Written by / 7/31/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , , , ,

AESTHETICALLY MARVELING OVER 'STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE'

AESTHETICALLY MARVELING OVER 'STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE' AESTHETICALLY MARVELING OVER 'STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE'

Title: STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE Year: 1979 Rating: ***1/2 All the Original Cast STAR TREK films have titles that fit the plot... from a...

JONATHAN KAPLAN DIRECTING ISAAC HAYES AS 'TRUCK TURNER'

JONATHAN KAPLAN DIRECTING ISAAC HAYES AS 'TRUCK TURNER' JONATHAN KAPLAN DIRECTING ISAAC HAYES AS 'TRUCK TURNER'

Alan Weeks and starring Isaac Hayes as TRUCK TURNER Year: 1974 Rating: ****1/2 At a certain point, with pressure to stop Blaxploitation film...

Written by / 7/27/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , ,

DANA ANDREWS IN 'THE FROZEN DEAD' FEATURING ANNA PALK

DANA ANDREWS IN 'THE FROZEN DEAD' FEATURING ANNA PALK DANA ANDREWS IN 'THE FROZEN DEAD' FEATURING ANNA PALK

Dana Andrews with Anna Palk in THE FROZEN DEAD Year: 1966 Rating: ** Dana Andrews plays a German Nazi scientist in the modern era (1966) wh...

Written by / 7/26/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , , , ,

STANLEY BAKER AND DAVID WARNER HEIST IN 'PERFECT FRIDAY'

STANLEY BAKER AND DAVID WARNER HEIST IN 'PERFECT FRIDAY' STANLEY BAKER AND DAVID WARNER HEIST IN 'PERFECT FRIDAY'

Title: PERFECT FRIDAY Year: 1970 Rating: ***1/2 In the stylish and quirky British bank-heist comedy PERFECT FRIDAY, the most offbeat aspect ...

Written by / 7/25/2022 / 1 Comment / , , , , , , , ,

JOHN CARPENTER WITH TOBE HOOPER DIRECTING 'BODY BAGS'

JOHN CARPENTER WITH TOBE HOOPER DIRECTING 'BODY BAGS' JOHN CARPENTER WITH TOBE HOOPER DIRECTING 'BODY BAGS'

Year: 1993 The Gas Station: **** Hair: ***1/2 Eye: *** Coroner Frame Story: *** Overall:  ***1/2 John Carpenter, director of horror classi...

Written by / 7/24/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , , ,

REVIEW OF THE ORIGINAL 'TRON' JEFF BRIDGES & DAVID WARNER

REVIEW OF THE ORIGINAL 'TRON' JEFF BRIDGES & DAVID WARNER REVIEW OF THE ORIGINAL 'TRON' JEFF BRIDGES & DAVID WARNER

Year: 1982 Rating: **** Steven Lisberger is the Steve Wozniak of computer cinema, but what he first created on the big screen didn't gi...

Written by / 7/23/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , , , , ,

JENNIFER CONNELLY STEALS DENNIS HOPPER'S 'THE HOT SPOT'

JENNIFER CONNELLY STEALS DENNIS HOPPER'S 'THE HOT SPOT' JENNIFER CONNELLY STEALS DENNIS HOPPER'S 'THE HOT SPOT'

Title: THE HOT SPOT AKA  ZONA CALIENTE Year: 1990 Rating: ***1/2 You really know that director Dennis Hopper's THE HOT SPOT is a Noir wh...

SMOKING THROUGH A YEAR OF 'FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH'

SMOKING THROUGH A YEAR OF 'FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH' SMOKING THROUGH A YEAR OF 'FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH'

Sean Penn flanked by Anthony Edwards & Eric Stoltz in FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH Year: 1982 Rates: ****1/2 The 1982 Cult Classic FAST ...

Written by / 7/22/2022 / No comments / , , , , , ,

DANA ANDREWS AND JANE POWELL IN 'ENCHANTED ISLAND'

DANA ANDREWS AND JANE POWELL IN 'ENCHANTED ISLAND' DANA ANDREWS AND JANE POWELL IN 'ENCHANTED ISLAND'

Title: ENCHANTED ISLAND Year: 1958 Rating: ** In the 1940's, minimalist Dana Andrews seemed like a real person in movies surrounded by a...

