Written by James M. Tate / 11/27/2021 / No comments / barbara shelley , body count , christopher lee , dracula , hammer films , horror , philip latham , sixties , suzan farmer
SUZAN FARMER ENLIGHTENS 'DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS'
Suzan Farmer & Barbara Shelley in DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS Year: 1966 Rates: *** Another suitable name for DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/26/2021 / No comments / bernard braden , claude dauphin , diane cilento , hammer films , jack hedley , neo noir , race car , ronald lewis , sixties , thriller , val guest
HAMMER'S 'STOP ME BEFORE I KILL' AKA 'THE FULL TREATMENT'
Claude Dauphin and Ronald Lewis in THE FULL TREATMENT Year: 1960 Rates: ***1/2 For a lovely, talented Australian actress (who worked mostly ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/25/2021 / No comments / drama , elizabeth taylor , helmut berger , import , keith baxter , margaret blye , melodrama , romance , seventies
ELIZABETH TAYLOR IN 'ASH WEDNESDAY' WITH KEITH BAXTER
Elizabeth Taylor in ASH WEDNESDAY Year: 1973 Rating: **** A brilliant plot-device for any forty-year-old actress who was once an ingenue, AS...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/23/2021 / No comments / action , charles durning , eighties , jami gertz , jason patric , mel brooks , peter deluise , post-apocalyptic , richard jordan , sarah douglas , science-fiction
SERIOUS MEL BROOKS PRESENTS 'SOLARBABIES' WITH JAMI GERTZ
Title: SOLARBABIES Cast: Jami Gertz, Jason Patric Year: 1986 Rating: **1/2 The 1980's post-apocalyptic SOLARBABIES seems inspired by MAD...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/22/2021 / No comments / action , barbara bates , fifties , film noir or melodrama , jack elam , jeanne cagney , mickey rooney , peter lorre
MICKEY ROONEY CAUGHT IN 'QUICKSAND' WITH JEANNE CAGNEY
Title: QUICKSAND Cast: Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Peter Lorre Year: 1950 Rates: **** An epitomizing trait of film noir is... if you take ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/20/2021 / No comments / arthouse , dino mele , elizabeth taylor , ian bannen , import , italian , mona washburn , neo noir , seventies
ELIZABETH TAYLOR IN AN ARTHOUSE RIDE FOR 'THE DRIVER'S SEAT'
Title: THE DRIVER'S SEAT aka IDENTIKIT Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2 Since this Italian-shot art film... looking science-fiction futuristic ...
ORSON WELLES ANSWERS A LAST-MINUTE DICK CAVETT QUESTION
Orson Welles's companion/actress Oja Koder in THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND In a 1970 interview on The Dick Cavett Show, Orson Welles was a...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/19/2021 / No comments / alan ruck , andrew mccarthy , brat pack , eighties , jacqueline bisset , john cusack , rob lowe , romantic comedy , sex comedy , stuart margolin
ROB LOWE W/ ANDREW MCCARTHY & JACQUELINE BISSET IN 'CLASS'
Opening credit for CLASS from 1983 Rating: *** While CLASS stars future Brat Packers Rob Lowe and Andrew McCarthy before ST. ELMO'S FIR...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/16/2021 / No comments / alan badel , anne cunningham , british new wave , colin blakely , lindsay anderson , rachel roberts , richard harris , sixties , sport , vanda godsell
RICHARD HARRIS IN LINDSAY ANDERSON'S 'THIS SPORTING LIFE'
Title: THIS SPORTING LIFE Year: 1963 Rating: ***1/2 In the British New Wave/Kitchen Sink Drama THE SPORTING LIFE, non-famous extra Glenda Ja...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/15/2021 / No comments / fifties , fred clark , gloria swanson , hans conried , import , james warren , janine perreau , romantic comedy , steve brodie , train
GLORIA SWANSON DECOMPRESSES SUNSET IN '3 FOR BEDROOM C'
James Warren and Gloria Swanson in 3 FOR BEDROOM C Year: 1952 Rating: ***1/2 One of the most bizarre career choices perhaps in the history o...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/13/2021 / No comments / anne francis , dana andrews , drama , drive-in , jazz-score , jeffrey hunter , kathie browne , neo noir , nicolas coster , richard kiel , sixties , strother martin , thriller , troy donahue , viveca lindfors , william conrad
WILLIAM CONRAD'S 'BRAINSTORM' AND 'MY BLOOD RUNS COLD'
William Conrad Directorial Double Feature from 1965 From his sinister beginnings as one of the two title hitmen who cast an ominous shadow ...
JEAN GABIN IN 'PORT OF SHADOWS' AKA 'LE QUAI DES BRUMES'
Michèle Morgan and Jean Gabin in PORT OF SHADOWS Year: 1938 Rating: ***1/2 Jean Gabin stars in a French Old Wave late-1930's crime thri...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/12/2021 / No comments / cop , counter-culture , cult , harry morgan , heather menzies , jack webb , jerry douglas , michael burns , psychedellic , sixties , tv series
EISENHOWER ON ACID: BLUE BOY VS JOE FRIDAY ON 'DRAGNET 1967'
Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday on DRAGNET 1967: The LSD Story Rating: **** The 1950's crime-series DRAGNET epitomized the 1950's more ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/10/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , charlton heston , glenda farrell , jerry hopper , nicole maurey , thomas mitchell , treasure , yma sumec
CHARLTON HESTON & NICOLE MAUREY IN 'SECRET OF THE INCAS'
Year: 1953 Rates: **1/2 Jerry Hopper's cult film SECRET OF THE INCAS is already established to have inspired not only the iconic Harris...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/09/2021 / No comments / action , andrew prine , anitra ford , cathy lee crosby , espionage , pilot , ricardo montalban , robert porter , seventies , spy , superhero , tv movie
CATHY LEE CROSBY AS THE FIRST/ORIGINAL 'WONDER WOMAN'
Year: 1973 Rating: *** Young Gal Gadot fans don't want to know anyone else played WONDER WOMAN and older Lynda Carter fans are no differ...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/08/2021 / No comments / exploitation , john ashley , leigh christian , lenore stevens , patrick wayne , seventies , sid haig , treasure , vic diaz
PATRICK WAYNE AND LEIGH CHRISTIAN REACH 'BEYOND ATLANTIS'
Title BEYOND ATLANTIS Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 About the only thing remembered about BEYOND ATLANTIS by fans of Philippines-shot exploitati...
ARCHIVE REVIEW OF THE CLASSIC JAPANESE MONSTER 'GAMERA'
Year: 1965 Rating: ***1/2 There are so many versions of this giant turtle epic that it's hard to find the actual source: the real thi...
Written by James M. Tate / 11/01/2021 / No comments / body count , eighties , exploitation , horror , john colicos , john huston , lisa langlois , mystery , paul michael glaser , susan hogan , suspense
SUSAN HOGAN & LISA LANGLOIS SUFFER JOHN HUSTON'S 'PHOBIA'
John Colicos & Susan Hogan in Phobia 1980 Rates: *** There's something different about Canadian-shot b-horrors and how they look, a...
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