Written by James M. Tate / 8/31/2021 / No comments / alexandra hay , comedy , counter-culture , groucho marx , jackie gleason , otto preminger , prison , sixties
OTTO PREMINGER'S COUNTER-CULTURE DISASTER OF 'SKIDOO'
Year: 1968 Rating: * For their time and in a matter of aesthetics, Otto Preminger's Film Noirs LAURA and FALLEN ANGEL (both with Dan...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/29/2021 / No comments / beryl reid , british , coral browne , homosexual , melodrama , robert aldrich , sixties , susannah york
SUSANNAH YORK IN 'THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE' W/ BERYL REID
Title: THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE Year: 1968 Rating: *** After director Robert Aldrich exploded with THE DIRTY DOZEN he returned to an ind...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/28/2021 / No comments / claude rains , film noir or melodrama , forties , helene reynolds , jean gabin , jerome cowan , robin raymond , romance , thomas mitchell
JEAN GABIN IN 'MOONTIDE' WITH THOMAS MITCHELL & IDA LUPINO
Jean Gabin in MOONTIDE Year: 1942 Rating: ***1/2 Begins with an intentionally surreal barroom scene with the headless body of pouting-lippe...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/27/2021 / No comments / action , body count , british , creature , exploitation , frank finlay , guy doleman , horror , sixties , suspense , suzanna leigh
BRITISH CREATURE HORROR SUSPENSE YARN 'THE DEADLY BEES'
title: THE DEADLY BEES year: 1966 cast: Suzanna Leigh, Frank Finlay, Guy Doleman, Michael Ripper director: Freddie Francis rating: ***1/2 Do...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/26/2021 / No comments / beatie edney , british new wave , drama , indie , jack macgowran , joanna dunham , mark burns , maurice roëves , peter sellers , road movie , roman polanski , seventies
ROMAN POLANSKI'S 'A DAY AT THE BEACH' WITH MARK BURNS
Mark Burns and Beatie Edney in A DAY AT THE BEACH Year: 1970 Rating: ***1/2 Ironically, while Roman Polanski was in Europe the same year The...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/24/2021 / No comments / concert , eighties , hal ashby , mick jagger , music , rolling stones
RIP CHARLIE WATTS DRUMS UP 'LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER'
Charlie Watts in LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER Year: 1983 Rating: **** Nearing the end of British Movie Month on Cult Film Freak we say...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/23/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , bob hope , bruce davison , chevy chase , comedy , dan aykroyd , eighties , james daughton , john landis , nuclear , political , ray harryhausen , road movie , team-up , terry gilliam , tom hatten
CHEVY CHASE AND DAN AYKROYD SEEK HOPE IN 'SPIES LIKE US'
Title: Spies Like Us Year: 1986 Rating: *** Spouting technical jargon with a computer-like brain, Dan Aykroyd could have made the perfect ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/22/2021 / No comments / action , comedy disney , denise lynn , disney , don ameche , kelly thorsden , lynn borden , mickey shaughnessy , norman fell , phil silvers , robert morse , seventies , stefanie powers , wally cox
ROBERT MORSE IN 'THE BOATNIKS' WITH STEFANIE POWERS
Opening Credits for THE BOATNIKS Year: 1970 Rating: ***1/2 Like THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG five-years later, Disney juggles two stories in one ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/21/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , body count , cannon , charles bronson , eighties , exploitation , james staley , jill ireland , political , randy brooks , thriller
CHARLES BRONSON, JILL IRELAND & JAN GAN BOYD 'ASSASSINATION'
Charles Bronson & Jan Gan Boyd Year: 1988 Rates: ***1/2 Jill Ireland's last collaboration after many with husband Charles Bronson gi...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/20/2021 / No comments / charles bronson , exploitation , jill ireland , marc mazza , marlene jobert , mystery , rene clement , seventies , thriller
CHARLES BRONSON IN THE FRENCH THRILLER 'RIDER ON THE RAIN'
Kino Lorber inside cover Year: 1970 Rates: *** The reversible Kino Lorber Blu Ray cover(s) for RIDER ON THE RAIN has one image of a shirtles...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/18/2021 / No comments / body count , charles bronson , exploitation , jack palance , michael winner , richard jordan , seventies , simon oakland , western
MICHAEL WINNER DIRECTS CHARLES BRONSON IN 'CHATO'S LAND'
Charles Bronson in CHATO'S LAND year: 1971 The first act of CHATO'S LAND should have an alternative title, since we don't exper...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/15/2021 / No comments / action , alex winter , charles bronson , death wish , ed lauter , eighties , exploitation , franchise , gavan o'herlihy , jimmy page , martin balsam , michael winner , revenge , sequel
MICHAEL WINNER DIRECTS CHARLES BRONSON IN 'DEATH WISH 3'
Charles Bronson and Gavan O'Herlily foreign poster artwork Year: 1985 Rating: **** By the third DEATH WISH, a gray-haired Charles Bronso...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/13/2021 / No comments / ariel winter , buddy , comedy , crime , dark comedy , genre tarantino , gumshoe , michelle monaghan , neo noir , robert downey jr. , shane black , shannyn sossamon , stephanie pearson , val kilmer , zeroes
ROBERT DOWNEY JR AND VAL KILMER IN 'KISS KISS BANG BANG'
Michelle Monaghan in KISS KISS BANG BANG Year: 2005 Rating: **** Famous for writing the original LETHAL WEAPON, thus receiving Story Credit ...