Written by / 7/21/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , ,

DANA ANDREWS, LINDA CRISTAL AND KENT SMITH IN 'COMANCHE'

DANA ANDREWS, LINDA CRISTAL AND KENT SMITH IN 'COMANCHE' DANA ANDREWS, LINDA CRISTAL AND KENT SMITH IN 'COMANCHE'

Dana Andrews in COMANCHE Year: 1966 Rating: 1/2 Many Westerns, started around this time, the mid-to-late 1950's, will have a white chara...

Written by / 7/19/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , , , , , ,

DANA ANDREWS AND JEANNE CRAIN IN 'HOT RODS TO HELL'

DANA ANDREWS AND JEANNE CRAIN IN 'HOT RODS TO HELL' DANA ANDREWS AND JEANNE CRAIN IN 'HOT RODS TO HELL'

Title: HOT RODS TO HELL Year: 1966 Rating: ***1/2 Camp Score: **** "The horns blowing, the lights, the brakes," says a jaded and n...

Written by / 7/16/2022 / 1 Comment / , , , , , , ,

SUSAN BLAKELY FLYING HIGH INTO 'THE CONCORDE: AIRPORT 79'

SUSAN BLAKELY FLYING HIGH INTO 'THE CONCORDE: AIRPORT 79' SUSAN BLAKELY FLYING HIGH INTO 'THE CONCORDE: AIRPORT 79'

year: 1979  rating: *** A jet plane, like the ones in the AIRPORT films, can’t do much. But unlike those bulky airliners, a hot rod can do p...

Written by / 7/14/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , ,

TOM HANKS & DARYL HANNAH IN RON HOWARD'S 'SPLASH'

TOM HANKS & DARYL HANNAH IN RON HOWARD'S 'SPLASH' TOM HANKS & DARYL HANNAH IN RON HOWARD'S 'SPLASH'

Title: SPLASH Year: 1983 Director: Ron Howard Rating: ****1/2 On David Letterman, John Candy got an awkward, giggling reaction from the audi...

DIRECTOR JACK ARNOLD GROUNDS 'IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE'

DIRECTOR JACK ARNOLD GROUNDS 'IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE' 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...

VAL GUEST'S 'KILLER FORCE' AKA 'THE DIAMOND MERCENARIES'

VAL GUEST'S 'KILLER FORCE' AKA 'THE DIAMOND MERCENARIES' VAL GUEST'S 'KILLER FORCE' AKA 'THE DIAMOND MERCENARIES'

Titles: KILLER FORCE/THE DIAMOND MERCENARIES Year: 1976 Rating: *** The only thing more pathetic than Peter Fonda's fake beard is that d...

HENRY WINKLER AND MICHAEL KEATON PIMPING 'NIGHT SHIFT'

HENRY WINKLER AND MICHAEL KEATON PIMPING 'NIGHT SHIFT' HENRY WINKLER AND MICHAEL KEATON PIMPING 'NIGHT SHIFT'

Title: NIGHT SHIFT Director: Ron Howard Year: 1982 Rating: ****1/2 As a director, Ron Howard got his groove before realizing he really had ...

Written by / 7/13/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , , , , , ,

DON JOHNSON WITH SUSANNE BENTON IN 'A BOY AND HIS DOG'

DON JOHNSON WITH SUSANNE BENTON IN 'A BOY AND HIS DOG' DON JOHNSON WITH SUSANNE BENTON IN 'A BOY AND HIS DOG'

Title: A BOY AND HIS DOG Pictured: Susanne Benton and Don Johnson Director: L.Q. Jones Year: 1975 Rating: **** Actor L.Q. Jones adapted and ...

Written by / 7/12/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , , , ,

STROTHER MARTIN & GERI REISCHL 'THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN'

STROTHER MARTIN & GERI REISCHL 'THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN' STROTHER MARTIN & GERI REISCHL 'THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN'

Geri Reischl in THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN Year: 1971 Rating: * Produced and featuring actor L.Q. Jones, co-starring his fellow Sam Peckinpah ...

