Written by James M. Tate / 5/31/2022 / No comments / action , classic , cop , crime , cult , don gordon , felice orlandi , jacqueline bisset , pat renella , peter yates , robert vaughn , simon oakland , sixties , steve mcqueen , thriller
PETER YATES GIVES MORE THAN CHASE IN THE CLASSIC 'BULLITT'

Steve McQueen in BULLITT Year: 1968 Rating: ***** The iconic car chase is the only thing that seems to matter in BULLITT, and not just for t...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/30/2022 / No comments / action , al bright , al lettieri , ali macgraw , ben johnson , bo hopkins , crime , exploitation , heist , modern western , road movie , sally struthers , sam peckinpah , steve mcqueen
STEVE MCQUEEN LITERALLY STEALS SAM PECKINPAH'S 'THE GETAWAY'

Steve McQueen in THE GETAWAY Year: 1972 Rating: **** The machine-pounding prologue/montage of Sam Peckinpah's THE GETAWAY embodies caged...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/29/2022 / No comments / action , ernie hudson , escape , ian mcneice , kevin dillon , lance henriksen , nineties , prison , ray liotta , stuart wilson
RAY LIOTTA & STUART WILSON IN 'NO ESCAPE' WITH ERNIE HUDSON

Ray Liotta in NO ESCAPE Year: 1994 Rating: ***1/2 An action-packed b-movie that takes itself way too seriously, which is what makes NO ESCAP...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/28/2022 / No comments / cop , dick miller , harry northup , jonathan kaplan , ken lerner , kurt russell , madeline stowe , ray liotta , roger e. mosley , suspense , thriller
JONATHAN KAPLAN DIRECTS RAY LIOTTA IN 'UNLAWFUL ENTRY'

Ray Liotta in UNLAWFUL ENTRY Year: 1992 Rating: ***1/2 Some former student directors of low-budget movie-producing icon Roger Corman, no ma...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/27/2022 / No comments / eighties , indie , jeff daniels , jonathan demme , kristin olsen , margaret colin , melanie griffith , quirky , ray liotta , road movie , romantic comedy , thriller
JONATHAN DEMME'S QUIRKY ROAD PICTURE 'SOMETHING WILD'

Ray Liotta's in SOMETHING WILD Year: 1986 Rating: ****1/2 Director Jonathan Demme's sexy road-flick SOMETHING WILD plays around wi...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/26/2022 / No comments / exploitation , martin scorsese , memorial , mobster , nineties , ray liotta
RIP RAY LIOTTA TRUE LEAD OF THE LEGENDARY 'GOODFELLAS'

Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in GOODFELLAS The one thing GOODFELLAS had going that set it apart from all the inferior clones is Ray Liotta, the ...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/24/2022 / No comments / body count , cannon , cult , eighties , exploitation , horror satire , oliver reed , sunny johnson
OLIVER REED & SUNNY JOHNSON IN 'DR. HECKYL AND MR. HYPE'

Oliver Reed in DR. HECKYL AND MR. HYPE Year: 1980 Rating: **1/2 What's considered one of Cannon Pictures and Oliver Reed's worst mo...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/22/2022 / No comments / caper , comedy , counter-culture , crime , james donald , michael crawford , michael winner , oliver reed , sixties
MICHAEL WINNER DIRECTS OLIVER REED IN 'THE JOKERS'

Title: THE JOKERS Year: 1967 Rating: ** The most disappointing of director Michael Winner and actor Oliver Reed's 1960's collaborati...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/19/2022 / No comments / body count , british , bully , carol lynley , david greene , drama , gig young , gothic , horror , jazz score , oliver reed , rural , sixties , thriller
CAROL LYNLEY IN 'THE SHUTTERED ROOM' WITH OLIVER REED

Title: THE SHUTTERED ROOM Year: 1967 Rating: ***1/2 A near clone of Sam Peckinpah's STRAW DOGS only five years earlier, during the psych...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/18/2022 / No comments / british , david lodge , derek francis , hammer films , horror , martin benson , martin reid , michael ripper , mystery , oliver reed , patrick allen , peter cushing , peter graham scott , sixties , yvonne romain
HAMMER PRESENTS 'NIGHT CREATURES' WITH PETER CUSHING

Oliver Reed and Peter Cushing in Hammer's NIGHT CREATURES Year: 1962 Rating: ****1/2 Hammer's decision to name this hybrid of thrill...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/17/2022 / No comments / anthony dawson , british , hammer films , horror , joy webster , oliver reed , terence fisher , victorian , werewolf , yvonne romain
HAMMER'S VICTORIAN HORROR 'THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF'

Oliver Reed in THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF Year: 1961 Rating: **** A man gets bitten by a wolf and slowly turns into one… Which probably sou...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/16/2022 / No comments / christopher lee , dawn addams , exploitation , hammer films , janina faye , joy webster , oliver reed , paul massie , pauline shepherd , sixties , thriller
HAMMER'S 'THE TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL' WITH CHRISTOPHER LEE