ELVIS PRESLEY HIDES HIS STRENGTH IN 'FOLLOW THAT DREAM'
Year of Broadcast: 1962 Rating: **** Every album from any rock band or artist has that one song that glides smoother, grooves while keepin...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/11/2021 / No comments / all night , bernard lee , british new wave , caroline mortimer , colin campbell , david lodge , erika remberg , francesca annis , heather sears , inigo jackson , nigel green , sixties , the searchers , vera day
CAROLINE MORTIMER & HEATHER SEARS IN 'SATURDAY NIGHT OUT'
Caroline Mortimer from the poster artwork for SATURDAY NIGHT OUT Year: 1964 Rating: *** Not to be mistaken with the famous British kitchen ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/08/2021 / No comments / ann lynn , british neo noir , british new wave , charles kay , dennis price , heist , john crawford , mai zetterling , sixties , terence morgan , william hartnell , yoko tani
YOKO TANI AND JOHN CRAWFORD IN 'PICCADILLY THIRD STOP'
Yoko Tani gets the cover from 1960 Rating: *** The British crime-heist b-movie PICCADILLY THIRD STOP could also be known as Your Fault Jungl...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/06/2021 / No comments / bernard lee , british neo noir , british new wave , colette wild , con man , haya harareet , mystery , norman bird , sixties , stewart granger , thriller
STEWART GRANGER WITH BERNARD LEE IN 'THE SECRET PARTNER'
Granger, Lee & Harareet Year: 1963 Rating: **** Hybrid of THE THIRD MAN where steely London never looked so menacing with science-fictio...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/04/2021 / No comments / british neo noir , british new wave , colin blakely , crime , derren nesbitt , faye craig , frank finley , katherine woodville , margaret whiting , michael coles , nigel patrick , sixties
NIGEL PATRICK IN 'UNDERWORLD INFORMERS' AKA 'THE INFORMERS'
Year: 1963 Rating: ***1/2 No matter what title's used, UNDERWORLD INFORMERS or simply THE INFORMERS, it's right up front about those...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/03/2021 / No comments / anthony bate , british neo noir , british new wave , edgar wallace , john carson , justine lord , mystery , sixites , thriller
JOHN CARSON IN THE OFFBEAT MYSTERY THRILLER 'ACT OF MURDER'
Anthony Bate in Act of Murder Year: 1964 Rating: ** John Carson may look like a leading man, but the handsome square-jawed British b-crime s...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/02/2021 / No comments / brian weske , british neo noir , british new wave , carol white , courtroom drama , dudley sutton , jess conrad , mystery , richard todd , robert morley , ronald lacey , roy kinnear , sidney j. furie , sixties , teddy boys
BRITISH NEW WAVE 'THE BOYS' WITH RONALD LACEY & JESS CONRAD
Tony Garnett with Jess Conrad and Dudley Sutton in THE BOYS Year: 1962 Rating: ***1/2 A kind of depending upon perspective RASHOMON of the...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/01/2021 / No comments / british , camille coduri , comedy , crime , cross-dressing , eric idle , george harrison , handmade films , heist , jonathan lynn , nineties , religion , robbie coltrane
ERIC IDLE AND ROBBIE COLTRANE BECOME 'NUNS ON THE RUN'
Year: 1990 Producer: George Harrison Rating: ***1/2 The late dark horse Beatles guitarist George Harrison’s Handmade Films produced a mixed ...
DERREN NESBITT STALKS A DARING BRITISH NEW WAVE 'VICTIM'
Year: 1961 Rating: ***1/2 If watching the 1961 British crime film VICTIM with no idea about the plot, the spooked young "Boy Barrett...
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