Written by James M. Tate / 5/29/2020 / No comments / 3D , adventure , byron haskin , import , joanne dru , mark stevens , neo noir , robert strauss , shark , sixties , treasure
MARK STEVENS & JOANNE DRU IN THE NEO NOIR 'SEPTEMBER STORM'

Pulpy poster featuring a lovely painted lovely actress Joanne Dru for SEPTEMBER STORM Year: 1960 Rating: *** Directed by underrated WAR ...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/28/2020 / No comments / crime , film noir or melodrama , james cagney , joan blondell , mob , romance , thirties , victor jory
JAMES CAGNEY HIDES OUT IN 'HE WAS HER MAN' W/ JOAN BLONDELL

Lobby Card for HE WAS HER MAN Year: 1934 James Cagney dime-novel-style programmer has his character Flicker Hayes, newly released from p...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/24/2020 / No comments / action , bel air productions , fifties , john russell , lisa davis , merry anders , penny edwards , sue george , western
PENNY EDWARDS IN 'THE DALTON GIRLS' WITH MERRY ANDERS

Penny Edwards (mother of actress Deborah Winters) and John Russell in THE DALTON GIRLS Year: 1957 Rating: **** Bel Air Productions' ...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/23/2020 / No comments / ava gardner , based-on-play , deborah kerr , drama , exploitation , grayson hall , john huston , mexico , richard burton , skip ward , sue lyon , tennessee williams
JOHN HUSTON DIRECTS SUE LYON IN 'THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA'

Skip Ward aka James Ward with Sue Lyon in THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA Year: 1964 Rating: *** "I'm sick of dark old churches... I li...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/22/2020 / No comments / british new wave , dark comedy , exploitation , james mason , jazz score , peter sellers , road movie , shelley winters , sixties , stanley kubrick , sue lyon
SUE LYON IN STANLEY KUBRICK'S 'LOLITA' WITH JAMES MASON

Sue Lyon as Lolita in Stanley Kubrick's classy classic exploitation of LOLITA Year: 1962 Between Stanley Kubrick's financial gig...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/21/2020 / No comments / alan parker , arthouse , buddy , coming-of-age , eighties , elizabeth whitcraft , matthew modine , nicolas cage , vietnam
NICOLAS CAGE & MATTHEW MODINE IN ALAN PARKER'S 'BIRDY'

Nicolas Cage looking a hybrid of middle eighties and early sixties in Alan Parker's BIRDY Year: 1984 Rating: **** Alan Parker was an...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/15/2020 / No comments / action , adventure , cliff osmond , cornel wilde , david canary , david gilliam , exploitation , homosexual , hostage , john neilson , nature , neo noir , seventies , shark , thriller , treasure , yaphet kotto
CORNEL WILDE & YAPHET KOTTO SEEK THE 'SHARKS' TREASURE'

There's not one bikini babe in all of SHARK'S TREASURE Year: 1975 Cornel Wilde's SHARKS' TREASURE, a Neo Noir in the Er...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/14/2020 / No comments / dan haggerty , deborah van valkenburgh , dennis hopper , drama , eighties , harry hamlin , joseph bottoms , lillian müller , race car
DEFINITIVE STREAMLINE REVIEW FOR 'KING OF THE MOUNTAIN'

Harry Hamlin feeling out an uneasy road in KING OF THE MOUNTAIN Year: 1981 Rates: ***1/2 As the obscure early-eighties action/melodrama ...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/13/2020 / No comments / elizabeth ashley , exploitation , geneviève bujold , horror , lois chiles , michael crichton , michael douglas , mystery , richard widmark , science-fiction , seventies , thriller , tom selleck
MICHAEL CRICHTON DIRECTS 'COMA' WITH MICHAEL DOUGLAS

Geneviève Bujold investigates in Michael Crichton's COMA Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2 The best damsels-in-distress are those tough cook...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/12/2020 / No comments / ann dusenberry , anthology , candy clark , christopher lloyd , comedy , diane lane , eighties , henry jaglom , peter riegert , quirky , richard widmark , robbie benson , robert culp , teresa ganzel
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S MOVIE MADNESS AKA GOES TO THE MOVIES

Ann Dusenberry in National Lampoon's Movie Madness aka Goes to the Movies Year: 1982 Rating: **1/2 As their second feature, trailing...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/10/2020 / No comments / arthur kennedy , counter-culture , deborah winters , michael douglas , peter strauss , rural , sixties
MICHAEL DOUGLAS SERVES 'HAIL, HERO!' WITH DEBORAH WINTERS

Poster showing Michael Douglas and Deborah Winters from HAIL, HERO! Year: 1969 Rating: *** In the beginning of Michael Douglas's car...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/09/2020 / No comments / antonio fargas , burt young , carmine caridi , college , drama , gambling , james caan , paul sorvino , seventies , thriller , vic tayback
JAMES CAAN BETTING ON 'THE GAMBLER' WITH CARMINE CARIDI

James Caan starring as Axel Freed in James Tolback's THE GAMBLER Year: 1974 Rating: *** In pop culture, before you had to "kno...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/08/2020 / No comments / 2019 , adam sandler , drama , gambling , new , suspense
ADAM SANDLER TAKES A SERIOUS GAMBLE WITH 'UNCUT GEMS'

A very loud Adam Sandler is louder than ever in UNCUT GEMS Year: 2019 A movie that literally begins deep inside Adam Sandler's ass (...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/07/2020 / No comments / ben gazzara , denholm elliott , drama , george lazenby , mafia , neo noir , peter bogdanovich , seventies , suspense
PETER BOGDANOVICH DIRECTS BEN GAZARRA AS 'SAINT JACK'

Hugh Hefner & Roger Corman present Peter Bogdanovich directing Ben Gazzara in SAINT JACK Year: 1979 Rating: **** SAINT JACK is the i...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/04/2020 / No comments / adaptation , article , barry nelson , danny lloyd , eighties , essay , horror , jack nicholson , joe turkel , philip stone , scatman crothers , shelley duvall , stanley kubrick , stephen king , thriller
ESSAY ARTICLE 'CRAZY FOR THE SHINING' DURING QUARANTINE

Article on the madness of King Jack Nicholson and Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING from 1980 Thanks to the famous imag...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/01/2020 / No comments / action , adventure , annie potts , brion james , car , cult , eugene roche , exploitation , kim milford , mark hamill , seventies , star wars , t.k. carter
MARK HAMILL RIDES THE DISCO CHROME OF 'CORVETTE SUMMER'

Mark Hamill searches close and narrow through Las Vegas during his CORVETTE SUMMER YEAR: 1978 Kenny Dantley, a naïve yet determined Cali...
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