Oliver Reed cameo Year: 1960 Rating: *** The titular scientist in Hammer's usual Victorian era fits the 1800's in his stuffy demeano...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/13/2022 / No comments / andrew ray , ann lynn , british new wave , comedy , david hemmings , drama , ensemble , guy doleman , iain gregory , jane merrow , john alderton , julia foster , michael winner , oliver reed , sixties , the searchers
MICHAEL WINNER DIRECTS OLIVER REED RUNNING 'THE SYSTEM'

Title: The System Year: 1964 Rates: ****1/2 THE GIRL-GETTERS is really THE SYSTEM as the other title makes little sense — and although the B...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/12/2022 / No comments / action , adventure , comedy , james donald , john alderton , michael j. pollard , michael winner , nazi , oliver reed , pow , road movie , sixties , world war II
MICHAEL WINNER DIRECTS OLIVER REED IN 'HANNIBAL BROOKS'

Oliver Reed in HANNIBAL BROOKS Year: 1969 Rating: ***1/2 Short, quirky, extremely offbeat Michael J. Pollard is like a novelty song of an ac...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/11/2022 / No comments / action , adventure , hammer films , john gilling , michael ripper , oliver reed , peter arne , pirates , sixties
OLIVER REED AGAIN IN HAMMER'S 'THE PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER'

Oliver Reed in THE PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER 1961 Rates: **1/2 The twist ending of Hammer's THE PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER is not only given aw...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/10/2022 / No comments / art hindle , cindy hinds , david cronenberg , horror , nuala fitzgerald , oliver reed , samantha eggar , seventies , susan hogan
OLIVER REED & ART HINGLE IN DAVID CRONENBERG'S 'THE BROOD'

Year: 1979 Rating: **** The term “watch your temper” has never been so relevant and palpable than in THE BROOD, where Oliver Reed’s Dr. Hal...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/08/2022 / No comments / beatnik , british new wave , carol white , christopher lee , claire gordon , david farrar , exploitation , gillian hills , jazz score , melodrama , noëlle adam , oliver reed , shirley anne field , sixties , teddy boys
YOUNG BRITISH BLONDE BEAUTY GILLIAN HILLS AS 'BEAT GIRL'

Oliver Reed with Gillian Hills as BEAT GIRL Year: 1960 BEAT GIRL is like two movies in one, and both are pretty great with the insanely gor...
RICHARD LESTER RETURNS TO THE SWORD FOR 'ROYAL FLASH'

Year: 1975 Rating: **** There were only three actors Stanley Kubrick had to give little direction to: Peter Sellers from DR. STRANGELOVE and...
OLIVER REED IN HAMMER FILMS 'PARANOIAC' WITH JANETTE SCOTT

Poster for PARANOIAC Year: 1963 Rating: **** If Terence Fisher was the Universal Classic Monsters version of England's HAMMER FILMS then...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/07/2022 / No comments / cornelia sharpe , creature , drama , eighties , exploitation , horror , hostage , klaus kinski , nicol williamson , oliver reed , sarah miles , snake , sterling hayden , susan george , suspense , thriller
VILLAINOUS OLIVER REED AND KLAUS KINSKI BITING INTO 'VENOM'

Oliver Reed in VENOM Year: 1981 Rating: **** A sickly British kid and his grandfather are overtaken by the help in their family estate: Ear...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/06/2022 / No comments / action , crime , escape , fabio testi , frédéric de pasquale , italian , jailbreak , kidnapping , oliver reed , paola pitagora , seventies , teamup , thriller , wrong man
OLIVER REED DOES ITALIAN CRIME IN 'REVOLVER' W/ FABIO TESTI

Oliver Reed in Revolver Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 A promising, clever premise of a government official, played by genuine bad-ass Oliver Ree...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/04/2022 / No comments / ann lynn , beatnik , british , british new wave , clifford david , counter-culture , crime , eddie albert , jazz score , katherine woodville , louise sorel , maurice browning , mystery , oliver reed , romance , sixties
OLIVER REED & KATHERINE WOODVILLE IN 'THE PARTY'S OVER'

Title: THE PARTY'S OVER Year: 1965 Rating: **** Executive Producer Peter O'Toole and Jack Hawkins along with director Guy Hamilton...
DOUGLAS HICKOX DIRECTS OLIVER REED IN 'SITTING TARGET'

Oliver Reed in SITTING TARGET Year: 1972 Rating: **** When long-time locked-up convict Oliver Reed breaks out of prison to kill wife Jill St...
INTERVIEW WITH ACTRESS JANE MERROW REVISITING 'THE SYSTEM'

Interview with British actress JANE MERROW on Michael Winner's THE SYSTEM “Well I was/am in show business so it wasn’t too much of a str...
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STEVE MCQUEEN & DUSTIN HOFFMAN IN THE ORIGINAL 'PAPILLON'
Title: PAPILLON Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 Director Francis J. Schaffner and scriptwriter Dalton Trumbo convert Henri Charrière's riveti...
