Written by James M. Tate / 12/30/2019 / No comments / action , cult , exploitation , fifties , jack arnold , mamie van doren , russ tamblyn , teen
RUSS TAMBLYN IN JACK ARNOLD'S 'HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL'

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Written by James M. Tate / 12/28/2019 / No comments / drama , fantasy , hilarie thompson , michele lee , pamela franklin , seventies , sue lyon , tribute , TV
LOVELY, LYRICAL, LILTING SUE LYON FANTASY MEMORIAL TRIBUTE

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ROGER CORMAN PRESENTS 'THE FANTASTIC FOUR' REBECCA STAAB

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Written by James M. Tate / 12/26/2019 / No comments / dudley moore , eighties , james coco , john ritter , laraine newman , parody , paul sand , religion , richard pryor , road movie , satire
CHRISTMAS GLANCE AT THE BIBLICAL SATIRE 'WHOLLY MOSES!'

John Ritter temping Dudley Moore on a WHOLLY MOSES! Lobby Card circa 1980 AD Similar to the following years' Mel Brooks Old Testamen...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/25/2019 / No comments / 2019 , christmas , holiday , tribute
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Personally, on a personal basis, this year, 2019, especially the last month, has been the very, very worst Holiday season in ages, maybe f...
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Written by James M. Tate / 12/19/2019 / No comments / action , adam driver , adventure , billy dee williams , carrie fisher , daisy ridley , fantasy , harrison ford , mark hamill , oscar issac , science-fiction , star wars
FINAL SKYWALKER SAGA 'STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER'

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Written by James M. Tate / 12/17/2019 / No comments / al lettieri , al pacino , anthony james , crime , exploitation , homosexual , list , mafia , richard burton , robert deman , roy scheider , seventies , sixties , steve mcqueen
SIX NON-STEREOTYPICAL GAY CHARACTERS IN 1970'S CRIME FILMS

Roy Scheider facing Lawrence Olivier, Marathon Man, 1976 Roy Scheider, Marathon Man : Gay characters from older movies... in this case w...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/16/2019 / No comments / action , adventure , depression-era , ernest borgnine , keith carradine , lee marvin , robert aldrich , seventies
LEE MARVIN & ERNEST BORGNINE IN 'EMPEROR OF THE NORTH'

Foreign Poster for EMPEROR OF THE NORTH Year: 1973 EMPEROR OF THE NORTH has us believe that, during the Depression when hobos made thei...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/15/2019 / No comments / 3D , action , adventure , andrea marcovicci , eighties , ernie hudson , exploitation , fantasy , harold ramis , ivan reitman , michael ironside , molly ringwald , peter strauss , science-fiction
EIGHTIES 3D 'SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE'

Molly Ringwald getting her mind sucked by the villain YEAR: 1983 One of those deliberate cult films without much of a following, shot ...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/14/2019 / No comments / action , adventure , caitlin clarke , cult , eighties , fantasy , peter macnichol
SMOKING HOT MALE FANTASY CAITLIN CLARKE IN 'DRAGONSLAYER'

Star Wars like Leia hair poster of DRAGONSLAYER Year: 1981 Rates: ** DRAGONSLAYER looks great but lacks overall magic — at the same time...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/13/2019 / No comments / comedy , drama , eighties , elya baskin , maria concheta alonso , robin williams
ROBIN WILLIAMS PLAYS RUSSIAN IN 'MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON'

Clevon Derricks, Robin Williams and Maria Concheta Alonso 1984 Plot centers on a Russian saxophonist, part of that dying country's c...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/08/2019 / No comments / 2019 , action , adventure , depression-era , gangster , kevin costner , netflix , new , road movie , thriller , william sadler , woody harrelson
KEVIN COSTNER & WOODY HARRELSON PLAY 'THE HIGHWAYMEN'

Kevin Costner as a straight-shooter in THE HIGHWAYMEN Year: 2019 Arthur Penn's BONNIE AND CLYDE hasn't really aged all that well...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/07/2019 / No comments / beach , body count , burt young , darrell fetty , eighties , horror , jaws-clone , john saxon , lena pousette , marianna hill , otis young , thriller
BEWARE OF 'BLOOD BEACH' W/ DARRELL FETTY & LENA POUSETTE

Darrell Fetty as Hoagy in BLOOD BEACH Year: 1980 BLOOD BEACH is an inspired, intentionally campy Jaws-clone that intentionally never rea...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/05/2019 / No comments / classic , clifton webb , cop , crime , dana andrews , film noir , forties , gene tierney , mystery , otto preminger , vincent price
GENE TIERNEY & DANA ANDREWS IN OTTO PREMINGER'S 'LAURA'

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Written by James M. Tate / 12/03/2019 / No comments / action , amy irving , bagful , brian de palma , comedy , eighties , fifties , horror , john milius , kirk douglas , kris kristofferson , nineties , sam peckinpah , seventies , thriller , tommy lee jones , zeroes
DECADE-SPANNING BLOODY BAGFUL OF ARCHIVE MOVIE REVIEWS

title: THE BETSY year: 1978 cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Lawrence Olivier, Kathleen Beller, Robert Duvall rating: **1/2 Like some...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/02/2019 / No comments / action , article , irvin kershner , james drury , mystery , nick adams , patricia medina , quentin tarantino , sixties , thriller , TV , western
HATEFUL SIX BEFORE THEY EIGHT 'THE REBEL' WITH NICK ADAMS

Nick Adams heads up THE REBEL television Western 1959-1961 It's usually fair game that homage-driven auteur Quentin Tarantino pays t...
Written by James M. Tate / 12/01/2019 / No comments / drama , harvey keitel , interview , paul schrader , richard pryor , seventies , yaphet kotto
YAPHET KOTTO ON THE 'DIRECTOR PROOF' SET OF 'BLUE COLLAR'

Yaphet Kotto and Harvey Keitel in BLUE COLLAR circa 1978 Paul Schrader's BLUE COLLAR is a really good film with a really great cast:...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/30/2019 / No comments / horror , interview , ridley scott , science-fiction , seventies , sigourney weaver , yaphet kotto
YAPHET KOTTO REFLECTS 'ALIEN' AND DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT

Yaphet Kotto serves up intensity as Parker in ALIENS circa 1979 "All of the scenes were challenging," said Yaphet Kotto in a C...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/28/2019 / No comments / action , ally sheedy , anita morris , brat pack , david caruso , eighties , judd nelson , neo noir , scott wilson , walter hill
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Walter Hill presents Judd Nelson in Blue City directed by Breakfast Club producer Michelle Manning 1986 This dark horse Brat Pack outing...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/27/2019 / No comments / 2019 , al pacino , biopic , drama , epic , joe pesci , martin scorsese , mob , robert deniro , thriller
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Written by James M. Tate / 11/25/2019 / No comments / action , bill mckinney , catherine bach , chase , clint eastwood , geoffrey lewis , george kennedy , heist , jack dodson , jeff bridges , june fairchild , michael cimino
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Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges as Thunderbolt and Lightfoot circa 1974 There's a quote in THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT, a movie about ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/24/2019 / No comments / controversial , drama , exploitation , homosexual , john flynn , john phillip law , ludmila mikaël , military , rod steiger , sixties
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