Written by James M. Tate / 6/28/2020 / No comments / dana andrews , drama , elizabeth taylor , fifties , melodrama , peter finch , romance
ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND DANA ANDREWS IN 'ELEPHANT WALK'

Poster artwork for ELEPHANT WALK Year: 1954 Elephants are beautiful, majestic, powerful and... potentially dangerous — not man-eaters b...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/24/2020 / No comments / alfred werker , caper , carla balenda , claude rains , dana andrews , espionage , fifties , ghost ship , mystery , race against time , steve forrest , suspense , thriller , war , world war II
ALFRED WERKER DIRECTS DANA ANDREWS IN 'SEALED CARGO'

Pirate-like poster art for SEALED CARGO Year: 1951 Rating: **** Alfred Werker's atmospheric SEALED CARGO initially plays like a Ghos...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/23/2020 / No comments / action , al lettieri , clu gulager , david huddleston , eddie albert , john wayne , neo noir , roger e. mosley , seventies
SOME JOHN WAYNE ACTION BEFORE IT'S COMPLETELY ILLEGAL

And pretty soon there will be no cops or guns so just watch McQ and remember when times were: 1973 REVIEW OF McQ : Sounding like an upbe...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/22/2020 / No comments / arthouse , bob rafelson , bruce dern , drama , ellen burstyn , indie , jack nicholson , scatman crothers , seventies
JACK NICHOLSON 'THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS' BRUCE DERN

Jack Nicholson in THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS Year: 1972 Who knows, maybe directors never really outgrow their primal, rudimentary, sym...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/21/2020 / No comments / action , adventure , creature , cult , dinosaur , fifties , science-fiction , shirley patterson , william alland , william reynolds
PRODUCER WILLIAM ALLAND PRESENTS 'THE LAND UNKNOWN'

Year of Capture and Release: 1957 Thinking it would be on par with the aesthetic value of BLACK LAGOON and REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, pro...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/17/2020 / No comments / alice faye , aloysio de oliveira , benny goodman , carmen miranda , charlotte greenwood , forties , musical
ALICE FAYE AND CARMEN MIRANDA IN 'THE GANG'S ALL HERE'

Carmen Miranda as Dorita in the giant fruit dance from THE GANG'S ALL HERE Year: 1943 Anything featuring Carmen Miranda is intere...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/15/2020 / No comments / based-on-play , christopher reeve , dyan cannon , eighties , homosexual , irene worth , michael caine , mystery , sidney lumet , thriller
MICHAEL CAINE & CHRISTOPHER REEVE PLAY IN 'DEATHTRAP'

Rubik's Cube Poster with Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve & Dyan Cannon in DEATH TRAP Year: 1982 Collected antique weapons hangi...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/14/2020 / No comments / 2019 , anna de armas , christopher plummer , daniel craig , don johnson , ensemble , jamie lee curtis , lakeith stanfield , michael shannon , mystery , new , politics , thriller
RIAN JOHNSON DIRECTS THE ENSEMBLE MYSTERY 'KNIVES OUT'

Lakeith Stanfield solo poster for KNIVES OUT Year: 2019 Rian Johnson must be seething that he didn't make the singular Spanish "...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/11/2020 / No comments / 2020 , action , adventure , delroy lindo , ensemble , history , jean reno , new , politics , spike lee , treasure , vietnam , war
DELROY LINDO STARS IN 'DA 5 BLOODS' DIRECTED BY SPIKE LEE

Photo of Delroy Lindo from More American Graffiti used here in Spike Lee's DA 5 BLOODS Year: 2020 As shown in an archive photo turni...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/10/2020 / No comments / article , civil war , clark gable , classic , epic , everett brown , hattie mcdaniel , history , leslie howard , olivia de havilland , thirties , vivian leigh
NOT A REVIEW BUT MORE A REMINDER OF 'GONE WITH THE WIND'

Gone with the Wind from 1939 The same industry that's still moaning about the 70-year-old Blacklist is now banning/blacklisting a cl...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/04/2020 / No comments / caper , cliff deyoung , dark comedy , drama , drugs , ed begley jr. , harry bellaver , harry northup , harvey keitel , heist , interview , paul schrader , richard pryor , seventies , union , yaphet kotto
QUICK REVIEW & YAPHET KOTTO REFLECTION OF 'BLUE COLLAR'

Yaphet Kotto with Richard Pryor and Harvey Keitel in Paul Schrader's BLUE COLLAR Year: 1978 Rating: **** "The whole thing,"...
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Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in GOODFELLAS The one thing GOODFELLAS had going that set it apart from all the inferior clones is Ray Liotta, the ...
