Written by James M. Tate / 10/31/2020 / No comments / arnold schwarzenegger , crime , cult , david arkin , elliott gould , gumshoe , mark rydell , mystery , neo noir , robert altman , seventies , thriller
ELLIOTT GOULD & STERLING HAYDEN DRINK TO 'THE LONG GOODBYE'

Sterling Hayden as Roger Wade Year: 1973 Rating: ***** Although Sterling Hayden's semi-senile has-been writer never says anything as cra...
SEAN CONNERY IN JOHN BOORMAN'S EXPERIMENTAL 'ZARDOZ'

Sean Connery as Zed in ZARDOZ Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2 After scoring big with DELIVERANCE, adventurous and intrepid director John Boorman w...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/30/2020 / No comments / action , adventure , everette sloane , film noir or melodrama , forties , glenn anders , orson welles , rita hayworth , ted decorsia , thriller
ORSON WELLES DIRECTS AND STARS IN 'THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI'

Glenn Anders & Orson Welles Year: 1947 Rating: **** THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI is famous for the house-of-mirrors ending, but there are som...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/29/2020 / No comments / ann lynn , british new wave , comedy , david hemmings , drama , ensemble , jane merrow , john alderton , melodrama , michael winner , oliver reed , sixties
OLIVER REED IN MICHAEL WINNER'S BRIT NEW WAVE 'THE SYSTEM'

Title: The System Year: 1964 Rates: ****1/2 THE GIRL-GETTERS is really THE SYSTEM as the other title makes little sense — although the Briti...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/26/2020 / No comments / action , body count , crime , don siegel , drugs , eli wallach , fifties , film noir or melodrama , richard jaekal , robert keith , TV adaptation
DON SIEGEL'S THEATRICAL 'THE LINEUP' STARRING ELI WALLACH

Eli Wallach and Robert Baily Year: 1958 Rating: ****1/2 Brazen and bizarre crime flick beginning with a police investigation of what turns o...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/17/2020 / No comments / 3D , adventure , fifties , melodrama , rhonda fleming , robert ryan , survival , thriller , tribute , william lundigan
QUEEN OF TECHNICOLOR RHONDA FLEMING GOES 3D FOR 'INFERNO'

Poster for Ronda Fleming INFERNO Year: 1953 Rating: *** Robert Ryan could be difficult to root for since he played contentedly bitter types ...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/16/2020 / No comments / cult , fifties , film noir or melodrama , regis toomey , rhonda fleming , thriller , william conrad , william powell
REST IN PEACE TO RHONDA FLEMING FROM THE NOIR 'CRY DANGER'

William Powell & Rhonda Fleming 1951 Rates: ***1/2 The recently-departed Queen of Technicolor Rhonda Fleming also reigned in a few B&...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/13/2020 / No comments / action , british , british neo noir , british tv , buddy , cop , crime , dennis waterman , heist , john thaw , myra francis , robert swann , seventies , suspense , tv series
JOHN THAW DIGS MYRA FRANCIS ON 'THE SWEENEY: COUNTRY BOY'

Myra Francis on The Sweeney Year: 1975 Grade: A THE SWEENEY: COUNTRY BOY has our own London boys joined by a well-dressed/well-educated tech...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/12/2020 / No comments / anthony mann , british neo noir , espionage , laurence harvey , lionel stander , mia farrow , sixties , spy , suspense , thriller , tom courtenay
LAURENCE HARVEY VS TOM COURTENAY FOR 'A DANDY IN ASPIC'

Blu Cover for Dandy Year: 1968 Rates: ***1/2 "I do believe that you two would have got on well together," Tom Courtenay as a stuff...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/08/2020 / No comments / brit ekland , british , comedy , french , heist , peter sellers , sixties , victor mature
PETER SELLERS, BRITT EKLAND & VICTOR MATURE 'AFTER THE FOX'

Britt Ekland in AFTER THE FOX Year: 1966 Rates: **1/2 Victor Mature plays an aged, has-been actor who spends so much time bickering with age...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/07/2020 / No comments / dinah manoff , edward van halen , eighties , exploitation , gambling , melodrama , michael brandon , TV , tv movie , valerie bertinelli
YOUNG MARRIEDS EDDIE & VALERIE BET 'THE SEDUCTION OF GINA'

Valerie Bertinelli as GINA Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 It was love and marriage that prompted premiere rock god Eddie Van Halen to score this ...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/06/2020 / No comments / edward van halen , eighties , memorial , music , seventies , tribute , van halen
AND GOD RESTED: A RAMBLING FAREWELL TO EDDIE VAN HALEN

Faded memory of two long-haired kids riding a BMX bike... The one on the handlebars holds a ghetto blaster as they're leaving the high s...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/04/2020 / No comments / barry stokes , british , exploitation , glory annen , horror , indie , lesbian , norman j. warren , rural , sally faulkner , science-fiction , seventies , thriller
BRITISH WEREWOLF FROM OUTER SPACE HORROR FLICK 'PREY'

Title: PREY Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2 A shape-shifting space alien takes the form of a handsome young man on Earth and, after violently doin...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/03/2020 / No comments / ann lynn , british , cult , dionne inman , eighties , exploitation , haunted house , horror , horror anthology , kim thomson , robin baily , vincent russo
LOW BUDGET BRITISH ANTHOLOGY HORROR FLICK 'SCREAMTIME'

Dione Inman in SCREAMTIME Year: 1983 Rating: ***1/2 "They're British," says New York lowlife Vincent Russo after stealing thre...
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