Written by James M. Tate / 9/28/2016 / No comments / bob rafelson , eighties , jack nicholson , neo noir , nineties
JACK NICHOLSON & BOB RAFELSON NEO-NOIR TRIO

Jack Nicholson enters Atlantic City in our first Neo Noir outing In the late 60's, Jack Nicholson and director Bob Rarelson, when bo...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/26/2016 / No comments / clint eastwood , creature , fifties , hugh beaumont , jack arnold , john agar , science-fiction , william alland
ALLAND & AGAR DOUBLE: TARANTULA & THE 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
ARTHOUSE MELANCHOLY OF ANGELINA JOLIE'S BY THE SEA

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 , comedy , dennis christopher , eighties , karen kopins , reb brown , war , wayne crawford
WAYNE CRAWFORD DOUBLE: JAKE SPEED & WHITE GHOST

Wayne Crawford enters the scene of WHITE GHOST Writer, director, producer and actor Wayne Crawford is a household name... Granted, it wa...
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 / 9/17/2016 / No comments / dana andrews , disaster , kieron moore , sixties
DANA ANDREWS FROM 1965 TO 1966: MAD SCIENTIST DOUBLE

Dana Andrews in THE FROZEN DEAD and CRACK IN THE WORLD The ongoing Cult Film Freak retrospective continues with actor Dana Andrews , who...
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 , merry anders , richard devon
MERRY ANDERS CINEMA: ESCAPE FROM SAN QUENTIN

Richard Devon with Merry Anders YEAR: 1957 Continuing an ongoing Cinema of Merry Anders, an obscure actress from B-Crime flicks that ar...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/10/2016 / No comments / elizabeth taylor , seventies , warren beatty
LATTER LIZ CINEMA PRESENTS 'THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN'

Elizabeth Taylor faces Las Vegas by daylight YEAR: 1970 Director George Stevens was great at telling a relatively simple story in an epi...
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
HIRED DEVIL SHADE: FONDA OATES 1970'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 , dinosaur , fifties , science-fiction , william alland , william reynolds
UNKNOWN DEADLY: AN ALLAND ARCTIC DOUBLE CREATURE

The Deadly Mantis & The Land Unknown both released in 1957 Producer William Alland had an eclectic career: starting at the top, in w...
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