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 / 5/21/2020 / 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 / 5/14/2020 / 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 / 5/08/2020 / 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 / 5/01/2020 / 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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VICTOR MATURE AND TREVOR HOWARD BATTLE IN 'PICKUP ALLEY'
Poster art for Pickup Alley Year: 1957 Rating: **** Sometimes those late 1950's anti-drug, jazz-soaked neo noirs feature shaky method ac...
