Written by James M. Tate / 3/31/2021 / No comments / british new wave , carol white , crime , drama , exploitation , john bindon , ken loach , pseudo documentary , romance , sixties , terence stamp
CAROL WHITE STARS IN 'POOR COW' FEATURING TERENCE STAMP
Carol White in POOR COW Year: 1967 Rating: ****1/2 Since selections of POOR COW were used in the 1999 thriller THE LIMEY showing star Terenc...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/21/2021 / No comments / a.c. lyles , action , bruce cabot , coleen gray , dana andrews , deforest kelley , jeanne cagney , lesley selander , lyle bettger , michael landon , revenge , richard jaekal , roger torrey , sixties , terry moore , western
DANA ANDREWS & FALLEN ANGEL BRUCE CABOT IN 'TOWN TAMER'
Dana Andrews TOWN TAMER Year: 1965 Rates: **** In the Sixties, A.C. Lyles produced a cram-session of "Old Fogey Westerns" using ag...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/17/2021 / No comments / blaxploitation , interview , james bond , jane seymour , roger moore , seventies , yaphet kotto
REST IN PEACE BOND VILLAIN & ACTING LEGEND YAPHET KOTTO
YAPHET KOTTO on his role as the first black Bond villain in LIVE AND LET DIE Roger Moore's first James Bond venture LIVE AND LET DIE, th...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/15/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , british , cy endfield , epic , history , james booth , michael caine , nigel green , sixties , stanley baker , war
STANLEY BAKER AND MICHAEL CAINE BATTLING THROUGH 'ZULU'
Stanley Baker & Michael Caine in ZULU Year: 1964 Rating: ***1/2 A cross between LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and THE ODD COUPLE, Cy Endfield's...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/14/2021 / No comments / creature , david prowse , exploitation , frankenstein , hammer films , horror , madeline smith , peter cushing , prison , seventies , shane briant , thriller
CUSHING/HAMMER'S 'FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL'
Title: FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL Year: 1974 Rating: **** Before STAR WARS, Peter Cushing and David Prowse, Grand Moff Tarkin an...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/13/2021 / No comments / andre morell , christopher lee , fifties , hammer films , horror , maria landi , mystery , peter cushing , sherlock holmes , suspense , thriller
PETER CUSHING IN HAMMER'S 'THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES'
Hound of the Baskervilles Year: 1959 Rating: **1/2 Perfect that Hammer, after Terence Fisher's Dracula and Frankenstein, would chose She...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/08/2021 / No comments / anna walmsley , creature , eunice gayson , fifties , franchise , francis matthews , frankenstein , gothic , hammer films , horror , monster , peter cushing , richard wordsworth , science-fiction , sequel , thriller
PETER CUSHING IN HAMMER'S 'THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN'
The Revenge of Frankenstein Year: 1959 Rating: ***1/2 The first and best sequel of the Hammer/Peter Cushing FRANKENSTEIN franchise is also t...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/07/2021 / 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 pretty boy Hammer DRACULA works since David Peel has such little screen-time, and it's not...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/06/2021 / No comments / ann todd , british neo noir , british new wave , christopher lee , hammer films , hammer neo noir , ronald lewis , sixties , susan strasberg , suspense , thriller
SUSAN STRASBERG & RONALD LEWIS IN HAMMER'S 'SCREAM OF FEAR'
Susan Strasberg in Scream of Fear Year: 1961 Rates: ****1/2 Hybrid of Alfred Hitchcock's REAR WINDOW about a crippled protagonist stuck ...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/05/2021 / 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 / 3/04/2021 / No comments / british new wave , diana dors , exploitation , fifties , film noir or melodrama , george brent , hammer films , hammer noir , jeffrey hart , marguerite chapman , terence fisher
DIANA DORS TEMPTS 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 BATTLES THROUGH HAMMER'S '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 / charles laughton , courtroom drama , elsa lanchester , mystery , perfect murder , ruta lee , tyrone power
TYRONE POWER & MARLENE DIETRICH IN 'WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION'
Ruta Lee & Tyrone Power WITNESS Rates: *** While the often compared-to courtroom drama ANATOMY OF A MURDER is an existential courtro...
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