Written by James M. Tate / 12/29/2017 / No comments / creature , dirk benedict , exploitation , heather menzies , horror , richard b. schull , seventies , strother martin
STROTHER MARTIN, DIRK BENEDICT, HEATHER MENZIES IN 'SSSSSSS'

Year: 1973 Score: ****1/2 Rest In Peace: Heather Menzies-Urich "At first we were all petrified," recalls SSSSSSS ingenue Heath...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/28/2017 / No comments / heather menzies , interview
COMPLETE INTERVIEW W/ ECLECTIC ACTRESS HEATHER MENZIES

Heather on VEGAS Heather Menzies (the widow of Robert Urich, who went by Heather Menzies-Urich until her recent death) was a child actre...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/27/2017 / No comments / comedy , drama , dwight frye , james cagney , musical , philip ahn , thirties , william frawley
JAMES CAGNEY GRAND NATIONAL PICTURES DOUBLE FEATURE

James Cagney with a prissy Dwight Frye YEAR: 1937 SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT : The better of the two and the last picture Cagney did with ...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/23/2017 / No comments / biopic , deborah goodrich , drama , eighties , emily longstreth , exploitation , frederic forrest , george grizzard , harry northup , m. emmett walsh , made-for-TV , mark harmon , true crime
MARK HARMON AS TED BUNDY IN 'THE DELIBERATE STRANGER'

Starr Andreeff bikes to doom in The Deliberate Stranger YEAR: 1986 INTRO ON JAMES DOBSON: Skip to the third paragraph to avoid this pre-...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/22/2017 / No comments / 2017 , alexander payne , matt damon , new
'DOWNSIZING' IRONICALLY ENLARGES AN OBVIOUS AGENDA

Year Released: 2017 Since The Environment is so important — and supposedly right at the tipping point for the world's demise... why...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/15/2017 / No comments / 2017 , adam driver , carrie fisher , daisy ridley , fantasy , franchise , jj abrams , mark hamill , new , oscar issac , rian johnson , science-fiction , sequel , star wars
FLY CASUAL W/ 'STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI' AKA 'STAR WARS VII'

Why not make use of the little big cards given out for fanatics who bought the earliest tickets available YEAR: 2017 Since J.J. Abrams...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/13/2017 / No comments / 2017 , bio , comedy , james franco , new
DAVE & JAMES FRANCO JOIN FORCES FOR 'THE DISASTER ARTIST'

James Franco hits the "Hi Mark" in The Disaster Artist YEAR: 2017 Tommy Wisseau is a strange guy made niche-famous by a strang...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/09/2017 / No comments / eric kilpatrick , ken howard , seventies , thomas carter , tribute , TV
SAD DEMISE OF CURTIS JACKSON ON 'THE WHITE SHADOW'

Unusually hatless, Eric Kilpatrick's Jackson lies beside his signature shades and a broken bottle with blood red white... Growing up...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/04/2017 / No comments / anthony mingbella , gwyneth paltrow , jazz score , jude law , matt damon , neo noir , nineties
MATT DAMON & JUDE LAW IN 'THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY'

Vintage cover of the Patricia Highsmitch novel It's rare that a "modern" American remake of a New Wave French film would b...
DOUBLE REVIEW OLD & NEW OF DISNEY'S SWORD IN THE STONE

First Summary Short review of THE SWORD IN THE STONE from an old archived short version writeup: Disney Score: *** This has as much to d...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/29/2017 / No comments / beach , cult , eighties , gerry lopez , gregory harrison , hawaii , john philbin , laird hamilton , matt adler , nia peeples , randal kleiser , sport
SURFING THE EIGHTIES CAMP CULT SANCTITY OF 'NORTH SHORE'

Splash of total 1980's splashy font for NORTH SHORE At the time of its release, the Randall Kleiser produced NORTH SHORE seemed like...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/27/2017 / No comments / anna nygh , denholm elliott , dennis waterman , exploitation , john thaw , ken hutchison , seventies , susan valentine
KEN HUTCHISON CINEMA PRESENTS 'SWEENEY 2' W/ 'SWEENEY!'

