Written by James M. Tate / 3/25/2021 / No comments / action , albert popwell , audrie neenan , body count , bradford dillman , clint eastwood , cop , dirty harry , eighties , exploitation , franchise , mara corday , pat hingle , sondra locke , thriller
CLINT EASTWOOD STARS/DIRECTS DIRTY HARRY IN 'SUDDEN IMPACT'

Clint Eastwood in Sudden Impact Year: 1983 Rates: **** The penultimate Dirty Harry is an exploitation of slick, mechanized 1980's violen...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/23/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , dana andrews , darren nesbitt , donald pleasence , espionage , geraldine chaplin , pauline chamberlain , peter collinson , seventies , spy , stanley baker , sue lloyd , warren mitchell
STANLEY BAKER BONDS ESPIONAGE IN 'INNOCENT BYSTANDERS'

James Bond style poster art from 1972 Rating: ***1/2 Square-jawed British actor Stanley Baker was "considered" for James Bond... i...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/22/2021 / No comments / georgina ward , mai zetterling , neo noir , niall macginnis , nigel green , peter cushing , sixties , stanley baker , thriller
STANLEY BAKER & PETER CUSHING IN 'THE MAN WHO FINALLY DIED'

Stanley Baker on poster Year: 1963 Rating: **** Not only is THE MAN WHO FINALLY DIED the second movie where Niall MacGinnis has a gun drawn ...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/21/2021 / No comments / a.c. lyles , action , bruce cabot , coleen gray , dana andrews , deforest kelley , 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 / 3/20/2021 / No comments / anthony dawson , british neo noir , british new wave , cliff owen , cop , harry baird , heist , john meillon , mai zetterling , neil mccarthy , sixties , william sylvester
WILLIAM SYLVESTER DIGS INTO 'OFFBEAT' AKA 'THE DEVIL INSIDE'

William resembling Chevy Affleck Year: 1961 Rating: ***1/2 There was a reason American actor William Sylvester was available for an American...
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 / 3/16/2021 / No comments / ann turkel , anthony pena , barbara peeters , body count , cindy weintraub , denis galick , doug mcclure , eighties , exploitation , greg travis , horror , jaws-clone , lynn theel , roger corman , vic morrow
DENISE GALICK GETS ATTACKED IN 'HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP'

Denise Galick in Humanoids of the Deep 1980 ***1/2 Not only did Roger Corman produce a JAWS-clone (directed by Barbara Peeters) where sexy ...
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 & MICHAEL CAINE BATTLING THROUGH 'ZULU'

Stanley Baker & Michael Caine Year: 1964 Rating: ***1/2 A cross between LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and THE ODD COUPLE, Cy Endfield's cast-of...
Written by James M. Tate / 3/14/2021 / No comments / boxing , british , british film noir/melodrama , fifties , gloria grahame , heist , joan collins , john ireland , laurence harvey , lewis gilbert , richard basehart , romance , stanley baker
STANLEY BAKER & LAURENCE HARVEY IN 'THE GOOD DIE YOUNG'

Lawrence Harvey's the gun here Year: 1954 Rating: ***1/2 Lewis Gilbert's London-set Noir Melodrama would lack some of the Melodrama ...
CUSHING/HAMMER'S 'FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL'

Madelyn Smith Year: 1974 Rating: **** Before STAR WARS, Peter Cushing and David Prowse, Grand Moff Tarkin and Darth Vader, appeared in Hamme...
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 / 3/10/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , hammer films , michael ripper , oliver reed , peter arne , pirates , sixties
OLIVER REED IN HAMMER'S 'THE PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER'

Neither of these are in the movie from 1961 Rates: **1/2 The twist ending of Hammer's THE PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER is not only given away ...
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 , 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
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 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 / anthony davion , british new wave , 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...
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WOODY ALLEN'S CINEMATIC FANTASY 'THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO'
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