Written by James M. Tate / 8/31/2022 / No comments / action , burt reynolds , deborah rush , eighties , gambling , howard hesseman , karen young , neo noir , peter macnichol
BURT REYNOLDS IN THE LAS VEGAS NEON NEO-NOIR OF 'HEAT'

Title: HEAT Year: 1986 Rating: ***1/2 After Burt Reynolds career derailed following too many bland romantic comedies and vapid car chase mo...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/28/2022 / No comments / burt reynolds , dark comedy , dom deluise , kristy mcnichol , norman fell , robbie benson , seventies
BURT REYNOLDS STARRING IN HIS CULT DARK COMEDY 'THE END'

Burt Reynolds in THE END Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2 Best remembered for the last half-hour involving Burt Reynolds, as a dying man with less ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/27/2022 / No comments / barbara hale , dewey robinson , elizabeth russell , erford gage , film noir or melodrama , forties , gothic , horror , hugh beaumont , jean brooks , kim hunter , lou lubin , mark robson , tom conway , val lewton
KIM HUNTER IN VAL LEWTON'S GOTHIC NOIR 'THE SEVENTH VICTIM'

Title: THE SEVENTH VICTIM Year: 1943 Rating: **** Following producer Val Lewton's exploitation horrors CAT PEOPLE, THE LEOPARD MAN and I...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/26/2022 / No comments / action , charles bronson , crime , dana elcar , gumshoe , harry guardino , j. lee thompson , jacqueline bisset , jeff goldblum , john houseman , lynn borden , neo noir , seventies , thriller
CHARLES BRONSON IN THE MODERN NOIR TEMPLATE OF 'ST. IVES'

ST. IVES Stars: Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset Year: 1976 Rating: ***1/2 The second of two Charles Bronson vehicles after...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/25/2022 / No comments / al lettieri , hubert cornfield , jazz score , jess hahn , kidnapping , marlon brando , neo noir , pamela franklin , richard boone , rita moreno , sixties , suspense , thriller
HUBERT CORNFIELD DIRECTS 'THE NIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING DAY'

Marlon Brando in The Night of the Following Day 1969 Rating: ***1/2 There are two things that must be intentional about THE NIGHT OF THE FOL...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/24/2022 / No comments / akim tamiroff , brit ekland , british , comedy , cult , french , heist , jailbreak , maria grazia buccella , peter sellers , satire , sixties , victor mature
PETER SELLERS, BRITT EKLAND & VICTOR MATURE 'AFTER THE FOX'

Britt Ekland in AFTER THE FOX Year: 1966 Rates: **1/2 Victor Mature plays an aged, has-been actor who spends so much time bickering with age...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/16/2022 / No comments / action , drama , exploitation , jack nicholson , jazz score , melodrama , race car , roger corman , romance , sixties , teen
RACING THROUGH EARLY JACK NICHOLSON FOR 'THE WILD RIDE'

A young Jack Nicholson in THE WILD RIDE Year: 1960 Rating: **1/2 Before the term Speed Kills referred to drugs it was for souped-up fast ca...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/14/2022 / No comments / calvin jung , eighties , g.d. spradlin , george c. scott , john g. avildsen , marlon brando , mathe keller , mystery , neo noir , richard lynch , thriller
MARLON BRANDO AND GEORGE C. SCOTT IN 'THE FORMULA'

Title: THE FORMULA Year: 1980 Rating: ** Most cult films start out generally unknown and unsuccessful till gaining a dedicated following but...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/13/2022 / No comments / action , adventure , clu gulager , dan aykroyd , david bowie , eighties , irene pappas , jeff goldblum , john landis , michelle pfeiffer , neo noir , stacey pickren , thriller
JOHN LANDIS NEON EIGHTIES NEO-NOIR OF 'INTO THE NIGHT'

INTO THE NIGHT Year: 1986 Rates: ****1/2 The same year Martin Scorsese took a break from edgy dramas to make the humorously frantic Neo Noir...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/12/2022 / No comments / charles durning , eighties , fantasy , gene hackman , heist , john travolta , oliver reed , olivia newton-john , richard bright , romantic comedy , scatman crothers
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & JOHN TRAVOLTA IN 'TWO OF A KIND'

Olivia Newton-John Travolta in TWO OF A KIND Year: 1983 Rating: *** Iconic GREASE stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John turned down re...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/11/2022 / No comments / anissa jones , brian keith , dana andrews , johnny whitaker , kathy garver , prison , sebastian cabot , sixties , tv series
DANA ANDREWS BREAKS INTO 'FAMILY AFFAIR' WITH BRIAN KEITH