Written by / 7/11/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , , , , , ,

SAM PECKINPAH MELLOWS FOR 'THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE'

SAM PECKINPAH MELLOWS FOR 'THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE' SAM PECKINPAH MELLOWS FOR 'THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE'

Written in memory of L.Q. Jones Title: The Ballad of Cable Hogue Year: 1970 Rating: ***1/2 After making the Western to end all Westerns, THE...

Written by / 7/09/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

JAMES CAAN & PETER BOYLE IN THE NOIR ROAD MOVIE 'SLITHER'

JAMES CAAN & PETER BOYLE IN THE NOIR ROAD MOVIE 'SLITHER' JAMES CAAN & PETER BOYLE IN THE NOIR ROAD MOVIE 'SLITHER'

Title: SLITHER Year: 1973 Rating: ****1/2 Right after playing the tough, feisty Sonny Corleone in THE GODFATHER, square-jawed James Caan wen...

Written by / 7/08/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , , , , , ,

JAMES CAAN AND ALAN ARKIN ARE 'FREEBIE AND THE BEAN'

JAMES CAAN AND ALAN ARKIN ARE 'FREEBIE AND THE BEAN' JAMES CAAN AND ALAN ARKIN ARE 'FREEBIE AND THE BEAN'

Alan Arkin and James Caan in FREEBIE AND THE BEAN Year: 1974 Rating: ***1/2 FREEBIE AND THE BEAN was very popular upon release, which is un...

Written by / 7/07/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , , , , ,

REVIEW OF 'NIGHT TIDE' WITH DENNIS HOPPER & LINDA LAWSON

REVIEW OF 'NIGHT TIDE' WITH DENNIS HOPPER & LINDA LAWSON REVIEW OF 'NIGHT TIDE' WITH DENNIS HOPPER & LINDA LAWSON

Curtis Harrington's NIGHT TIDE Year: 1961 Rating: ***1/2 Many early-1960's films had a million dissolves, and didn't always kno...

JAMES CAAN STARRING IN 'THE GAMBLER' WITH PAUL SORVINO

JAMES CAAN STARRING IN 'THE GAMBLER' WITH PAUL SORVINO JAMES CAAN STARRING IN 'THE GAMBLER' WITH PAUL SORVINO

James Caan starring as  Axel Freed in James Tolback's THE GAMBLER Year: 1974 Rating: *** In pop culture, before you had to "know w...

Written by / 7/06/2022 / 2 Comments / , , , , , , , , , , , ,

ALLEN GARFIELD & LEIF GARRETT IN 'SKATEBOARD THE MOVIE'

ALLEN GARFIELD & LEIF GARRETT IN 'SKATEBOARD THE MOVIE' ALLEN GARFIELD & LEIF GARRETT IN 'SKATEBOARD THE MOVIE'

year: 1978 cast: Allen Garfield, Leif Garrett, Kathleen Lloyd, Tony Alva, Pam Kenneally rating: ***1/2   Although promoted as a Leif Garr...

Written by / 7/04/2022 / No comments / , , , , ,

JOHN BELUSHI & DAN AYKROYD SIGNING OFF WITH 'NEIGHBORS'

JOHN BELUSHI & DAN AYKROYD SIGNING OFF WITH 'NEIGHBORS' JOHN BELUSHI & DAN AYKROYD SIGNING OFF WITH 'NEIGHBORS'

Title: NEIGHBORS Year: 1981 Rating: **1/2 John Belushi's last film is unique, to say the very least. And the least, plot-wise, is what N...

Written by / 7/02/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , , , ,

CORNEL WILDE, SCOTT GLENN AND JENNIFER SALT IN 'GARGOYLES'

CORNEL WILDE, SCOTT GLENN AND JENNIFER SALT IN 'GARGOYLES' CORNEL WILDE, SCOTT GLENN AND JENNIFER SALT IN 'GARGOYLES'

Title: GARGOYLES Year: 1973 Rating: **** Cornel Wilde plays a writer obsessed with debunking Gothic mythologies, and answers a call to hear ...

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER & ELLIOTT GOULD IN 'THE SILENT PARTNER'

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER & ELLIOTT GOULD IN 'THE SILENT PARTNER' CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER & ELLIOTT GOULD IN 'THE SILENT PARTNER'

Title: THE SILENT PARTNER Year: 1978 Rating: *** * An almost perfect vehicle for Christopher Plummer, who, playing either nice guys or menac...