King of the 70's Obscure Cinema Shotgun is Ken Hutchison The last few years provided Cult Film Freak new favorite actors including T...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/20/2017 / No comments / cameo , harrison ford , sixties , sport , TV
PRE-FAME CAMEO OF HARRISON FORD 'ROUTE 66' FROM 1962

Harrison Ford as a surfer goon on Route 66 Harrison Ford "Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma?" facing George Maharis With the u...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/19/2017 / No comments / 2016 , cable , eighties , sean s. cunningham , tribute , william katt
IF THE CULT HORROR 'HOUSE' INSPIRED 'THE WALKING DEAD'

The powerful "Witch" creature in the horror comedy flick HOUSE that possibly inspired... Sans the lipstick and blouse colo...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/18/2017 / No comments / adventure , bo hopkins , claude akins , exploitation , horror , italian-import , john huston , ovidio g. assonitis , seventies , shelley winters , sherry buchanan , stelvio cipriani
BO HOPKINS IN THE ITALIAN-IMPORT TERROR OF 'TENTACLES'

Year of Release: 1977 aka Tentacoli The haunting techno keyboard riff by one of Quentin Tarantino's long list of sampled bits of sou...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/14/2017 / No comments / cameo , claude akins , frank converse , samuel l. jackson , seventies
PRE FAME CAMEO OF SAMUEL L. JACKSON 'MOVIN' ON' CIRCA 1976

Samuel L. Jackson Movin' On Samuel L. Jackson as a Trooper on a 1976 show about Truckers Movin' On Samuel L. Jackson rousts Cl...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/10/2017 / No comments / crime , exploitation , independent , richard egan , rick jason , sean mcclory , seventies , thriller
BARK ALL 'DAY OF THE WOLVES' LITTLE DOGGIE

Screen Capture from the opening of the 1974 exploitation cult thriller DAY OF THE WOLVES For fans of RESERVOIR DOGS or any kind of Film...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/09/2017 / No comments / 2017 , comedy , mark wahlberg , mel gibson , team-up , will ferrell
THURSDAY REVIEW OF DADDY'S HOME 2

Year: 2007 Ironic that the Godfather of Once Popular Actors Shunned From Hollywood Literally Overnight , Mel Gibson, peaks his head ou...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/07/2017 / No comments / cindy williams , penny marshall , photobreak , seventies , TV
ORIGINAL 'LAVERNE & SHIRLEY' OPENING TITLE CREDIT

Original Credits for Laverne and Shirley CREDIT SPOTTING : The LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY opening credits began showing their last names as we...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/06/2017 / No comments / adventure , agatha christie , i.s. johar , jack warden , john guillermin , jon finch , lois chiles , maggie smith , mia farrow , mystery , peter ustinov , simon maccorkindale , suspense
LOIS CHILES DEADLINES AGATHA CHRISTIE'S 'DEATH ON THE NILE'

Lois Chiles must die for a DEATH ON THE NILE Year: 1978 DEATH ON THE NILE, directed by the underrated John Guillermin, who surprisingly ...
CHARACTER-ACTOR TURNED LEADING MAN YET STILL MYSTERIOUS CHARACTER KEVIN SPACEY TO BE DIGITALLY ERASED FROM SEASONS ONE TO FIVE OF HOUSE OF CARDS

Kevin Spacey on House of Cards This blog is rarely if ever used for blogging. It just has to be said how hilarious the media is taking t...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/04/2017 / No comments / adam baldwin , bully , chris makepeace , eighties , high school , jennifer beals , martin mull , matt dillon , ruth gordon , teen
BEFORE BULLYING WAS A CRIME THERE WAS 'MY BODYGUARD'

Matt Dillon & future Flashdance Jennifer Beals YEAR: 1980 A classy teenage high school bully movie opening with what sounds like a c...
REBLOGGED REVIEWS OF THOR ONE & THE DARK WORLD

Going Backwards here are THOR 3 in theaters here's going back to the reviews of One and Two now found only here... THOR 2: THE DARK...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/02/2017 / No comments / 2017 , chris hemsworth , comic book , jeff goldblum , marvel , new
THURSDAY NIGHT REVIEW OF THOR: RAGNAROK

Thor only looks serious YEAR OF RELEASE: 2017 The latest THOR is spontaneous and freewheeling, especially while on a planet straight o...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/01/2017 / No comments / david peel , hammer films , horror , peter cushing , sixties , vampire , yvonne monlaur
HAMMER FILMS PRESENTS 'THE BRIDES OF DRACULA'

David Peel & Yvonne Monlaur in The Brides of Dracula Year: 1960 Following Hammer Films' Victorian-Gothic breakthrough HORROR OF ...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/31/2017 / No comments / amanda bearse , eighties , horror , roddy mcdowall
THE ORIGINAL 'FRIGHT NIGHT' FOR HALLOWEEN

Year of Release: 1985 Horror flicks haven't always balanced comedy and thrills, although since this particular combination goes with...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/28/2017 / No comments / 2017 , crime , michael fassbender , mystery , new , thriller , val kilmer
MICHAEL FASSBENDER IS AN AGENT ON ICE IN THE SNOWMAN

Year Released: 2017 You know the tune, that Video killed the radio star... And Cable television is strangling Theatrical Releases, and i...
GEORGE CLOONEY DIRECTS MATT DAMON IN SUBURBICON

YEAR OF RELEASE: 2017 It may have seemed logical before, but now there's genuine proof that a Coen Brothers movie has to be both wri...