Dana Andrews on FAMILY AFFAIR: THE WINGS OF AN ANGEL Year: 1969 Grade: A By 1969, former Hollywood star Dana Andrews was bridging villain p...
GROOVING THROUGH 'GREASE' OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN TRAVOLTA

year: 1978 cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway rating: ****1/2 Eddie Deezen, who played Eugene, the hyp...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/10/2022 / No comments / camp , eighties , gene kelly , michael beck , musical , olivia newton-john , rollerstake
STRANGE FASCINATION OF 'XANADU' OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

Title: XANADU Year: 1980 Rating: *** It was almost the end of Disco but everyone was rollerskating. Hell, even the gods. Or in this particu...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/09/2022 / No comments / action , adventure , cult , fifties , gerald mohr , ib melchior , jack kruschen , les tremayne , nora hayden , science-fiction
NORA HAYDEN ORBITS IB MELCHIOR'S 'THE ANGRY RED PLANET'

Title: THE ANGRY RED PLANET Year: 1959 Rating: *1/2 With five years until the exceptionally-creative science-fiction flick THE TIME TRAVELER...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/08/2022 / No comments / angela aames , burt young , eighties , exploitation , laurene landon , lenny montana , peter falk , road movie , sport , vicki frederick , warner archives
PETER FALK, LAURENE LANDON & VICKI FREDERICK 'ALL THE MARBLES'

Vicki Frederick and Laurene Landon in ALL THE MARBLES Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2 Three dots following a sentence usually means... there'...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/07/2022 / No comments / crime , fifties , film noir or melodrama , road movie , ruth roman , steve cochran , wrong man
STEVE COCHRAN & RUTH ROMAN IN 'TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY'

Steve Cochran in TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY Year: 1951 Rating: **1/2 While it's not strange having swarthy and handsome, experienced tough ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/06/2022 / No comments / dark comedy , exploitation , james mason , jazz score , jerry stovin , peter sellers , road movie , shelley winters , sixties , stanley kubrick , sue lyon
SUE LYON IN STANLEY KUBRICK'S 'LOLITA' WITH JAMES MASON

LOLITA Year: 1962 Rating: ****1/2 Between Stanley Kubrick's financial gig on Kirk Douglas's epic SPARTACUS and the immense Cold War ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/04/2022 / No comments / action , elisha cook jr. , fifties , film noir or melodrama , gene raymond , heist , hubert cornfield , jeanne cooper , nora hayden , road movie , stafford repp , steven ritch , thriller , wayne morris
HUBERT CORNFIELD'S TRUCKER HEIST FILM NOIR 'PLUNDER ROAD'

Title: PLUNDER ROAD Year: 1957 Rating: **** Hubert Cornfield's PLUNDER ROAD is more of a post heist thriller than a heist centered b-m...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/03/2022 / No comments / exploitation , fifties , film noir or melodrama , irvine lerner , jazz score , john archer , kathie browne , kelly thorsden , patricia blair , road movie , steven ritch , vince edwards
VINCE EDWARDS IN THE ATOMIC AGE LATE NOIR 'CITY OF FEAR'

Title: CITY OF FEAR Stars: Vince Edwards, Steven Ritch Year: 1959 Rating: *** An escaped convict, played by Vince Edwards , steals a metal c...
NOIR TORPEDO VINCE EDWARDS KILLS IN 'MURDER BY CONTRACT'

Title: MURDER BY CONTRACT Year: 1958 Rating: ***1/2 Deliberately sparse and slow-paced, unpretentiously stylized film noir with a solitary j...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/01/2022 / No comments / 2022 , action , cable , crime , fantasy , gang , javon wanna walton , new , pilou asbæk , sophia tatum , superhero , sylvester stallone
SYLVESTER STALLONE'S UNBREAKABLE SUPERHERO 'SAMARITAN'

Expository intro for SAMARITAN with Sylvester Stallone from 2022 Grade: C— The last time standard-action-flick icon Sylvester Stallone play...
LIEUTENANT UHURA ON GENE RODDENBERRY'S THE LIEUTENANT'

Future Star Trek Nichelle Nichols on THE LIEUTENANT: TO SET IT RIGHT Year: 1964 Rating: *** Gene Roddenberry's STAR TREK made Nichelle ...
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