Written by James M. Tate / 4/24/2021 / No comments / beach , comedy , james stacy , lili kardell , mary mitchel , music , quinn o'hara , raquel welch , sixties , william wellman jr.
MARY MITCHEL & RAQUEL WELCH DIGGING 'A SWINGIN' SUMMER'

Raquel Welch in A Swingin' Summer 1965 Rates: ***1/2 This forgotten, parenthetical beach bikini movie actually takes place on a lake... ...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/23/2021 / No comments / action , cassandra peterson , james wainwright , jim mcmullan , morgan paull , mystery , nancy harewood , science-fiction , tv series
PILOT EPISODE OF THE TELEVISION SERIES 'BEYOND WESTWORLD'

Nancy Harewood in Beyond Westworld 1980 Rates: ***1/2 Unfairly maligned, BEYOND WESTWORLD was a pretty great short-lived series, lasting onl...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/21/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , bel air productions , body count , cult , diane brewster , exploitation , fifties , horror , mark dana , thriller , ziva rodann
MARK DANA AND ZIVA RODANN STARRING IN 'PHARAOH'S CURSE'

Ziva Rodann in Pharaoh's Curse Year: 1957 Rates: **1/2 Infamously shot in six days, mostly in Death Valley, the Bel Air Production PHARA...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/07/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , creature , fifties , forrest tucker , hammer films , monster , peter cushing , thriller , val guest
VAL GUEST DIRECTS HAMMER'S THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN'

If only it were only this exciting Year: 1956 Rates: *** When Hammer's thriller director Val Guest made a creature feature, it was the k...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/06/2021 / No comments / action , bernard braden , british , cult , disaster , edward judd , gene anderson , geoffrey frederick , janet munro , julie samuel , leo mckern , michael caine , nuclear , sixties , val guest
VAL GUEST DIRECTS DISASTER IN 'THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE'

THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE Released in 1961 A rat-a-tat dialog hybrid of THE FRONT PAGE and the doomsday-anticipation of THE DAY THE EART...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/04/2021 / No comments / body count , brian donlevy , creature , fifties , gordon jackson , hammer films , harold lang , horror , jack warner , jane asher , richard wordsworth , science-fiction , val guest
VAL GUEST DIRECTS HAMMER'S 'THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT'

Richard Wordsworth in QUARTERMASS XPERIMENT Year: 1955 Rates: **** Very much like an astronaut's return episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE fou...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/01/2021 / No comments / danny aiello , deborah rush , dianne wiest , edward hermann , eighties , fantasy , jeff daniels , juliana donald , mia farrow , romantic comedy , woody allen
WOODY ALLEN'S CINEMATIC FANTASY 'THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO'

Juliana Donald plays a theater worker who's very cute in THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO Year: 1985 Rates: **** As creative as PLAY IT AGAIN SA...
JON-ERIK HEXUM IN THE TV-MOVIE 'MAKING OF A MALE MODEL'

Year: 1983 Rating: ***1/2 Here's proof that the term "Cougar" wasn't invented to mean what it does now, back in th...
OBSCURE EXPLOITATION OF 'BLOODTIDE' AKA 'BLOOD TIDE'

Title: BLOODTIDE Year: 1982 Rating: ***1/2 Long-neglected and newly-restored BLOODTIDE is a hybrid of several horror/thriller types, from de...
WILLIAM CAMPBELL & KATHRYN GRANT IN 'CELL 2455, DEATH ROW'

Kathryn Grant with Robert Campbell in 1955 Rates: **** William Campbell plays it snarky, sneaky, cocky and blocky enough to be a young James...
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