Written by James M. Tate / 9/30/2022 / No comments / action , andre morell , caper , heist , peter jeffrey , roger moore , sarah lawson , sixties , spy , the saint , thriller , william lucas
WILLIAM LUCAS NEO NOIR THUGS ROGER MOORE IN 'THE SAINT'
Peter Jeffreys with William Lucas and Roger Moore on The Saint from 1965 British crime-genre actor William Lucas, star of neo noirs THE BREA...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/28/2022 / No comments / british neo noir , british new wave , caper , dilys watling , george martin , heist , john rutland , sixties , suspense , terence cooper , thriller , warren mitchell , william lucas
WILLIAM LUCAS & JOHN RUTLAND WEATHER 'CALCULATED RISK'
William Lucas in CALCULATED RISK Year: 1963 Rating: ***1/2 Low-budget thriller has THE BREAK baddie and overall capable British New Wave a...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/27/2022 / No comments / action , british neo noir , british new wave , christina gregg , eddie byrne , gene anderson , lance comfort , robert urquhart , sixties , thriller , tony britton , william lucas
WILLIAM LUCAS MAKING 'THE BREAK' WITH CHRISTINA GREGG
Christina Gregg & William Lucas THE BREAK Year: 1962 The same year British beauty Christina Gregg played a schoolgirl told DON'T TAL...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/26/2022 / No comments / british neo noir , british new wave , crime , david gregory , kidnapping , kim tracy , sixties , thriller , william lucas , wrong man , zena walker
WILLIAM LUCAS, ZENA WALKER & DAVID GREGORY 'THE MARKED ONE'
Title: THE MARKED ONE Year: 1963 Rating: *** Obscure British actor William Lucas gained niche fame as the father from the 1970's BLACK ...
BURT REYNOLDS IN THE SLOWBURN COP SERIES 'DAN AUGUST'
Burt Reynolds on the series DAN AUGUST Years: 1970-1971 Rating: ***1/2 In two decades, Burt Reynolds went from being a TV actor to a movie ...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/25/2022 / No comments / billie whitelaw , british , british neo noir , british new wave , crime , fifties , hazel court , jail break , lee patterson , peter graham scott , terence alexander , thriller , william lucas
WILLIAM LUCAS, HAZEL COURT & BILLIE WHITELAW IN 'BREAKOUT'
William Lucas in BREAKOUT Year: 1959 Rates: *** Yet another cautious, severely unpretentious British heist flick where tight calculation and...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/24/2022 / No comments / action , burt reynolds , comedy , dorothy malone , dyan dannon , gumshoe , kay frye , neo noir , seventies , thriller
NEO NOIR GUMSHOE BURT REYNOLDS BOOKS KAY FRYE IN 'SHAMUS'
Title: SHAMUS Year: 1973 Grade: C While Burt Reynolds is mostly known for car chase comedies, his deepest niche were neo noir flicks, and SH...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/23/2022 / No comments / burt reynolds , don cheadle , heather graham , john c. reilly , julianne moore , mark wahlberg , nineties , paul thomas anderson , philip seymour hoffman , thomas jane
BURT REYNOLDS IN 'BOOGIE NIGHTS' STARRING MARK WAHLBERG
Burt Reynolds & Mark Wahlberg from BOOGIE NIGHTS Year: 1997 Rating: ****1/2 Basically the GOODFELLAS of the 1970's porn industry, Pa...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/22/2022 / No comments / brian dennehy , buddy , burt reynolds , football , jill clayburgh , kris kristofferson , love triangle , michael ritchie , roger e. mosley , romantic comedy , seventies , sport
BURT REYNOLDS AND KRIS KRISTOFFERSON ARE 'SEMI-TOUGH'
Burt Reynolds in SEMI-TOUGH Year: 1977 Rating: *** Having been a college football star before an injury leading to acting lessons, football ...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/21/2022 / No comments / adrienne barbeau , alfie wise , burt reynolds , dean martin , dom deluise , ensemble , farrah fawcett , hal needham , jackie chan , race car , road movie , roger moore , sammy davis jr.
BURT REYNOLDS DRIVING HAL NEEDHAM'S 'THE CANNONBALL RUN'
Burt Reynolds in THE CANNONBALL RUN Year: 1981 Rating: ****1/2 After SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, director Hal Needham and actor Burt Reynolds had...
