Written by James M. Tate / 8/31/2017 / No comments / fifties , james cagney , sixties , vic morrow , warner archives , western
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Written by James M. Tate / 8/24/2017 / No comments / gene roddenberry , john vernon , mike farrell , robert foxworth , robot , science-fiction , TV , warner archives
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Written by James M. Tate / 8/20/2017 / No comments / eighties , faye grant , franchise , jane badham , june chadwick , marc singer , michael ironside , mickey jones , miniseries , science-fiction
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Written by James M. Tate / 8/19/2017 / No comments / comedy , eighties , frances raines , howard stern , jackie martling , neo noir , parody
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Written by James M. Tate / 8/14/2017 / No comments / 2017 , horror , new
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Written by James M. Tate / 8/12/2017 / No comments / british film noir/melodrama , cornel wilde , ida lupino , richard widmark
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Written by James M. Tate / 8/09/2017 / No comments / adventure , amy schumer , buddy , comedy , goldie hawn , new , team-up
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Written by James M. Tate / 8/07/2017 / No comments / danny aielo , jeff daniels , mia farrow , woody allen
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Written by James M. Tate / 8/06/2017 / No comments / nineties , rob reiner
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Written by James M. Tate / 8/05/2017 / No comments / fifties , film noir or melodrama , jean peters , richard kiley , richard widmark , samuel fuller
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YEAR RELEASED: 1953 PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET is arguably Samuel Fuller's best movie... surpassing even his most famous, THE BIG RED ON...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/04/2017 / No comments / 2017 , fantasy , matthew mcconaughey , new , stephen king
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