Written by James M. Tate / 5/29/2017 / No comments / action , dick wesson , fifties , frank lovejoy , john agar , war , warner archives
MEMORIAL DAY REVIEW OF 'BREAKTHROUGH' W/ JOHN AGAR

Warner Archives front and back of DVD Year: 1950 An unplanned writeup for Memorial Day since, as a collector of the Warner Archive DVDs,...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/27/2017 / No comments / fifties , frank lovejoy , gene nelson , melodrama , musical , patrice wymore , steve cochran , virginia mayo
COCHRAN HOLDS THE MAYO AGAIN IN 'SHE'S BACK ON BROADWAY'

Lobby Card with Virginia Mayo and legs YEAR: 1953 This is more than a review of the 1952 feel-good comedy loaded with as many hardships ...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/19/2017 / No comments / belinda balaski , bradford dillman , creature , heather menzies , horror , interview , joe dante , roger corman , seventies , suspense
ORIGINAL CORMAN CULT CLASSIC OF DANTE'S PIRANHA

Great Foreign Poster with the P of Piranha with Razor teeth YEAR: 1978 Joe Dante trusted me enough to listen and allow the freedom to w...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/17/2017 / No comments / c. thomas howell , charlie sheen , eighties , jennifer grey , john milius , kevin reynolds , lea thompson , patrick swayze , powers boothe , war , william smith
AN INTREPID JOHN MILIUS DUTIFULLY DIRECTS RED DAWN

On an Optimistic Note, He was Failing History YEAR: 1984 Two toughest kids on the block... I guess, sooner or later, they're gonna ...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/12/2017 / No comments / action , cult , dinosaur , exploitation , fifties , horror , irvin s. yeaworth jr. , jack harris , james congdon , jazz score , lee meriwether , robert fields , robert lansing , sixties , steve mcqueen , suspense , thriller
MIDNIGHT SPOOK OF THE ORIGINAL 'THE BLOB' W/ STEVE MCQUEEN

YEAR of The Blob: 1958 Make them listen to me. There is a monster! We saw it again at dad's store, and it's BIGGER now! Durin...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/09/2017 / No comments / body count , dark comedy , dennis christopher , eighties , exploitation , horror , linda kerridge , marcie barkin , mickey rourke , morgan paull , neo noir , tim thomerson
DENNIS CHRISTOPHER'S TOUR-DE-FORCE OF 'FADE TO BLACK'

Dennis Christopher in FADE TO BLACK Year: 1980 "That was a lot of fun and I got burnt by squibs, they’re called," is not a qu...
PAUL SCHRADER DIRECTS WILLEM DAFOE IN LIGHT SLEEPER

Susan Sarrandon and William Defore YEAR: 1992 I feel my life turning... All it needed was a direction Well Paul Schrader gave Willem D...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/08/2017 / No comments / cynthia preston , david hewlett , eighties , horror , jonathan banks , suspense , terry o'quinn
RUMMAGING THROUGH THE LOST CULT HORROR FLICK 'PIN'

Hereby one of our favorite horror starlets Cynthia Preston YEAR: 1988 Adding a layer to the otherwise cliché twisted persona so he'...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/07/2017 / No comments / charles bronson , prison , robert duvall , seventies
BRONSON & DUVALL STAR TOGETHER YET APART IN 'BREAKOUT'

Charles Bronson as Nick Colton in Breakout YEAR: 1975 The quick, violent, to-the-point prologue to the 1975 Tom Gries jailbreak flick is...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/05/2017 / No comments / charles boyer , epic , glenn ford , karlheinz böhm , lee j. cobb , melodrama , nazi , romance , sixties , war , warner archives , yvette mimieux
GLENN FORD IN 'THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE'

Poster Art Showing the title mares predicted in Revelations YEAR: 1962 This isn't a war picture but more of a thematic tale of how ...
WEEKEND REVIEW OF GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2

Return of The Guardians of the Galaxy Year: 2017 ...Instead playing out like an intricate, talky episode of the original Star Trek... ...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/04/2017 / No comments / aldo ray , charles bronson , fifties , jose ferrer , musical , rita hayworth , romance
RITA HAYWORTH & ALDO RAY IN 'MISS SADIE THOMPSON'

Charles Bronson looks over Rita Hayworth YEAR: 1954 While almost too old for this kind of sexually-driven role, she's actually the ...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/02/2017 / No comments / eighties , henry winkler , michael keaton , ron howard , shelley long
HENRY WINKLER & MICHAEL KEATON IN NIGHT SHIFT

Night Shift YEAR RELEASED: 1982 As a director, Ron Howard got his groove before realizing he really had it. Then he became more confiden...
STEVE COCHRAN VS LEO GORDON IN 'QUANTRILL'S RAIDERS'

Steve Cochran tries not romancing the Diane Brewster YEAR: 1958 Cult Film Freak's two favorite actors are, in order, Dana Andrews an...
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