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 / 1/29/2021 / 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 / audrey nicholson , avice landone , beth rogan , british , charles farrell , charles saunders , comedy , crime , guido coen , harold goodwin , norma parnell , pauline shepherd , wallas eaton
NORMA PARNELL AND PAULINE SHEPERD IN 'OPERATION CUPID'
Pauline Shepard in Operation Cupid Year: 1960 Rates: ***1/2 Although the low-budget British comedy OPERATION CUPID stars three men basically...
BRITISH KITCHEN SINK SOCIAL DRAMA 'THE WIND OF CHANGE'
Johnny Briggs YEAR of 1961 Rates: *** Not only is this racially-charged/socially conscious film a prime example of "Kitchen Sink Dramas...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/05/2021 / No comments / action , caper , comedy , cult , ensemble , harry baird , heist , margaret blye , michael caine , noel coward , peter collinson , sixties
MICHAEL CAINE IN THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF 'THE ITALIAN JOB'
Michael Caine in The Italian Job Year: 1969 Rating: **1/2 A stern, turtleneck-clad Michael Caine resembles BULLITT Steve McQueen on THE ITAL...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/04/2021 / No comments / action , don barry , don red barry , eric matthews , hanna landy , harry lauter , heist , joe patridge , sixties , thriller , western
HARRY LAUTER, HANNA LANDY & JOE PATRIDGE IN 'CONVICT STAGE'
Title: CONVICT STAGE Year: 1965 Rating: **** Two venomous outlaw brothers are on "Top of the World, ma" for their Ma Jarrett type ...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/03/2021 / No comments / abraham sofaer , action , byron haskin , charlton heston , creature , disaster , eleanor parker , fifties , melodrama , romance , william conrad
ANTS MARCH ON MELODRMA IN BYRON HASKIN'S 'THE NAKED JUNGLE'
Charlton Heston & Eleanor Parker Year: 1954 Rates: *** No Killer Ant movie is as strange (or as lacking of ants) as Byron Haskin's T...
BYRON HASKIN DIRECTS A VENGEFUL EDMOND O'BRIEN IN 'WARPATH'
Title: WARPATH Year: 1951 Rating: ***1/2 An epitome of a filler b-Western that still looks pretty grand with all the epic outdoor shots, spe...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/02/2021 / No comments / action , exploitation , glenn ford , horror , indie , john huston , lance henriksen , ovidio g. assonitis , paige conner , patricia nial , sam peckinpah , science-fiction , seventies , shelley winters
PAIGE CONNER POSSESSES EXPLOITATION HORROR IN 'THE VISITOR'
Paige Conner in THE VISITOR Year: 1979 THE VISITOR has many cult influences starting with THE BIRDS since the blonde-haired, blue-eyed eight...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/01/2021 / No comments / allen garfield , anna bjorn , bill henderson , comedy , daniel stern , denise galik , ed begley jr. , eighties , ensemble , gail edwards , lee ving , lou reed , malcolm mcdowell , miles chapin , music , slapstick , stacey nelkin
TOASTING NEW YEARS WITH NEW YEARS PARTY FLICK 'GET CRAZY'
Title: GET CRAZY Year: 1983 Rating: ***1/2 The "Stoned Out " device from EASY RIDER to BREAKFAST CLUB overdoses in Alan Arkush...
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