BURT REYNOLDS & JON VOIGHT VENTURE THROUGH 'DELIVERANCE'
Burt Reynolds in DELIVERANCE Year: 1972 Rating: ****1/2 Going backwards, many fans of Burt Reynolds happened upon DELIVERANCE later on, and ...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/19/2022 / No comments / adventure , bo hopkins , burt reynolds , jack warden , revenge , romance , sarah miles , western
BURT REYNOLDS STARS IN 'THE MAN WHO LOVED CAT DANCING'
Title: THE MAN WHO LOVED CAT DANCING Year: 1973 Rating: ** VANISHING POINT director Richard C. Sarafian and budding superstar Burt Reynolds ...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/18/2022 / No comments / action , adam west , brian keith , burt reynolds , car , hal needham , hollywood satire , james best , jan-michael vincent , sally field , seventies
BURT REYNOLDS DRIVES 'HOOPER' WITH JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT
Burt Reynolds and Jan-Michael Vincent in HOOPER Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2 By the time HOOPER hit theaters, star Burt Reynolds and director H...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/11/2022 / No comments / action , alfie wise , bernadette peters , burt reynolds , comedy , drama , ed lauter , football , harry caesar , james hampton , michael conrad , prison , richard kiel , robert aldrich , seventies , sport
BURT REYNOLDS GETS CAPTURED FOR 'THE LONGEST YARD'
Burt Reynolds in THE LONGEST YARD Director: Robert Aldrich Year: 1974 Rating: **** Having experienced the many Burt Reynolds road flicks ...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/10/2022 / No comments / bill forsyth , buddy , burt reynolds , casey siemaszko , comedy , crime , eighties , john sayles , neo noir , sheila kelley
BURT REYNOLDS AND CASEY SIEMASZKO ARE 'BREAKING IN'
Burt Reynolds in BREAKING IN Year: 1989 Rating: ****1/2 After a string of good but neglected action flicks as a character either a decade yo...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/09/2022 / 1 Comment / burt reynolds , comedy. sequel , eighties , franchise , jackie gleason , jerry reed , race against time , road movie , sally field
BURT REYNOLDS RETURNING FOR 'SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT 2'
Title: SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT 2 Year: 1980 Rating: *** One scene in this sequel to SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT has Burt Reynolds and Sally Field, ...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/08/2022 / No comments / aileen quinn , alfie wise , beverly d'angelo , burt reynolds , comedy , eighties , lauren hutton , norman fell , paul dooley , toni kalem
BURT REYNOLDS WANTS TO HAVE YOUR BABY IN 'PATERNITY'
Burt Reynolds in PATERNITY with Aileen Quinn In his string of romantic comedy films, and even his car chase flicks, Burt Reynolds is never...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/07/2022 / 2 Comments / action , adventure , bo hopkins , burt reynolds , exploitation , jennifer billingly , joseph sargent , matt clark , moonshine , ned beatty , revenge , seventies
BURT REYNOLDS DRIVING MOONSHINE FOR 'WHITE LIGHTNING'
Burt Reynolds in WHITE LIGHTING (First of Two Reviews) Year: 1973 Rating: *** After a star-making turn in the groundbreaking DELIVERANCE...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/04/2022 / No comments / art carney , burt reynolds , connie van dyke , fifties-era , heist , import , james hampton , jerry reed , john g. avildsen , ned beatty , road movie , seventies
BURT REYNOLDS ROLLING IN 'W.W. AND THE DIXIE DANCEKINGS'
Year: 1975 Rating: *** Orson Welles once stated that fame was the worst thing to happen to Burt Reynolds… And Burt liked this comment enoug...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/02/2022 / No comments / action , burt reynolds , candace bergen , charles durning , eighties , elmore leonard , jose perez , neo noir
BURT REYNOLDS STARS AS/DIRECTS THE ACTION NEO NOIR 'STICK'
Burt Reynolds in STICK Year: 1985 Rating: ***1/2 Elmore Leonard's yarn about an ex-con named STICK is brought to the big screen by actor...
JAMES CAGNEY DRIVES 'THE ST. LOUIS KID' WITH ALLEN JENKINS
Title: THE ST. LOUIS KID Year: 1934 Rating: **** Great early James Cagney romp has he and glass-jaw sidekick Allen Jenkins as truck drivers ...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/01/2022 / No comments / action , al lettieri , charles bronson , crime , elmore leonard , lee purcell , paul koslo , richard fleischer , seventies , taylor lacher , thriller
CHARLES BRONSON IN 'MR. MAJESTYK' FEATURING PAUL KOSLO
MAJESTYK YEAR: 1974 SCORE: **** Charles Bronson's different in Richard Fleischer's MR. MAJESTYK than in the early-seventies' M...
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Robyn Hilton enters into an eclectic exploitation comedy career in Wonder Women circa 1973 As mentioned a few posts ago, ROBYN HILTON, b...
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Kari Michaelsen in Saturday the 14th year: 1982 In LOVE AT FIRST BITE, a popular comedy that took the vampire genre by satire, Richard ...
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Cornelia Sharpe in BUSTING Year: 1974 Rating: **** Starring Elliott Gould and Robert Blake as determined vice cops BUSTING hookers, makin...
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Mary-Louise Weller in NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE ANIMAL HOUSE, directed by John Landis and produced by Ivan Reitman, stars John Be...
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Robyn Hilton in Video Vixens the same year as Blazing Saddles: 1974 The Anthology of Comedic Parodies, already done in several Woody All...
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CADDDYSHACK is best known for the iconic leading actors: Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase, Ted Knight, and Bill Murray, but originally the ...
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Elizabeth James and Tom Laughlin on equal ground YEAR: 1967 THE BORN LOSERS wasn't supposed to happen but thank God it did since BIL...
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LANCE GUEST WITH ROBERT PRESTON IN 'THE LAST STARFIGHTER'
Title: THE LAST STARFIGHTER Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 The connection of THREE AMIGOS, GALAXY QUEST and TROPIC THUNDER... of actors thinking ...