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CHRISTINA APPLEGATE IN THE SNAKY JAWS-CLONE 'JAWS OF SATAN'

CHRISTINA APPLEGATE IN THE SNAKY JAWS-CLONE 'JAWS OF SATAN' CHRISTINA APPLEGATE IN THE SNAKY JAWS-CLONE 'JAWS OF SATAN'

Christina Applegate in JAWS OF SATAN Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2 Strange when you know a movie by one name, adorning the posters, video cases...

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LISA LANGLOIS IN THE ROGER CORMAN JAWS-CLONE 'THE NEST'

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"Working on that film was amongst the worst experiences of my career" Lisa Langlois YEAR: 1988 The same year Roger Corman's ...

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TRACKING THE JAWS-CLONE OF NEW WORLD PICTURES 'SLUGS'

TRACKING THE JAWS-CLONE OF NEW WORLD PICTURES 'SLUGS' TRACKING THE JAWS-CLONE OF NEW WORLD PICTURES 'SLUGS'

Title: SLUGS Year: 1988 Rating: ***1/2 Roger Corman's New World Pictures sans Roger Corman made a surprisingly decent Jaws-Clone, takin...

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BEWARE OF 'BLOOD BEACH' W/ DARRELL FETTY & LENA POUSETTE

BEWARE OF 'BLOOD BEACH' W/ DARRELL FETTY & LENA POUSETTE BEWARE OF 'BLOOD BEACH' W/ DARRELL FETTY & LENA POUSETTE

Title: BLOOD BEACH Year: 1980 BLOOD BEACH is an inspired, intentionally campy Jaws-clone that intentionally never reaches the water, and wi...

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DENISE GALICK IN THE JAWS-CLONE 'HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP'

DENISE GALICK IN THE JAWS-CLONE 'HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP' DENISE GALICK IN THE JAWS-CLONE 'HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP'

Dense Galick in Humanoids from the Deep 1980  ***1/2 Not only did Roger Corman produce a JAWS-clone (directed by Barbara Peeters) where sexy...

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BO HOPKINS IN THE ITALIAN-IMPORT JAWS-TERROR OF 'TENTACLES'

BO HOPKINS IN THE ITALIAN-IMPORT JAWS-TERROR OF 'TENTACLES' BO HOPKINS IN THE ITALIAN-IMPORT JAWS-TERROR OF 'TENTACLES'

Sherry Buchanan in TENTACOLI Year: 1977 Rates: **** The haunting techno keyboard riff by one of Quentin Tarantino's long list of sampled...

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RICHARD RUSH DIRECTS ADAM ROARKE IN 'THE SAVAGE SEVEN'

RICHARD RUSH DIRECTS ADAM ROARKE IN 'THE SAVAGE SEVEN' RICHARD RUSH DIRECTS ADAM ROARKE IN 'THE SAVAGE SEVEN'

Title: THE SAVAGE SEVEN Director: Richard Rush Year: 1968 Score: ***1/2 Perhaps the reason most 1970's Westerns played like violently ma...

ANN CURTHOYS & NINA THOMAS IN 'THE SWEENEY: TOMORROW MAN'

ANN CURTHOYS & NINA THOMAS IN 'THE SWEENEY: TOMORROW MAN' ANN CURTHOYS & NINA THOMAS IN 'THE SWEENEY: TOMORROW MAN'

Title: THE SWEENEY: TOMORROW MAN Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2 Another episode with an obvious inspiration drawn from Peter Falk's COLUMBO.....

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NICOLA PAGETT & BILLY MURRAY ON 'THE SWEEENEY: STOPPO DRIVER'

NICOLA PAGETT & BILLY MURRAY ON 'THE SWEEENEY: STOPPO DRIVER' NICOLA PAGETT & BILLY MURRAY ON 'THE SWEEENEY: STOPPO DRIVER'

Billy Murray & John Thaw in The Sweeney: STOPPO DRIVER Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2 Another action-packed opener that winds up in a den of ...

