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 ...
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: *** The second mainstream football flick for one-time college star turned cinematic superstar...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/21/2022 / No comments / adrienne barbeau , 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 / 9/17/2022 / No comments / billy dee williams , burt reynolds , cop , crime , gary busey , harrison ford , john ritter , mike henry , neo noir , norman fell , richard anderson , seventies , tv series
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 / 9/11/2022 / No comments / action , 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 , 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 and Lee Ann Duffield in PATERNITY Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2 In his string of romantic comedy films, and even his car chase f...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/07/2022 / 2 Comments / action , bo hopkins , burt reynolds , jennifer billingly , matt clark , moonshine , ned beatty , seventies
BURT REYNOLDS DRIVES MOONSHINE FOR 'WHITE LIGHTNING'

Burt Reynolds in WHITE LIGHTING Year: 1973 Rating: *** After a star-making turn in the groundbreaking DELIVERANCE, this is Burt Reynold...
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...
BURT REYNOLDS STARS/DIRECTS THE NEO NOIR 'SHARKY'S MACHINE'

Title: SHARKY'S MACHINE Year: 1981 Rating: **** Although Burt Reynolds' box office rival Clint Eastwood deemed SHARKY'S MACHINE ...
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CHARLES BRONSON'S 'MAN WITH A CAMERA' WITH YVONNE CRAIG
Yvonne Craig & Charles Bronson in Man With A Camera: Hot Ice Cream 1960 Rates: ****1/2 At the end of Lawrence Tierney's career's...
