Written by James M. Tate / 2/27/2022 / No comments / anthony bate , british , british new wave , caper , heist , helmut schmid , michael ripper , military , patrick magee , roddy mcmillan , sixties , stanley baker , suspense , thriller , tom bell
STANLEY BAKER AND TOM BELL SNEAK THROUGH 'A PRIZE OF ARMS'
Title: A PRIZE OF ARMS Director: Cliff Owen Year: 1963 Rating: ****1/2 The most suspenseful parts from the final act of THE GREAT ESCAPE a y...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/22/2022 / No comments / action , adventure , albert dekker , barker tarzan , brenda joyce , charles drake , forties , franchise , lex barker , science-fiction , warner archives
LEX BARKER & BRENDA JOYCE IN 'TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN'
Title: TARZAN'S MAGIC FOUNTAIN Year: 1949 Rating: **1/2 Johnny Weissmuller's replacement was Lex Barker, and his first turn as the K...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/21/2022 / No comments / action , adventure , barker tarzan , fifties , franchise , lex barker , mara corday , michael granger , raymond burr , tom conway , warner archives
LEX BARKER IN 'TARZAN AND THE SHE-DEVIL' W/ RAYMOND BURR
Year: 1953 Rating: ***1/2 TARZAN AND THE SHE-DEVIL is both the last and best of the Lex Barker as Tarzan RKO programmers, but the title is m...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/20/2022 / No comments / action , adventure , don dubbins , fifties , irene pappas , james cagney , vic morrow , warner archives , western
JAMES CAGNEY'S OTHER WESTERN 'TRIBUTE TO A BAD MAN'
Title: TRIBUTE TO A BAD MAN Year: 1956 Rating: **1/2 "Don't you keel over on me you Pennsylvania egg-sucker!" And if you can s...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/19/2022 / No comments / ann bell , british , british tv , gene roddenberry , gig young , james villiers , john hurt , made-for-TV , robert culp , seventies , witch
GENE RODDENBERRY'S BRITISH-TV SCIENCE-HORROR OF 'SPECTRE'
Gene Roddenberry's SPECTRE Year: 1977 Rating: *** Gene Roddenberry had a string of failed but always intriguing TV-pilots (from PLANET E...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/18/2022 / No comments / action , christopher lee , eighties , espionage , lillian mĂĽller , mary-louise weller , spy , ted danson , tv movie
TED DANSON IN 'ONCE UPON A SPY' WITH MARY-LOUISE WELLER
Title: ONCE UPON A SPY Year: 1980 Rating: ***1/2 One of those failed TV-pilots that becomes a standalone TV-movie, ONCE UPON A SPY takes the...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/15/2022 / No comments / agatha christie , british , colin blakely , denis quilley , diana rigg , emily hone , ensemble , guy hamilton , james mason , jane birkin , mystery , peter ustinov , roddy mcdowall , sylvia miles
SECOND PETER USTINOV POIROT MYSTERY 'EVIL UNDER THE SUN'
Title: EVIL UNDER THE SUN Director: Guy Hamilton Year: 1982 Rating: ***1/2 Surprisingly EVIL UNDER THE SUN, the least known and least popula...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/14/2022 / No comments / agatha christie , albert finney , anthony perkins , british , ensemble , ingrid bergman , jacqueline bisset , lauren bacall , martin balsam , mystery , sean connery , train
DIRECTOR SIDNEY LUMET'S 'MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS'
Title: Murder on the Orient Express Year: 1974 Rating: *1/2 Finishing up reviews of the EMI-backed British productions of Agatha Christie ad...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/13/2022 / No comments / adventure , agatha christie , british , ensemble , i.s. johar , jack warden , john guillermin , jon finch , lois chiles , maggie smith , mia farrow , mystery , peter ustinov , simon maccorkindale , suspense
FIRST PETER USTINOV POIROT MYSTERY OF 'DEATH ON THE NILE'
Title: DEATH ON THE NILE Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2 Director John Guillermin's DEATH ON THE NILE with a screenplay by Anthony Shaffer ada...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/12/2022 / No comments / body count , british , christopher lee , dennis waterman , dracula , hammer films , horror , jenny hanley , michael ripper , seventies , vampire
DENNIS WATERMAN GROUNDS HAMMER'S 'SCARS OF DRACULA'
Title: SCARS OF DRACULA Pictured: Christopher Matthews, Jenny Hanley, Dennis Waterman Year: 1970 Rating: ***1/2 Hammer decided why mess with...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL IN 'ACES HIGH' WITH CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER
Title: ACES HIGH Year: 1976 Rating: ** Following the Victorian-era ROYAL FLASH , this is the second consecutive movie that begins with Malco...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/11/2022 / No comments / adele jergens , armored car , charles mcgraw , fifties , film noir or melodrama , gene evans , heist , james flavin , richard fleischer , steve brodie , william talman
RICHARD FLEISCHER DRIVES THE NOIR 'ARMORED CAR ROBBERY'
Title: ARMORED CAR ROBBERY Year: 1950 Rating: **** The same year John Huston brought us one of the greatest Film Noir offerings, THE ASPHAL...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/10/2022 / No comments / action , body count , cannon , charles bronson , crime , dana barron , death wish , drugs , eighties , franchise , j. lee thompson , john p. ryan , kay lenz , mob , perry lopez , revenge , sequel
CHARLES BRONSON AVENGING DANA BARRON IN 'DEATH WISH IV'
year: 1987 cast: Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz, Dana Barron, John P. Ryan rating: ***1/2 It makes perfect bloody sense that Charles Bronson’s i...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/06/2022 / No comments / amy heckerling , eighties , exploitation , interview , jodie foster , martin scorsese , nicolas cage , robert deniro , robert romanus , scott thomson , seventies
SCOTT THOMSON'S FAST TIMES SPEEDING THROUGH 'TAXI DRIVER'
Scott Thomson with Robert Romanus from Fast Times at Ridgemont High In one of those bizarre and random pop culture occurrences, the actor wh...
YOUNG OLIVER STONE DIRECTS MICHAEL CAINE IN 'THE HAND'
Title: THE HAND Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2 Michael Caine is good in this otherwise mediocre thriller by first-time director (of a genuine st...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/05/2022 / No comments / arthouse , british , jeanne moreau , joseph losey , stanley baker , virna lisi
JEANNE MOREAU AND STANLEY BAKER IN JOSEPH LOSEY'S 'EVA'
Title: EVA Director: Joseph Losey Year: 1962 Rating: *** The only person more entranced by the spontaneous beauty of Jeanne Moreau's ti...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/03/2022 / No comments / action , adventure , bruno cremer , frank pesce , roy scheider , seventies , suspense , tangerine dream , william friedkin
WILLIAM FRIEDKIN'S UNDERRATED THIRD MASTERPIECE 'SORCERER'
Roy Scheider in SORCERER Year: 1977 Rating: ****1/2 In THE EXORCIST, director William Friedkin literally brought us to the gates of Hell, m...
Written by James M. Tate / 2/02/2022 / No comments / anita strindberg , ely galleani , exploitation , florinda bolkan , giallo , horror , italian , mystery , seventies , stanley baker , thriller
FLORINDA BOLKAN 'A LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN' STANLEY BAKER
Title: A LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN Year: 1971 Rating: *** Most giallos ... offbeat Italian-made b-horror/thrillers.. look great with crea...
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