Written by James M. Tate / 11/28/2018 / No comments / action , body count , cult , drive-in , drugs , exploitation , killer car , marley shelton , quentin tarantino , rosario dawson , rose mcgowen , sydney poitier , thriller , vanessa ferlito , zeroes , zoë bell
VANESSA FERLITO ENHANCES QT'S EXPLOITATION 'DEATH PROOF'

Foreboding perspective of Tarantino's DEATH PROOF Year: 2005 Like there are two movies in GRINDHOUSE, there are also two in the seco...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/26/2018 / No comments / chris penn , comedy , edward van halen , eighties , eric stoltz , hart bochner , ilan-mitchell smith , jenny wright , lea thompson , rick moranis , teen
CAMERON CROWE IGNITES MORE HIGH TIMES W/ 'THE WILD LIFE'

Ilan-Mitchell Smith in The Wild Life YEAR: 1984 THE WILD LIFE, an underrated and unappreciated for being relatively obscure and unknown ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/25/2018 / No comments / art garfunkel , cop , crime , denholm elliott , eighties , harvey keitel , neo noir , nicolas roeg , theresa russell , thriller
NICOLAS ROEG CHEATING DEATH IN VIENNA WITH 'BAD TIMING'

Theresa Russell playing a color test book in BAD TIMING From slap-happy, smitten Film Noir jerks onward, the cinematic equivalent of a g...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/21/2018 / No comments / body count , creature , cult , donna locke , eighties , horror , indie , leilani sarelle , marta kober , monster , slasher , thriller
DONNA LOCKE BATTLES 'NEON MANIACS' W/ LEILANI SARELLE

Surfer Fangforth & Tribal Birdspear in NEON MANIACS year: 1986 Right when you think the low budget 1986 horror flick NEON MANIACS is...
GEORGE HARDY OF 'TROLL 2' CULT LEGACY IN 'TEXAS COTTON'

Tiffany Shepis & George Hardy stalk Texas Cotton YEAR: 2018 A kind of CHINATOWN on sleeping pills, and taking place in the Lone Star...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/19/2018 / No comments / drama , exploitation , jack nicholson , jazz score , race car , sixties , teen
RACING THROUGH EARLY JACK NICHOLSON 'THE WILD RIDE'

A young Jack Nicholson in THE WILD RIDE Year: 1960 Before the term "Speed Kills" referred to drugs it was for souped-up fast c...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/18/2018 / No comments / action , biker , bob tessier , counter-culture , elizabeth james , exploitation , jack starrett , jeff cooper , jeremy slate , kung fu , sixties , tom laughlin , william wellman
TOM LAUGHLIN'S FIRST & BEST BILLY JACK 'THE BORN LOSERS'

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...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/16/2018 / No comments / 2018 , action , anthology , coen brothers , grace lesueur , james franco , liam neeson , netflix , new , stephen root , tom waits , western
COENS' WESTERN ANTHOLOGY 'THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS'

Year of Release: 2018 A more fitting title for The Coen Brothers' Western Anthology THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS would be Six Ways ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/13/2018 / No comments / 2018 , biopic , music , new , rami malek
RAMBLING FACT-CHECKING REVIEW OF 'BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY'

Gwilym Lee looks more the part than Rami Malek attempts it Year: 2018 Hardcore QUEEN fans might get frustrated, or perhaps just confused...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/11/2018 / No comments / bully , drama , eighties , eric stoltz , high school , james spader , john philbin , lori loughlin , paige price , sean s. cunningham , teen , tom atkins
SEAN S. CUNNINGHAM'S 'THE NEW KIDS' WITH LORI LOUGHLIN

Lori Loughlin & Shannon Presby are The New Kids YEAR: 1985 Sean S. Cunningham's THE NEW KIDS is a different kind of high school ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/07/2018 / No comments / disaster , ensemble , jack warden , michael caine , peter boyle , sally field , sequel , shirley jones , telly savalas , veronica hamell
CAINE VERSES SAVALAS IN 'BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE'

Villains of Beyond The Poseidon Adventure While not as bad a sequel as you might have been led to believe, BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/04/2018 / No comments / 2018 , counter culture , drama , gary graver , new , norman foster , oja kodar , orson welles , peter bogdanovich , pseudo documentary , seventies , susan strasberg
ORSON WELLES LONG-AWAITED 'THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND'

Oda Kodar and Robert Random in the film's film YEARS: 1972-2018 The anticipated Orson Welles film THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND is two ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/02/2018 / No comments / action , carolyn brandt , cult , exploitation , gary kent , gumshoe , independent , neo noir , ray dennis steckler , sixties , thriller
GARY KENT IN RAY STECKLER'S 'BODY FEVER' AKA 'SUPERCOOL'

Ray Dennis Steckler and Gary Kent fight in Super Cool YEAR: 1969 Film Noir/Gumshoe/Private Eye films have a main character wandering (an...
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