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'

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Written by James M. Tate / 12/28/2017 / No comments / heather menzies , interview
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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

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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
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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'

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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...
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