Written by James M. Tate / 3/07/2021 / No comments / action , christopher lee , espionage , geoffrey toone , hammer films , milton reid , sixties , yvonne monlaur
CHRISTOPHER LEE IN HAMMER FILMS 'THE TERROR OF THE TONGS'

Poster for Hammer's TERROR OF THE TONGS with Christopher Lee Year: 1961 Geoffrey Toone, as the hero in Hammer's THE TERROR OF THE TO...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/05/2021 / No comments / body count , david peel , dracula , exploitation , franchise , hammer films , horror , peter cushing , sixties , thriller , vampire , yvonne monlaur
DAVID PEEL & PETER CUSHING IN HAMMER'S 'THE BRIDES OF DRACULA'

Brides of Dracula Year: 1960 Rating: ***1/2 A young, blond-haired, pretty boy Hammer DRACULA works since David Peel has such little screen-t...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/04/2021 / No comments / british new wave , diana dors , exploitation , fifties , film noir or melodrama , george brent , hammer films , hammer noir , jeffrey hart , marguerite chapman
DIANA DORS IN THE HAMMER FILMS FILM-NOIR 'MAN BAIT'

year: 1952 cast: Diana Dors, George Brent rating: ***1/2 With blonde beauty Diana Dors’ full-full lips, any expression wields a pout. And it...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/03/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , bryan forbes , burt kwouk , edwina carroll , fifties , gordon jackson , guy rolfe , hammer films , leo mckern , philip ahn , stanley baker , val guest , war
STANLEY BAKER IN HAMMER'S WAR DRAMA 'YESTERDAY'S ENEMY

Stanley Baker in Edwina Carroll Year: 1959 Rates: **** This Hammer WWII b-movie was originally a stage-play, and with the contained setting ...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/02/2021 / No comments / body count , christopher lee , creature , eddie byrne , fifties , hammer films , horror , monster , peter cushing , terence fisher , universal monster
PETER CUSHING LIMPING THROUGH HAMMER'S 'THE MUMMY'

Title: The Mummy Year: 1961 Rating: **1/2 The greatest HAMMER director Terence Fisher's third of four Universal Classic Monster remakes,...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/01/2021 / No comments / anthony davion , hammer films , horror , janette scott , liliane brousse , oliver reed , sixties , suspense , thriller
OLIVER REED IN HAMMER FILMS 'PARANOIAC' WITH JANETTE SCOTT

Poster for PARANOIAC Year: 1963 Rating: **** If Terence Fisher was the Universal Classic Monsters version of England's HAMMER FILMS, viv...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/27/2021 / No comments / billie whitelaw , british , british neo noir , british new wave , crime , fifties , hazel court , jail break , lee patterson , peter graham scott , terence alexander , thriller , william lucas
HAMMER CONNECTED DIRECTOR & ACTRESS MAKE A 'BREAKOUT'

Hazel Court in BREAKOUT Year: 1959 Rates: *** Yet another cautious, severely unpretentious British heist flick where tight calculation and t...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/26/2021 / No comments / body count , gillian hills , gothic , hammer films , horror , patrick magee , seventies , thriller , virginia wetherell
GILLIAN HILLS STARRING IN HAMMER'S 'DEMONS OF THE MIND'

Gillian Hills in Demons of the Mind Year: 1972 Rates: ** It was inevitable to become a disappointing spooky-titled horror flick since DEMONS...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/17/2021 / No comments / british film noir/melodrama , caper , diana dors , fifties , gene anderson , patrick allen , victor mature
VICTOR MATURE AND DIANA DORS TRUCKING IN 'THE LONG HAUL'

Title: THE LONG HAUL Year: 1957 Rating: ***1/2 What begins as a kind of lightweight HELL DRIVERS with token yankee Victor Mature joining a b...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/16/2021 / No comments / british , british new noir , british new wave , christina gregg , christopher plummer , crime , interview , jess conrad , lance comfort , mel ferrer , race car , robert urquhart , roger moore , sixties , william campbell
MODEL ACTRESS: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTINA GREGG

William Campbell & Christina Gregg in The Young Racers Christina Gregg turned up in a handful of British movies and television shows fro...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/10/2021 / No comments / body count , british neo noir , british new wave , christina gregg , crime , julie shearing , sixties
CHRISTINA GREGG PLAYS VICTIM FOR THE 'COVER GIRL KILLER'

Christina Gregg faces death in THE COVER GIRL KILLER Year: 1959 Rating: ** Any chance to see model-turned-actress Christina Gregg is worthwh...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/09/2021 / No comments / british neo noir , british new wave , christina gregg , crime , heist , sixties
BRITISH STARLET CHRISTINA GREGG RUNS AWAY WITH 'RAG DOLL'

Christina Gregg in RAG DOLL Year: 1961 Rates: *** A cinematic dream come true for fans of Christina Gregg — the incredibly beautiful British...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/08/2021 / No comments / action , british neo noir , british new wave , christina gregg , eddie byrne , gene anderson , lance comfort , robert urquhart , sixties , thriller , tony britton , william lucas
LANCE COMFORT MAKES 'THE BREAK' WITH CHRISTINA GREGG

