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 , 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 / 1/25/2021 / 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 '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,...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/07/2021 / No comments / al lettieri , amerigo tot , british new wave , cult , dark comedy , lionel stander , lizabeth scott , michael caine , mickey rooney , mike hodges , neo noir , seventies , thriller
DIRECTOR MIKE HODGES BEATS MICHAEL CAINE TO A BREEZY 'PULP'

Michael Caine gets fiction in PULP Year: 1972 Rates: ***1/2 Director Mike Hodges and his GET CARTER anti-hero Michael Caine found the perfe...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/06/2021 / No comments / alun armstrong , british neo noir , british new wave , exploitation , george sewell , godfrey quigley , ian hendry , john bindon , michael caine , mike hodge , petra markham , seventies , thriller , tony beckley
MIKE HODGES DIRECTS A KILLER MICHAEL CAINE IN 'GET CARTER'

Title: GET CARTER Year: 1971 Rating: ***** The plot of director Mike Hodges' GET CARTER is simple enough: London-based gangster Michael ...
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 , 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...
CHRISTINA GREGG IN ROGER CORMAN'S 'THE YOUNG RACERS'

Christina Gregg with Mark Damon from 1963 There are fun bad movies and then there are bad movies that just don't work — as is the case o...
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