Written by James M. Tate / 5/30/2021 / No comments / adolphe menjou , arthur franz , body count , cop , crime , edward dmytryk , exploitation , fifties , film noir or melodrama , richard kiley , robin raymond , suspense , thriller
BLASTING THROUGH THE URBAN FILM NOIR THRILLER 'THE SNIPER'
The Sniper with Arthur Franz Year: 1952 Rates: ***1/2 Most of this film, centering on THE SNIPER sniping female targets, is wonderfully ex...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/27/2021 / No comments / action , charles grodin , comedy , exploitation , farrah fawcett , gumshoe , joan collins , joan goodfellow , neo noir , robin clarke , romance , seventies
CHARLES GRODIN AND FARRAH FAWCETT BASKING IN 'SUNBURN'
Sunburn poster resembling Killer Fish circa 1979 Rates: ** Around the time Farrah Fawcett and husband Lee Majors produced his KILLER FISH...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/26/2021 / No comments / airplane , dane clark , disaster , ensemble , farrah fawcett , george maharis , george mccowan , hugh o'brien , mystery , robert stack , seventies , sonny bono , thriller , tv movie
FARRAH FAWCETT SERVES AIRLINE MYSTERY 'MURDER ON FLIGHT 502'
Farrah Fawcett in Murder on Flight 502 Rating: **** Different than most airline disaster flicks in that a gun's drawn literally minutes ...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/24/2021 / No comments / beach , corrine wahl , david knell , eighties , jayne modean , jeff garlin , paul land , perry lang , sean s. cunningham , sex comedy , steve bassett , tammy lynn leppert
SEAN S. CUNNINGHAM'S BEACHY EXPLOITATION OF 'SPRING BREAK'
David Knell facing Jayne Modean in SPRING BREAK Year: 1983 Rating: ***1/2 Most 1980's beach movies or in this case beach movies set in S...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/18/2021 / No comments / battlestar galactica , charles grodin , comedy , cult , eighties , judith ivey , robyn douglass , steve martin
STEVE MARTIN IS 'THE LONELY GUY' WITH (RIP) CHARLES GRODIN
Charles Grodin goes Galactica Year: 1984 Rates: ***1/2 Posted in memory of Charles Grodin is this summary of THE LONELY GUY that, if based o...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/17/2021 / No comments / 2021 , action , body count , heist , horror , netflix , new , zack snyder , zombie
ZACK SNYDER'S ZOMBIES IN VEGAS FLICK 'ARMY OF THE DEAD'
Army of the Dead Year: 2021 Rates: ** It's no secret Zack Snyder's ARMY OF THE DEAD has a Zombie Tiger. But the funny part is that, ...
LARAINE STEPHENS HEADS THE 'DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS'
Lauren Tewes & Laraine Stephens Year: 1979 Rates: *** An exploitation propaganda for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders as they're inve...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/15/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , british , dana andrews , forties , george sherman , jeff chandler , liam redmond. , märta torén , stephen mcnally , war
DANA ANDREWS & MÄRTA TORÉN RULING 'SWORD IN THE DESERT'
Sword in the Desert Year: 1949 Rating: ***1/2 Although approved by the British Film Board, SWORD IN THE DESERT was banned in England, and it...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/10/2021 / No comments / alan j. pakula , bill mckinney , earl hindman , hume cronyn , jo ann harris , kelly thordsen , paula prentiss , political , seventies , thriller , walter mcginn , warren beatty , william daniels
WARREN BEATTY STALKED IN ALAN J. PAKULA'S 'THE PARALLAX VIEW'
Warren Beatty in THE PARALLAX VIEW Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2 Critically beloved TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD director Alan J. Pakula's politica...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/08/2021 / No comments / beatrice kay , body count , cliff robertson , crime , david kent , dolores dorn , neo noir , revenge , richard rust , robert emhardt , samuel fuller , sixties
RICHARD RUST STEALS SAMUEL FULLER'S 'UNDERWORLD U.S.A.'
Rust & Robertson in the USA Year: 1961 Rates: ***1/2 This gritty Samuel Fuller Post-Noir has a teenage hood trained by his hoodlum fath...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/06/2021 / No comments / bill elliott , cop , don haggerty , fifties , film noir or melodrama , franchise , jimmy lydon , perfect murder , polly gunther , ross elliott , sequel , thriller , timothy carey , tina carver , wrong man
BILL ELLIOTT IN 'CHAIN OF EVIDENCE' WITH TIMOTHY CAREY
Bill Elliott in Chain of Evidence Year: 1957 Rating: ***1/2 The low-budget, room-to-room, television-like direction aside, CHAIN OF EVIDENCE...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/05/2021 / No comments / bel air productions , exploitation , fifties , j. carrol naish , john carradine , john smith , keith larsen , ralph meeker , ron randell , war
RALPH MEEKER AND MARLA ENGLISH IN 'DESERT SANDS'
Marla English in DESERT SANDS Year: 1955 Rating: **** A kind of ZULU one decade earlier, b-movie company Bel Air made this Foreign Legion ad...
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