Christina Gregg & William Lucas THE BREAK Year: 1962 The same year British beauty Christina Gregg played a schoolgirl told DON'T...
CHRISTINA GREGG MAILING IN A STRANGE 'FATE TAKES A HAND'

Christina Gregg & Ronald Howard Year: 1961 Rates: *** This British hour-long b-movie feels like a reality-TV pilot with Christina Gregg,...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/07/2021 / No comments / british , british neo noir , british new wave , jacqueline ellis , john carson , melodrama , suspense
JACQUELINE ELLIS IN 'ACCIDENTAL DEATH' WITH JOHN CARSON

title: Accidental Death Year: 1963 Rating: ***1/2 Resembling a pretty young school teacher who "doesn't look like the teachers I ha...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/05/2021 / No comments / british , british neo noir , british new wave , christina gregg , con man , drama , gordon jackson , lisa daniely , melodrama , mystery , sixties , world war II
BRITISH BEAUTY CHRISTINA GREGG IN 'TWO WIVES AT ONE WEDDING'

Christina Gregg in Two Wives Year: 1961 Rating: ** Watching TWO WIVES AT ONE WEDDING strictly for the presence of British model/actress Chri...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/03/2021 / No comments / canadian , céline lomez , christopher plummer , elliott gould , heist , john candy , seventies , susannah york , thriller
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER & ELLIOTT GOULD IN 'THE SILENT PARTNER'

Christopher Plummer in The Silent Partner Year: 1978 An almost perfect vehicle for the recently-departed legendary actor Christopher Plummer...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/02/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , fifties , harry lauter , horror , joyce holden , rural , science-fiction , steven ritch
STEVEN RITCH MAKES A MELANCHOLY CREATURE IN 'THE WEREWOLF'

Poster for THE WEREWOLF Year: 1956 Rating: **** Lon Chaney Jr. was the most famous movie werewolf, David Naughton the best, and Steven Ritch...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/01/2021 / No comments / aldo ray , charles bronson , drama , fifties , jose ferrer , melodrama , military , religion , rita hayworth , romance , rudy bond
RITA HAYWORTH IS 'MISS SADIE THOMPSON' W/ CHARLES BRONSON

Charles Bronson and Henry Slate Year: 1953 Rates: *** 1/2 This adaptation of Somerset Maugham's sordid tale about an alluring woman who ...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/31/2021 / No comments / beverly garland , bill elliott , cop , fifties , film noir or melodrama , helene stanton , hubert cornfield , mystery , thriller , tom drake , wrong man
HUBERT CORNFIELD'S FILM NOIR PROGRAMMER 'SUDDEN DANGER'

Title: Sudden Danger Year: 1955 Rating: ***1/2 All of Film Noir turned Neo Noir director Hubert Cornfield's thrillers start out with an ...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/30/2021 / No comments / action , elisha cook jr. , fifties , film noir or melodrama , gene raymond , heist , hubert cornfield , jeanne cooper , nora hayden , road movie , steven ritch , thriller , wayne morris
HUBERT CORNFIELD'S TRUCKER HEIST FILM NOIR 'PLUNDER ROAD'

Title: PLUNDER ROAD Year: 1957 Rating: **** Like ODD MAN OUT, director Hubert Cornfield's PLUNDER ROAD is really a post-heist thriller a...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/29/2021 / No comments / con man , edmond o'brien , hubert cornfield , julie london , laraine day , maury dexter , mexico , neo noir , sixties , thriller
HUBERT CORNFIELD DIRECTS EDMOND O'BRIEN IN 'THE 3RD VOICE'

Title: The 3rd Voice Year: 1960 Rating: ***1/2 Before THE NIGHT AND THE FOLLOWING DAY , the infamous Neo Noir with a troubled production and...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/28/2021 / No comments / angela douglas , ann lynn , antonita dias , british new wave , david hemmings , donald pleasence , hilda fenemore , johnny briggs , sixties , topsy jane
ANN LYNN & JOHNNY BRIGGS IN BRITIAN'S 'THE WIND OF CHANGE'

Not that's not Donald Trump here YEAR of 1961 Rates: *** Not only is this racially-charged/socially conscious film a prime example of &q...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/27/2021 / No comments / al lettieri , hubert cornfield , kidnapping , marlon brando , neo noir , pamela franklin , richard boone , rita moreno , sixties , suspense , thriller
HUBERT CORNFIELD DIRECTS 'THE NIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING DAY'

Night of the Following Day 1969 Rating: ***1/2 There are two things that must be intentional about THE NIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING DAY: One is 40...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/25/2021 / No comments / anna palk , christopher ellis , gothic , harry andrews , henry james , horror , marlon brando , michael winner , prequel , seventies , stephanie beacham , thriller , verna harvey
MARLON BRANDO IN MICHAEL WINNER'S BIZARRE 'THE NIGHTCOMERS'

The Nightcomers Year: 1971 Rating: **1/2 Marlon Brando's THE GODFATHER comeback was more of a legacy accreditation for an entire career,...