Written by / 7/01/2022 / No comments / , , , , , , , , , , ,

CAMERON CROWE FOLLOWS FAST TIMES WITH 'THE WILD LIFE'

CAMERON CROWE FOLLOWS FAST TIMES WITH 'THE WILD LIFE' CAMERON CROWE FOLLOWS FAST TIMES WITH 'THE WILD LIFE'

Title: THE WILD LIFE Year: 1984 Writer: Cameron Crowe Stars: Chris Penn, Eric Stoltz Rating: **** THE WILD LIFE, an underrated, extremely u...

SCRUTINIZING THE FUTURE-SPORT CULT-WORLD OF 'ROLLERBALL'

SCRUTINIZING THE FUTURE-SPORT CULT-WORLD OF 'ROLLERBALL' SCRUTINIZING THE FUTURE-SPORT CULT-WORLD OF 'ROLLERBALL'

Title: Rollerball Year: 1975 Rating: **** Science-Fiction usually has only rich and poor, no middle. ROLLERBALL is somewhat different. Ever...

All Time Popular

Featured Post

ROBERT WAGNER IN THE OBSCURE GOLF PRO CURIO 'BANNING'

Robert Wagner in BANNING Year: 1967 Rating: **** The extremely elusive and rare BANNING is a 1967 film about former golf pro Robert Wagner a...

WWW.CULTFILMFREAKS.COM

WWW.CULTFILMFREAKS.COM
Movie Reviews, Interviews, Articles and Pop Culture from White Heat to Blue City

RIP ACTOR KEN HUTCHISON

TOTAL HITS

Popular Trending

FOUNDED BY JAMES M. TATE

FOUNDED BY JAMES M. TATE
RANDOM QUOTE: "I don't know what it is, but it's yoga." Elliott Gould, The Long Goodbye

FILM NOIR & NEO NOIR CRIME

FAVORITES SHORTLIST

1)OTLEY 2)HELL IS A CITY 3)ROBBERY 4)THE FEARMAKERS 5)CANYON PASSAGE 6)VIOLENT SATURDAY 7)HOT CARS 8)JUNGLE STREET 9)THE CROWDED SKY 10)THE ROARING TWENTIES 11) ANATOMY OF A MURDER 12)SHARKS' TREASURE 13)SWEENEY TWO 14)RAIDERS FROM BENEATH THE SEA 15)HARDCORE 16)THE SYSTEM 17)WHITE HEAT 18)AL CAPONE 19)HIDDEN FEAR 20)FALLEN ANGEL 21)NIGHT CREATURES 22)THE HEROIN BUSTERS 23)ASH WEDNESDAY 24)THE BREAK 25)AIR PATROL 26)THE STONE KILLER 27)EASY LIVING 28)WILLIAM CONRAD'S BRAINSTORM 29)FRENZY 30)THE MAN FROM LARAMIE 1)DANA ANDREWS 2)JAMES CAGNEY 3)STANLEY BAKER 4)MARLON BRANDO 5)CHARLES BRONSON1)VIRGINIA MAYO 2)SUE LYON 3)GENE TIERNEY 4)MERRY ANDERS 5)FAYE DUNAWAY DIRECTORS 1)JACQUES TOURNEUR 2)RICHARD FLEISCHER 3)STANLEY KUBRICK 4)ORSON WELLES 5)OTTO PREMINGER 6)JOHN LANDIS 7)JOHN GUILLERMAN 8)VAL GUEST 9)JOHN CARPENTER 10)MICHAEL WINNER

BRITISH NEW WAVE CINEMA

RARITIES AND EXPLOITATION

HAMMER HORROR & THRILLER

Popular This Month

CHARLES BRONSON CINEMA

CINEMA OF DANA ANDREWS

WESTERN GENRE REVIEWS

PEAKING INTO THE SIXTIES

KICKING IN THE EIGHTIES

TALES AND REFLECTIONS

REVVING THE SEVENTIES

FOR HORROR MOVIE REVIEWS

Most Popular Last Year

RETURN TO THE HOMEPAGE