2016 / No comments / fifties , film noir or melodrama , fred f. sears , merry anders , richard devon
MERRY ANDERS 'ESCAPE FROM SAN QUENTIN' W/ RICHARD DEVON

Richard Devon with Merry Anders YEAR: 1957 Continuing an ongoing Cinema of Merry Anders, a beautiful actress from B-Crime flicks that a...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/10/2016 / No comments / charles braswell , elizabeth taylor , exploitation , gambling , george stevens , jazz score , las vegas , romance , seventies , warren beatty
ELIZABETH TAYLOR 'THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN' WARREN BEATTY

Warren Beatty & Elizabeth Taylor on wide poster Director George Stevens was great at telling a relatively simple story in an epic, g...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/09/2016 / No comments / blaxploitation , exploitation , ken norton , seventies , slave , warren oates , yaphet kotto
KEN NORTON BEATS 'MANDINGO' WITH HIS OWN 'DRUM'

Part of a nifty Asian poster for Steve Carver's DRUM Year: 1976 It would take a miracle to erase the glorious cinematic exploitation...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/08/2016 / No comments / 2016 , matthew modine , netflix , science-fiction , supernatural , thriller , winona ryder
BACK TO THE RADICAL EIGHTIES WITH STRANGER THINGS

The Magical 80's Aura Owns STRANGER THINGS Year: 2016 It's been since LOST that a show used a particularly jolting, ominous soun...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/07/2016 / No comments / neo noir , peter fonda , seventies , warren oates , western
RIDE THE HIRED DEVIL SHADE: FONDA OATES 70'S TRIPLE FEATURE

Peter Fonda & Warren Oates Cinematic Trilogy On the heels of the EASY RIDER phenomenon, the times that were a'changing had chang...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/05/2016 / No comments / anthony mann , arthur kennedy , james stewart , western
LAST STAND OF STEWART & MANN WITH THE MAN FROM LARAMIE

James Stewart in Anthony MANN FROM LARAMIE Year: 1955 Going backwards in the next few month's ongoing tribute to actor James Stewart...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/02/2016 / No comments / comedy , eighties , gene wilder , prison , richard pryor , teamup
GENE WILDER & RICHARD PRYOR BREAKOUT IN STIR CRAZY

Richard Pryor & Gene Wilder in STIR CRAZYear: 1980 The Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor collaboration was supposed to have begun a few ...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/01/2016 / No comments / creature , fifties , science-fiction , william alland , william hopper
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