Written by James M. Tate / 5/31/2018 / No comments / david keith , dennis hopper , drew barrymore , horror , malcolm mcdowell , mark l. lester , miniseries , science-fiction , sequel , TV , zeroes
DOUBLE 'FIRESTARTER' FEATURE W/ ORIGINAL AND 'REKINDLED'

Heather Locklear and Drew Barrymore YEAR: 1984 FIRESTARTER : During what looks like a five-dollar opening credit sequence, the synth s...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/29/2018 / No comments / elmore leonard , lee grant , leigh taylor-young , neo noir , robert webber , ryan o'neal , sixties , van heflin
RYAN O'NEAL IN 'THE BIG BOUNCE' WITH LEIGH TAYLOR-YOUNG

The full-lipped Theron/Jolie of her time, only better YEAR: 1969 If there's ever been a movie ruined by a soundtrack, it's THE B...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/28/2018 / No comments / liam neeson , nineties , ralph fiennes , steven spielberg , war
FOUR PARAGRAPHS ON THE EPIC CLASSIC OF 'SCHINDLER'S LIST'

Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth in Schindler's List YEAR: 1993 Especially before it gets really moving and downright tear-jerking, parti...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/26/2018 / No comments / carol lombard , carole lombard , comedy , ernst lubitsch , forties , jack benny , robert stack , sig ruman , war , world war II
CAROLE LOMBARD WITH JACK BENNY IN 'TO BE OR NOT TO BE'

Title: TO BE OR NOT TO BE Year: 1942 Ernst Lubitsch takes a complicated plot and with an easygoing acting style of the performers unde...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/24/2018 / No comments / 2018 , action , adventure , alden ehrenreich , donald glover , emilia clarke , fantasy , franchise , new , ron howard , science-fiction , star wars , woody harrelson
THURSDAY NIGHT REVIEW OF 'SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY'

Year of Release: 2018 About as intense as watching someone play a video game, or playing one you've already mastered... As is alr...
ARCHIVE SUMMARY REVIEW FOR 'RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK'

Raiders of the Lost Ark YEAR: 1981 ***** Epic celebration of serial pulp adventures, George Lucas (and Philip Kaufman) created Indiana Jon...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/23/2018 / No comments / book review , fantasy , science-fiction , seventies , star wars
ARCHIVE REVIEW OF HAN SOLO AT STARS' END BY BRIAN DALEY

HAN SOLO AT STARS' END review archived from 2008 After STAR WARS came out, kids wanted everything to do with the characters, even f...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/18/2018 / No comments / al rubin , dennis burkley , harrison ford , henry winkler , john cassavetes , road movie , sally field , seventies , val avery , vietnam
HENRY WINKLER & SALLY FIELD IN 'HEROES' WITH HARRISON FORD

Title: HEROES Year: 1977 Rating: *** Wanna see Henry Winkler beat up a barroom full of bikers without the use of his magical leather jacket...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/16/2018 / No comments / debra winger , drama , eighties , john mahoney , ted levine , tom berenger
TOM BERENGER & DEBRA WINGER IN 'BETRAYED' WITH TED LEVINE

Tom Beranger and his dog Ronnie in Betrayed YEAR: 1988 A highly entertaining, thoroughly enjoyable film about an FBI agent, played by ...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/15/2018 / No comments / anne bancroft , comedy , mel brooks , nazi , remake , tim matheson , world war II
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Mel Brooks makes a Bust of Hitler SCORE: **1/2 Year: 1982 Starts out decently enough, and surprisingly different for Mel Brooks to dire...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/14/2018 / No comments / action , eighties , gary busey , william smith
GARY BUSEY TAKES FULL EIGHTIES CHARGE IN 'BULLETPROOF'

Year of Release: 1988 Bulletproof Gary Busey Rating: *** Guns blasting, buildings exploding, cars crashing, and that's just the fir...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/11/2018 / No comments / andra evans , cop , dominique dunne , eighties , erik estrada , larry wilcox , TV
ERIK ESTRADA GOES (FOR) BROKE IN THE FINAL 'CHIPS' SEASON

Tom Reilly gets the first Season 6 episode named for him 10/10/1982 No one wants to remember Tom Reilly on CHIPS. He was the blond-hai...
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