Written by James M. Tate / 7/28/2021 / No comments / indie , jay robinson , jazz score , neo noir , romance , shary marshall , sixties , steve cochran , stripper
SHARY MARSHALL IN STEVE COCHRAN'S 'TELL ME IN THE SUNLIGHT'

SUNLIGHT was Filmed: 1962 Released: 1965 Rating: **** First time director Steve Cochran directs himself against his usual villainous type in...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/27/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , amar sharif , eighties , escape , ian mcneice , lucy gutteridge , musical , peter cushing , satire , spy , val kilmer , warren clarke , world war II
VAL KILMER & LUCY GUTTERIDGE SEND UP SPIES IN 'TOP SECRET!'

Val Kilmer as Nick Rivers in TOP SECRET! Directors: Jim Abrahams, David & Jerry Zucker Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 Nonstop humor with a re...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/26/2021 / No comments / action , church ortiz , danny aiello , don blakely , eighties , frank pesce , jan-michael vincent , john flynn , lenny montana , theresa saldano , vigilante
JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT FIGHTS BACK IN JOHN FLYNN'S 'DEFIANCE'

Foreign DEFIANCE Poster 1980 Rating: ***1/2 Both lead actors from THE MECHANIC would get the vigilante bug, especially Charles Bronson, two...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/17/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , bradford dillman , charles bronson , europe , jill ireland , mafia , paul koslo , rod steiger , seventies
CHARLES BRONSON IN 'LOVE AND BULLETS' FEATURING PAUL KOSLO

Charles Bronson Love & Bullets Year: 1979 Rating: **1/2 For some, during Charles Bronson's Cannon era, sadly gone felt the MGM days....
Written by James M. Tate / 7/16/2021 / No comments / camilla sparv , charles bronson , denny miller , dominique sanda , eighties , fernando rey , j. lee thompson , jason robards , mystery , nazi , neo noir , simon maccorkindale , thriller , time period , treasure
CHARLES BRONSON & JASON ROBARDS REUNITE IN 'CABOBLANCO'

Title: Cabo Blanco Year: 1980 Rating: **1/2 This spiritual remake of CASABANCA about an American who runs a Peruvian hotel/nightclub harbori...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/15/2021 / No comments / boxing , charles bronson , elvis presley , gig young , joan blackman , lola albright , melodrama , michael dante , music , phil karlson , richard devon , sixties
CHARLES BRONSON TRAINING ELVIS PRESLEY IN 'KID GALAHAD'

Charles Bronson & Elvis Presley Year: 1961 Rates: ***1/2 If there's one Elvis Presley vehicle where the songs would be best left out...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/13/2021 / No comments / andy robinson , crime , cult , don siegel , felicia farr , heist , jacqueline scott , joe don baker , john vernon , seventies , sheree north , thriller , tom tully , walter matthau
WALTER MATTHAU STEPS UP FOR DON SIEGEL'S 'CHARLEY VARRICK'

Title: Charley Varrick Year: 1973 Rates: ****1/2 Ironically the opening credits stating A SIEGEL FILM appears beneath a full moon in an oth...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/12/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , claudia cardinale , comedy , elliott gould , ensemble , heist , prison , richard roundtree , roger moore , seventies , sonny bono , stefanie powers , telly savalas , william holden , world war II
ROGER MOORE IN 'ESCAPE TO ATHENA' WITH TELLY SAVALAS

Title: Escape to Athena Year: 1979 Rates: ***1/2 About the only thing ESCAPE TO ATHENA is known for is how miscast the famously British Jame...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/10/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , clint eastwood , comedy , eighties , geoffrey lewis , ruth gordon , sondra locke , william smith
RIP WILLIAM SMITH 'ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN' CLINT EASTWOOD

William Smith pointing the way Year: 1980 Rates: ***1/2 The popular sequel ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN surpasses BUT LOOSE by getting the bickerin...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/08/2021 / No comments / anne neyland , charles bronson , crime , fifties , film noir or melodrama , susan cummings , suspense , TV
CHARLES BRONSON IN 'MAN WITH A CAMERA' WITH ANNE NEYLAND

Charles Bronson & Anne Neyland Year: 1959 Rates: **** Few know that Charles Bronson had his very own television series, and it was a pre...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/07/2021 / No comments / action , anne neyland , biker , carl alfalfa switzer , exploitation , fifties , jean moorhead , john ashley , raymond hatton , sport , steven terrell
ANNE NEYLAND & CARL ALFALFA SWITZER IN 'MOTORCYCLE GANG'

Anne Neyland in Motorcycle Gang Year: 1957 Rating: *** Camp is the one description given to American International's MOTORCYCLE GANG, ob...
JOHN LANDIS UNLEASHES 'AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON'

Title: AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON Year: 1981 Rating: ***** Shame there were such bland DVD covers after years that finally made AN AMERI...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/05/2021 / No comments / agathe natanson , anthony perkins , charles bronson , french , jill ireland , mystery , nicolas gessner , seventies , thriller
CHARLES BRONSON 'SOMEONE BEHIND THE DOOR' ANTHONY PERKINS

Frenchy Arthouse cover fitting the year 1971 Rating: **** French shot/English speaking psychological thriller mirroring François Truffaut mi...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/04/2021 / No comments / 3D , andre de toth , body count , carolyn jones , charles bronson , cult , exploitation , fifties , horror , phyllis kirk , vincent price
CHARLES BRONSON SERVES VINCENT PRICE IN 'HOUSE OF WAX'

Bronson carries HOUSE OF WAX Year: 1953 Rates: ***1/2 The best part of HOUSE OF WAX is the drawn-out prologue setting up how Vincent Price a...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/03/2021 / No comments / charles bronson , escape , jill ireland , john huston , prison , randy quaid , robert duvall , seventies , tom gries
CHARLES BRONSON & ROBERT DUVALL BANDED APART IN 'BREAKOUT'

Title: BREAKOUT Year: 1975 Rates: *** The violent prologue of the 1975 Tom Gries jailbreak flick is so Sam Peckinpah you could call it BRIN...
CHARLES BRONSON WITH ALAIN DELON IN 'FAREWELL, FRIEND'

FAREWELL, FRIEND Year: 1968 Rating: *** The title FAREWELL, FRIEND makes no sense yet are actual words spoken by one of two anti-buddy buddi...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/01/2021 / No comments / action , burges meredith , chris makespeace , cult , exploitation , lee majors , road movie , science-fiction
LEE MAJORS & CHRIS MAKEPEACE TAKING ON 'THE LAST CHASE'

Title: The Last Chase Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2 Well here’s a movie description you won't see today: "In the near future, evil fas...
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SIDNEY LUMET DIRECTS AL PACINO IN THE TRUE CRIME 'SERPICO'
Title: SERPICO Starring: Al Pacino Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 Between the two GODFATHER films that made Al Pacino not only a star but a livin...
