Written by James M. Tate / 7/31/2023 / No comments / bill condon , dan shor , dey young , eighties , elizabeth cheshire , fiona lewis , horror , louise fletcher , marc mcclure , michael laughlin , michael murphy , science-fiction , scott brady , tangerine dream
DECONSTRUCTING 'STRANGE BEHAVIOR' INVOLVING 'DEAD KIDS'
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Written by James M. Tate / 7/30/2023 / No comments / biopic , charles napier , comedy , dabney coleman , denise galik , drama , eighties , elizabeth cheshire , indie , jason robards , jonathan demme , mary steenburgen , michael j pollard , paul lemat
PAUL LE MAT DRIVES JONATHAN DEMME'S 'MELVIN AND HOWARD'
Michal Hendrych's artwork for MELVIN AND HOWARD Year: 1980 Rating: ****1/2 Quirky biopic based on the truth as told by a liar, in this c...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/23/2023 / No comments / adaptation , fifties , frank silvera , george hamilton , jazz score , mary murphy , neo noir , warner archives , wayne heffley
GEORGE HAMILTON KILLS FOR 'CRIME AND PUNISHMENT U.S.A.'
Title: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT U.S.A. Year: 1959 Rating: **** Actually more like the previous years' COMPULSION than a modernization of Fy...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/22/2023 / No comments / elke sommer , ernest borgnine , harlan ellison , hollywood satire , jean hale , jill st john , joseph cotten , melodrama , milton berle , rex holman , sixties , stephen boyd , tony bennett
STEPHEN BOYD, ELKE SOMMER AND TONY BENNETT IN 'THE OSCAR'
Stephen Boyd with Eleanor Parker or Jill St John in THE OSCAR Year: 1966 Rating: *** One of the most gloriously uncompromising Hollywood-set...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/19/2023 / No comments / 2019 , al pacino , brad pitt , bruce dern , counter-culture , dark comedy , exploitation , hollywood satire , leonardo dicaprio , madisen beaty , margot robie , new , quentin tarantino , thriller
REVIEW CRUISING THROUGH 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD'
Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt in ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Rating: **** Make an important note while experiencing Quentin Tarantino&...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/14/2023 / No comments / charles bronson , david morse , dennis hopper , drama , jordan rhodes , melodrama , nineties , patricia arquette , sean penn , vietnam , viggo mortensen
SEAN PENN DIRECTS VIGGO MORTENSEN IN 'THE INDIAN RUNNER'
Title: THE INDIAN RUNNER Year: 1993 Rating: **** Sean Penn wrote and directed THE INDIAN RUNNER about two brothers that couldn't be more...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/12/2023 / No comments / action , church ortiz , danny aiello , don blakely , eighties , frank pesce , jan-michael vincent , john flynn , lenny montana , rudy ramos , theresa saldano , vigilante
JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT FIGHTS BACK IN JOHN FLYNN'S 'DEFIANCE'
Title: DEFIANCE Year: 1980 Rating: ***1/2 Both lead actors from THE MECHANIC would get the vigilante bug, especially Charles Bronson, two y...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/11/2023 / No comments / adventure , catherine o'hara , comedy , eighties , griffin dunne , john heard , linda florentino , martin scorsese , neo noir , teri garr
MARTIN SCORSESE DIRECTS GRIFFIN DUNNE IN 'AFTER HOURS'
Title: AFTER HOURS Cast: Griffin Dunne, Patricia Arquette Year: 1985 Rating: ***** For the then very underrated, semi-underground and mostly...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/09/2023 / No comments / action , adventure , comedy , dennis christopher , eighties , john hurt , karen kopins , kidnapping , wayne crawford
WAYNE CRAWFORD PLAYS 'JAKE SPEED' STARRING KAREN KOPINS
Title: JAKE SPEED Year: 1986 Rating: ***1/2 The plot of ROMANCING THE STONE involves a mousy female harlequin-style novelist living sad and...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/08/2023 / No comments / cleavon little , eighties , horror satire , jim carrey , karen kopins , lauren hutton , sex comedy , vampire
JIM CARREY & KAREN KOPINS IN 'ONCE BITTEN' WITH LAUREN HUTTON
Karen Kopins and Jim Carrey in ONCE BITTEN Year: 1985 Rating: ***1/2 Bizarre that the future highest paid comic actor (at the time a hyperac...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/07/2023 / No comments / dark comedy , drama , eighties , gena rowlands , john cassavetes , molly ringwald , paul mazursky , paul stewart , raul julia , sam robards , shakespeare , susan sarandon
JOHN CASSAVETES, SUSAN SARANDON & MOLLY RINGWALD 'TEMPEST'
Title: TEMPEST Year: 1981 Rating: ***1/2 “Show me,” says John Cassavete’s intensely desperate character each time a tempest brews: once in N...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/06/2023 / No comments / anouk aimée , british , british film noir , europe , fifties , herbert lom , thriller , trevor howard , wilfrid hyde-white
TREVOR HOWARD AND HERBERT LOM IN 'GOLDEN SALAMANDER'
Title: GOLDEN SALAMANDER Year: 1950 Rating: ***1/2 No matter how low budget a British movie is, there's usually great acting being fille...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/04/2023 / No comments / action , adventure , bounty hunter , buddy , charles grodin , comedy , crime , dennis farina , eighties , FBI , joe pantoliano , john ashton , mafia , martin brest , road movie , robert deniro , yaphet kotto
ROBERT DENIRO TEAMS WITH CHARLES GRODIN IN 'MIDNIGHT RUN'
Robert DeNiro in MIDNIGHT RUN Year: 1988 Rating: ****1/2 Director Martin Brest's action/comedy MIDNIGHT RUN is a double-edged sword for...
WILLIAM LUCAS IN THE BRITISH ARMORED CAR ROBBERY 'PAYROLL'
Original Title: PAYROLL/I PROMISED TO PAY Director: Cliff Owen Year: 1961 Rates: *** * Early example of girl power encroaching a manly actio...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/02/2023 / No comments / adventure , beth rogan , civil war , creature , cy endfield , gary merill , herbert lom , joan greenwood , michael callan , michael craig , monster , percy herbert , ray harryhausen , sequel , sixties , twilight time
RAY HARRYHAUSEN EFFECTS JULES VERNE'S 'MYSTERIOUS ISLAND'
Title: MYSTERIOUS ISLAND Year: 1961 Rating: ***1/2 Known for Ray Harryhausen's giant crab and some kind of lethal chicken, MYSTERIOUS I...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/01/2023 / No comments / action , adventure , franchise , harrison ford , indiana jones , james mangold , john rhys-davies , karen allen , mads mikkelsen , nazi , new , science-fiction
HARRISON FORD AS 'INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY'
Title: INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY Year: 2023 Grade: C For diehard defenders of the entire INDIANA JONES franchise (not just those...
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