Written by James M. Tate / 11/25/2020 / No comments / bob newhart , comedy , dick van dyke , exploitation , jean stapleton , norman lear , parody , paul benedict , pippa scott , seventies , sixties , vincent gardenia
SERVING NORMAN LEAR'S 'COLD TURKEY' FOR THANKSGIVING
Dick Van Dyke preaches in Norman Lear's COLD TURKEY Year: 1971 Rating: **1/2 While Halloween and Christmas themes/names are easy to find...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/23/2020 / No comments / cult , donald sutherland , exploitation , hilary mason , horror , julie christie , massimo serato , mystery , nicolas roeg , renato scarpa , seventies
DONALD SUTHERLAND & JULIE CHRISTIE IN 'DON'T LOOK NOW'

Julie Christie in Don't Look Now 1973 Rates: ***12 Never let your young daughter play outside, around water... and if she plays with dol...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/15/2020 / No comments / ben cross , dan curtis , franchise , horror , joanna going , joseph gordon-levitt , nineties , roy thinnes , TV , vampire
JOANNA GOING AND REBECCA STAAB IN A NEWER 'DARK SHADOWS'

Joanna Going in Dark Shadows Year: 1991 Rating: ***1/2 Dan Curtis turned his daytime soap DARK SHADOWS into a nighttime soap/miniseries that...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/14/2020 / No comments / anton diffring , body count , british , circus , donald pleasence , erika remberg , exploitation , horror , sixties , thriller , yvonne romain
ANTON DIFFRING WITH ERIKA REMBERG IN 'CIRCUS OF HORRORS'

title: Circus of Horrors Year: 1960 rating: **** Anton Diffring's England-exiled German plastic surgeon character Dr. Schuler is really ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/10/2020 / No comments / bette davis , exploitation , haunted house , horror , seventies , sian barbara allen , ted bessell , tovah feldshuh , tv movie
SIAN BARBARA ALLEN IN THE TV-HORROR 'SCREAM, PRETTY PEGGY'
Year: 1973 Rates: ***1/2 Sian Barbara Allen is one of those artsy-looking actresses that could only derive from the 1970's: A round-face...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/09/2020 / No comments / adrienne barbeau , eighties , george buck flower , ghost ship , horror , james canning , jamie lee curtis , janet leigh , john carpenter , john houseman , nancy loomis , thriller , tom atkins
JOHN CARPENTER'S UNDERRATED GHOST STORY OF 'THE FOG'

The Fog autographed DVD Year: 1980 Depending how you look at it, John Carpenter's THE FOG is a zombie flick since the titular weather-pa...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/08/2020 / No comments / bert i. gordon , cult , exploitation , fifties , horror , john agar , john hoyt , june kenney , ken miller , science-fiction
JOHN AGAR AND JUNE KENNEY IN 'ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE'

Attack of the Puppet People Year: 1958 Rates: **** A better-suited title for ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE would be A CASE OF DOLLS, and liter...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/07/2020 / No comments / action , gene nelson , jerry summers , joanna barnes , kent taylor , maury dexter , russ bender , western
MAURY DEXTER WESTERN 'THE PURPLE HILLS' WITH KENT TAYLOR

The Purple Hills Year: 1961 Rating: ***1/2 Another Maury Dexter Western following WALK TALL that Kent Taylor played a character that tries c...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/06/2020 / No comments / alan arkin , alex rocco , comedy , drama , exploitation , harry dean stanton , mackenzie phillips , road movie , sally kellerman , seventies
MACKENZIE PHILLIPS DRIVES 'RAFFERTY AND THE GOLD DUST TWINS'

Charles Martin Smith & Mack Phillips Year: 1975 Rates: ***1/2 Combine the personalities of Sally Kellerman and Mackenzie Phillips... one...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/04/2020 / No comments / action , ben johnson , cop , crime , eighties , eli wallach , kathryn harrold , steve mcqueen , tribute
STEVE MCQUEEN'S FINAL LIFETIME BOUNTY FOR 'THE HUNTER'

Debbie Miller & Steve McQueen Year: 1980 Rates: ***1/2 Steve McQueen began his career as a bounty hunter on TV's WANTED: DEAD OR ALI...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/03/2020 / No comments / action , al bright , al lettieri , ali macgraw , ben johnson , bo hopkins , crime , exploitation , heist , modern western , road movie , sally struthers , sam peckinpah , steve mcqueen
STEVE MCQUEEN LITERALLY STEALS SAM PECKINPAH'S 'THE GETAWAY'

Ali McGraw & Steve McQueen Year: 1972 Rating: **** The machine-pounding prologue/montage of Sam Peckinpah's THE GETAWAY embodies cag...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/02/2020 / No comments / action , classic , cop , crime , cult , don gordon , jacqueline bisset , peter yates , robert vaughn , simon oakland , sixties , steve mcqueen , thriller
PETER YATES GIVES MORE THAN CHASE IN THE CLASSIC 'BULLITT'

Steve McQueen in BULLITT Year: 1968 Rates: ***** The iconic car chase is the only thing that seems to matter in BULLITT, and not just for th...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/01/2020 / No comments / alex rocco , crime , heist , neo noir , peter boyle , peter yates , richard jordan , robert mitchum , seventies , steven keats
PETER YATES' NEO NOIR THRILLER 'THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE'

Steven Keats in Eddie Coyle Year: 1973 ****1/2 The miracle of Peter Yates's Crime Thriller THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE is how interesting...
BEFORE MAKING A BULLITT PETER YATES STAGED THIS 'ROBBERY'

Title: ROBBERY Director: Peter Yates Star: Stanley Baker Year: 1967 Rating: ****1/2 Best known as the obscure crime film that gave English d...
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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 ...