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JOHN THAW IN 'THE SWEENEY: THIN ICE' WITH JOHN FLANAGAN

JOHN THAW IN 'THE SWEENEY: THIN ICE'  WITH JOHN FLANAGAN JOHN THAW IN 'THE SWEENEY: THIN ICE' WITH JOHN FLANAGAN

John Thaw and John Flanagan in THE SWEENEY: THIN ICE Year: 1975 Rating: *** THE SWEENEY season one's third episode THIN ICE can be calle...

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CLASSIC CRIME CINEMA AMBIANCE FOR 'THE SWEENEY: NIGHT OUT'

CLASSIC CRIME CINEMA AMBIANCE FOR 'THE SWEENEY: NIGHT OUT' CLASSIC CRIME CINEMA AMBIANCE FOR 'THE SWEENEY: NIGHT OUT'

The Sweeney: NIGHT OUT Year: 1975 Rating: **** One of the best episodes of the first SWEENEY season stays mostly indoors, and in one small, ...

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DENNIS WATERMAN GETS ROMANTIC ON 'THE SWEENEY: DRAG ACT'

DENNIS WATERMAN GETS ROMANTIC ON 'THE SWEENEY: DRAG ACT' DENNIS WATERMAN GETS ROMANTIC ON 'THE SWEENEY: DRAG ACT'

Title: THE SWEENEY: DRAG ACT Year: 1978 Rating: *** Early on in THE SWEENEY, Dennis Waterman's Sgt. Carter, the young, more vulnerable p...

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JOHN THAW VS TONY SELBY FROM 'THE SWEENEY: QUEEN'S PAWN'

JOHN THAW VS TONY SELBY FROM 'THE SWEENEY: QUEEN'S PAWN' JOHN THAW VS TONY SELBY FROM 'THE SWEENEY: QUEEN'S PAWN'

Title: THE SWEENEY: QUEEN'S PAWN Year: 1975 Rating: ***1/2 From HIGH SIERRA before to CARLITO'S WAY after, the device of a famously-...

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FINAL SEASON KICKOFF 'THE SWEENEY: MESSENGER OF THE GODS'

FINAL SEASON KICKOFF 'THE SWEENEY: MESSENGER OF THE GODS' FINAL SEASON KICKOFF 'THE SWEENEY: MESSENGER OF THE GODS'

John Thaw and Michael Tarn in The Sweeney: Messenger of the Gods Year: 1978 Rates: **** Although THE SWEENEY final season's kickoff epis...

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COLIN WELLAND & DENNIS WATERMAN MAKE 'THE SWEENEY: FACES'

COLIN WELLAND & DENNIS WATERMAN MAKE 'THE SWEENEY: FACES' COLIN WELLAND & DENNIS WATERMAN MAKE 'THE SWEENEY: FACES'

Dennis Waterman in THE SWEENEY: Faces YEAR: 1975 Rating: **** Starting with a bombastic heist sweeping an entire London street, THE SWEENEY ...

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GERALDINE JAMES & GEORGE HARRIS STEAL 'THE SWEENEY: PAY OFF'

GERALDINE JAMES & GEORGE HARRIS STEAL 'THE SWEENEY: PAY OFF' GERALDINE JAMES & GEORGE HARRIS STEAL 'THE SWEENEY: PAY OFF'

Geraldine James and George Harris in THE SWEENEY: Pay Off Year: 1976 Rating: ****1/2 THE SWEENEY episode PAY OFF combines two of the British...

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IAN HENDRY AND JILL TOWNSEND CHRISTEN 'THE SWEENEY: RINGER'

IAN HENDRY AND JILL TOWNSEND CHRISTEN 'THE SWEENEY: RINGER' IAN HENDRY AND JILL TOWNSEND CHRISTEN 'THE SWEENEY: RINGER'

Title: RINGER Season 1 Episode 1 Year: 1974 Rating: ****1/2 The rudimentary episode of THE SWEENEY is one of the best, and like all great su...

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SHERIDAN FITZGERALD STEALS 'THE SWEENEY: ONE OF YOUR OWN'

SHERIDAN FITZGERALD STEALS 'THE SWEENEY: ONE OF YOUR OWN' SHERIDAN FITZGERALD STEALS 'THE SWEENEY: ONE OF YOUR OWN'

Sheridan Fitzgerald in One Of Your Own 1978 Rates: ***1/2 THE SWEENEY would sometimes go outside the crowded and bickering New Scotland Yard...

