Written by James M. Tate / 8/31/2017 / No comments / fifties , james cagney , sixties , vic morrow , warner archives , western
THE OTHER/FORGOTTEN WESTERNS OF JAMES CAGNEY
Release Year: 1955 Another "hanging without a trial" situation but, at first, Cagney and his brand new young partner, John Der...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/29/2017 / No comments / andrew dice clay , burt reynolds , cindy williams , comedy , howard stern , john byner , jonathan brandis , nineties , randy quaid , retrospective , rodney dangerfield , sidney j. furie , sport , vinessa shaw , zeroes
LAST STRETCH AND DECLINE OF RODNEY DANGERFIELD CINEMA
Twelve Year Decline of Rodney Dangerfield Movies from 1992 to 2004 Rodney Dangerfield was one of the most beloved comedic actors of all ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/24/2017 / No comments / gene roddenberry , john vernon , mike farrell , robert foxworth , robot , science-fiction , TV , warner archives
GENE RODDENBERRY SCI-FI 70'S PILOT OF 'THE QUESTOR TAPES'
We'll take this writeup's main picture literally YEAR: 1974 There are two trivia facts about another Gene Roddenberry science-fi...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/22/2017 / No comments / catherine bach , john saxon , reb brown , science-fiction , seventies , tv movie , warner archives
SCI-FI TV PILOT OF STRANGE NEW WORLD WITH JOHN SAXON
John Saxon, Kathleen Miller & Reb Brown YEAR: 1975 STRANGE NEW WORLD is a lot like Gene Roddenberry's PLANET EARTH also starrin...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/20/2017 / No comments / denise galik , eighties , faye grant , franchise , greta blackburn , jane badham , june chadwick , marc singer , michael ironside , mickey jones , miniseries , penelope windust , science-fiction
ORIGINAL 'V' MINISERIES WITH 'V: THE FINAL BATTLE' & TV SHOW
Reviews of V: THE ORIGINAL MINISERIES with THE FINAL BATTLE and the TV SERIES 1983-1985 V: THE ORIGINAL MINISERIES (1983): About every...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/19/2017 / No comments / comedy , eighties , frances raines , howard stern , jackie martling , neo noir , parody
FRANCES RAINES IS BEAUTIFUL IN 'RYDER P.I.' W/ HOWARD STERN
Frances Raines will be subject for other reviews YEAR: 1986 Suffering an awful weeklong cold when awful movies seem good, let's veer...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/14/2017 / No comments / 2017 , horror , new
BELATED WEEKEND REVIEW OF ANNABELLE: CREATION
Year Released: 2017 Combining horror sub-genres like Haunted House, Body Count and Demon Possession, ANNABELLE: CREATION is more exploit...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/09/2017 / No comments / adventure , amy schumer , buddy , comedy , goldie hawn , new , team-up
EXTREMELY BELATED REVIEW OF SNATCHED
YEAR: 2017 Here's a double-edged question: Is the first thirty-minutes of SNATCHED weak and flimsy because the characters end up goi...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/06/2017 / No comments / nineties , rob reiner
ROB REINER GOES NORTH W/ ONE OF THE WORST MOVIES EVER
YEAR RELEASED: 1994 Director Terry Gilliam's first directed feature outside the Monty Python spectrum is TIME BANDITS, where a lonel...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/05/2017 / No comments / fifties , film noir or melodrama , jean peters , richard kiley , richard widmark , samuel fuller
A BIG RED THREAT IN SAM FULLER'S 'PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET'
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
THURSDAY REVIEW OF STEPHEN KING'S THE DARK TOWER
Year Released: 2017 Stephen King is both a popular, highly successful, bestselling author, and at the same time has a cult following: Th...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/03/2017 / No comments / crime , david keith , heist , john hurt , kevin j. o'connor , lisa blount , matthew modine , neo noir , nineties
TITLES 'IF DOG RABBIT' AKA 'ONE LAST SCORE' AKA 'DOWN SOUTH'
Year Released: 1999 If a dog sees the rabbit, then there's no longer a reason to chase it. The secret's out. Or else, when he se...
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Robyn Hilton enters into an eclectic exploitation comedy career in Wonder Women circa 1973 As mentioned a few posts ago, ROBYN HILTON, b...
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year: 1978 cast: Allen Garfield, Leif Garrett, Kathleen Lloyd, Tony Alva, Pam Kenneally rating: ***1/2 Although promoted as a Leif Garr...
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Kari Michaelsen in Saturday the 14th year: 1982 In LOVE AT FIRST BITE, a popular comedy that took the vampire genre by satire, Richard ...
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Cornelia Sharpe in BUSTING Year: 1974 Rating: **** Starring Elliott Gould and Robert Blake as determined vice cops BUSTING hookers, makin...
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Mary-Louise Weller in NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE ANIMAL HOUSE, directed by John Landis and produced by Ivan Reitman, stars John Be...
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Kerri Green and John Candy in SUMMER RENTAL Year: 1985 John Candy, in his first leading role, plays a burnt-out air traffic controller ...
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Robyn Hilton on STARSKY AND HUTCH Model/Actress ROBYN HILTON played Mel Brook's secretary in BLAZING SADDLES and turns up in an epis...
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Robyn Hilton in Video Vixens the same year as Blazing Saddles: 1974 The Anthology of Comedic Parodies, already done in several Woody All...
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CADDDYSHACK is best known for the iconic leading actors: Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase, Ted Knight, and Bill Murray, but originally the ...
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Elizabeth James and Tom Laughlin on equal ground YEAR: 1967 THE BORN LOSERS wasn't supposed to happen but thank God it did since BIL...
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RALPH BAKSHI BLAXPLOITATION-ANIMATION OF 'COONSKIN'
Title: COONSKIN aka STREET FIGHT Director: Ralph Bakshi Year: 1975 Rating: **1/2 After HEAVY TRAFFIC where cult director Ralph Bakshi inser...