Written by James M. Tate / 10/30/2021 / No comments / body count , dan o'herlihy , eighties , franchise , horror , john carpenter , science-fiction , stacey nelkin , thriller , tom atkins
TRACKING 'HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH' FOR HALLOWEEN
HALLOWEEN III SEASON OF THE WITCH 1982 Rates **** The plan was to have a separate Halloween yarn within each HALLOWEEN movie, but John Carpe...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/16/2021 / No comments / crime , deforest kelley , FBI , fifties , film noir or melodrama , heist , japanese-based , robert ryan , robert stack
SAMUEL FULLER'S TOKYO-BASED FILM NOIR 'HOUSE OF BAMBOO'
Running from a heist in HOUSE OF BAMBOO Year: 1955 Rating: **** One of Sam Fuller's greatest movies is a Noir remake set in Tokyo, and t...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/13/2021 / No comments / british , cult , eighties , ken hutchison , memorial , robert mitchum , seventies
REST IN PEACE TO SCOTTISH TOUGH GUY ACTOR KEN HUTCHISON
The late Ken Hutchison warms up for another blag in SWEENEY 2 circa 1978 Before delving into the career of Scottish tough guy actor Ken Hutc...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/06/2021 / No comments / audrey dalton , british film noir , fifties , john bentley , patrick allen , sydney chaplin , thriller
SYDNEY CHAPLIN STARS IN THE BRITISH FILM NOIR' CONFESSION'
Poster for THE CONFESSION Year: 1955 Rating: **1/2 Charlie Chaplin's son Sydney Chaplin gets first-billing in a British Film Noir titled...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/05/2021 / No comments / anne ramsey , body count , cult , eighties , horror , kristy swanson , matthew labyorteaux , robot , science-fiction , wes craven
KRISTY SWASON IN WES CRAVEN'S SCIENCE-HORROR 'DEADLY FRIEND'
Blu Ray Cover Artwork for DEADLY FRIEND Year Released: 1986 Rating: **** A year before giving her class the lowdown about FERRIS BEULLER'...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/04/2021 / No comments / comedy , counter culture , cult , drama , hal ashby , indie , jack nicholson , military , nancy allen , otis young , randy quaid , road movie , seventies
JACK NICHOLSON & OTIS YOUNG TAKING ON 'THE LAST DETAIL'
Jack Nicholson and Otis Young in THE LAST DETAIL Year: 1973 Rating: ***** What makes THE LAST DETAIL as much comedy as drama is the brillian...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/03/2021 / No comments / annie potts , anthony perkins , bruce davison , drama , eighties , john laughlin , kathleen turner , ken russell , louise sorel , neo noir , romance , seth wagerman , thriller
KEN RUSSELL'S EXPLOITATION NEO NOIR 'CRIMES OF PASSION'

Title: CRIMES OF PASSION Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 If Brian De Palma and Paul Schrader had a baby, it'd hang around Ken Russell's C...
JACK NICHOLSON NOIR FOR 'THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE'

Title: THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2 Passion is better left implied, and the original POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/02/2021 / No comments / bob rafelson , heist , jack nicholson , jennifer lopez , judy davis , michael caine , neo noir , nineties , stephen dorff , thriller
JACK NICHOLSON IN THE FORGOTTEN NEO NOIR 'BLOOD AND WINE'
Jack Nicholson stars in Bob Rafelson's BLOOD AND WINE Year: 1996 Rating: ***1/2 Some truly inspired casting of two sly human bobcats, on...
JACK NICHOLSON 'THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS' BRUCE DERN

Title: THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS Year: 1972 Rating: *** Maybe directors never really outgrow their film school mindset: And in that, follo...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/01/2021 / No comments / barbara rush , fifties , horror , jack arnold , kathleen hughes , richard carlson , russell johnson , science-fiction , thriller
DIRECTOR JACK ARNOLD GROUNDS 'IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE'
Richard Carlson and Barbara Rush in IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE Year: 1953 Rating: ***1/2 The same year as the theatrical WAR OF THE WORLDS, wh...
STERLING HAYDEN VS NEDRICK YOUNG 'TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN'
Title: TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN Year: 1958 Rating: **** If the blacklisted Dalton Trumbo were a more violently-inclined exploitative screenwri...
JACK NICHOLSON & ART GARFUNKEL IN 'CARNAL KNOWLEDGE'
Jack Nicholson raging through CARNAL KNOWLEDGE Year: 1971 Rating: ***1/2 If you can get past a then thirty-four year old Jack Nicholson as a...
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Robyn Hilton enters into an eclectic exploitation comedy career in Wonder Women circa 1973 As mentioned a few posts ago, ROBYN HILTON, b...
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Mary-Louise Weller in NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE ANIMAL HOUSE, directed by John Landis and produced by Ivan Reitman, stars John Be...
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Cornelia Sharpe in BUSTING Year: 1974 Rating: **** Starring Elliott Gould and Robert Blake as determined vice cops BUSTING hookers, makin...
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Kerri Green and John Candy in SUMMER RENTAL Year: 1985 John Candy, in his first leading role, plays a burnt-out air traffic controller ...
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Robyn Hilton in Video Vixens the same year as Blazing Saddles: 1974 The Anthology of Comedic Parodies, already done in several Woody All...
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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...