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LUCASFILM ACTORS GUEST ON 'THE SWEENEY: HEARTS AND MINDS'

LUCASFILM ACTORS GUEST ON 'THE SWEENEY: HEARTS AND MINDS' LUCASFILM ACTORS GUEST ON 'THE SWEENEY: HEARTS AND MINDS'

John Thaw and Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney: Hearts & Minds Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2 A final season SWEENEY episode HEARTS AND MINDS h...

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JOHN THAW COLUMBOS DEL HENNEY ON 'THE SWEENEY: JIGSAW'

JOHN THAW COLUMBOS DEL HENNEY ON 'THE SWEENEY: JIGSAW' JOHN THAW COLUMBOS DEL HENNEY ON 'THE SWEENEY: JIGSAW'

Dennis Waterman and John Thaw on THE SWEENEY: JIGSAW Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2 The first of many STRAW DOGS alumni (ranging from TP McKenna ...

ANNA NYGH LIGHTS UP THE FINAL 'THE SWEENEY: JACK OR KNAVE'

ANNA NYGH LIGHTS UP THE FINAL 'THE SWEENEY: JACK OR KNAVE' ANNA NYGH LIGHTS UP THE FINAL 'THE SWEENEY: JACK OR KNAVE'

Anna Nygh in Jack Or Knave Year: 1978 Rating: *** The final episode of THE SWEENEY has no finality as the show's never been serialized.....

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DI DREVIS STEALS 'THE SWEENEY: BAIT' WITH GEORGE SEWELL

DI DREVIS STEALS 'THE SWEENEY: BAIT' WITH GEORGE SEWELL DI DREVIS STEALS 'THE SWEENEY: BAIT' WITH GEORGE SEWELL

Di Trevis and George Sewell on THE SWEENEY: BAIT Year: 1978 Rating: **** One of the best episodes of the otherwise comparably subpar fourth/...

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CHARLES CHAPLIN ENDS WITH 'A COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG'

CHARLES CHAPLIN ENDS WITH 'A COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG' CHARLES CHAPLIN ENDS WITH 'A COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG'

A COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG Year: 1967 By the late sixties, Charlie Chaplin and Marlon Brando were both iconic performers known for their top...

NEO NOIR 'THE SWEENEY' EPISODE OF 'CHALK AND CHEESE'

NEO NOIR 'THE SWEENEY' EPISODE OF 'CHALK AND CHEESE' NEO NOIR 'THE SWEENEY' EPISODE OF 'CHALK AND CHEESE'

Paul Jones on The Sweeney Year: 1974 Rates: ***** Beginning with a rubbed water-glass rim creating a crystalline sound, there's a mislea...

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JOHN CARPENTER DIRECTS STEPHEN KING'S KILLER CAR 'CHRISTINE'

JOHN CARPENTER DIRECTS STEPHEN KING'S KILLER CAR 'CHRISTINE' JOHN CARPENTER DIRECTS STEPHEN KING'S KILLER CAR 'CHRISTINE'

Title: Christine YEAR: 1983 Rates: **** John Carpenter's most sparse and subtle horror film, and based on Stephen King's multi-pers...

TOM CRUISE, BRYAN BROWN AND ELIZABETH SHUE IN 'COCKTAIL'

TOM CRUISE, BRYAN BROWN AND ELIZABETH SHUE IN 'COCKTAIL' TOM CRUISE, BRYAN BROWN AND ELIZABETH SHUE IN 'COCKTAIL'

year: 1988 cast: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elizabeth Shue, Lisa Banes Rating: **** TAPS aside, which was before he became a big star, Tom Cr...

JAMES BOOTH AND HELEN GILL FROM 'THE SWEENEY: POPPY'

JAMES BOOTH AND HELEN GILL FROM 'THE SWEENEY: POPPY' JAMES BOOTH AND HELEN GILL FROM 'THE SWEENEY: POPPY'

Helen Gill in Poppy Year: 1975 Rating: ****1/2 Britain's THE SWEENEY is both a regular cop series and a revolving villain anthology wher...