Written by James M. Tate / 9/30/2018 / No comments / crime , don siegel , drama , fifties , john cassavetes , mark rydell , teen
JOHN CASSAVETES IN 'DEVIL'S ANGELS' & 'CRIME IN THE STREETS'

Year: 1956 Rating: *1/2 CRIME IN THE STREETS : If REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE met WEST SIDE STORY at a carnival where all the rides were broke...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/29/2018 / No comments / bel air productions , film noir or melodrama , jazz score , john bromfield , julie london , kathleen hughes , marla english , mystery , sara shane , thriller , wrong man
JOHN BROMFIELD BEL-AIR PRODUCTIONS NOIR DOUBLE FEATURE

Crime Against Joe and Three Bad Sisters from the YEAR: 1956 "Say, Joe, park the hot rod in the hanger, wontcha," says John Bro...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/26/2018 / No comments / brian dennehy , prequel , seventies , tom berenger , western , william katt
BLAZING THROUGH 'BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS'

Butch & Sundance The Early Days Year Released: 1979 For those not diehard BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID fanatics, this preque...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/25/2018 / No comments / body count , elke sommer , exploitation , frank ashmore , horror , leslie parrish , robert foxworth , science-fiction , seventies , stefanie powers , sue lyon , supernatural
SUE LYON TAKES A LOW-BUDGET BATH IN 'THE ASTRAL FACTOR'

Frank Ashmore kills Sue Lyon in THE ASTRAL FACTOR Year: 1977 One of those bad movies that isn't so bad since it tries to be so many ...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/24/2018 / No comments / body count , eighties , exploitation , horror , indie , lawrence tierney , melanie verlin , occult , rural , slasher
LAWRENCE TIERNEY CINEMA 'MIDNIGHT' WITH MELANIE VERLIN

Melanie Verlin rides a groovy van to hillbilly hell YEAR: 1982 A teenage girl runs away from home, and with good reason: Her alcoholic c...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/18/2018 / No comments / ben gazzara , drama , gena rowlands , independent , joan blondell , john cassavetes , laura johnson , paul stewart , seventies
LAURA JOHNSON HAUNTS GENA ROWLANDS IN 'OPENING NIGHT'

year: 1977 pictured here is haunting beauty Laura Johnson Not only centering on an actress portrayed by director John Cassevete's w...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/16/2018 / No comments / action , disaster , faye dunaway , gregory sierra , irwin allen , john guillermin , mike lookinland , o.j. simpson , paul newman , robert vaughn , seventies , steve mcqueen , susan flannery , william holden
STEVE MCQUEEN FIRES PAUL NEWMAN IN 'THE TOWERING INFERNO'

Steve McQueen w/ Don Gordon & Paul Newman YEAR: 1974 THE TOWERING INFERNO stars Paul Newman and Steve McQueen… actually vice versa...
JAMES CAGNEY & VIRGINIA BRUCE SPAR IN 'WINNER TAKE ALL'

Year of Release: 1932 Director: Roy Del Ruth Definitely one of the oddest boxing movies ever made, and the first time in James Cagney...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/12/2018 / No comments / adventure , drama , indie , jack donner , jazz score , linda scott , mark stevens , neo noir , shark , sixties , thriller
ACTOR/DIRECTOR MARK STEVENS 'ESCAPE FROM HELL ISLAND'

FROM HELL ISLAND" year: 1963 There's filmmaking, and then there are films that somehow get made but that still don't seem l...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/09/2018 / No comments / action , alexander knox , andre de toth , anne neyland , fifties , film noir or melodrama , jazz score , john payne , mystery , thriller
JOHN PAYNE AND ANNE NEYLAND DENMARK NOIR OF 'HIDDEN FEAR'

HIDDEN FEAR from 1957 Rates: **** There's something extremely rotten in Denmark, and as a Late Film Noir, it's actually a few r...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/07/2018 / No comments / burt reynolds , darren mcgavin , fifties , tribute , TV
BURT REYNOLDS 'RIVERBOAT' COMMAND & EXTERNAL TRIBUTE

Burt Reynolds in RIVERBOAT season one circa 1959 The late Burt Reynolds held a fine line between movie star and cult actor: Before he ...
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Poster art for Pickup Alley Year: 1957 Rating: **** Sometimes those late 1950's anti-drug, jazz-soaked neo noirs feature shaky method ac...
