Written by James M. Tate / 8/31/2023 / No comments / body count , caitlin o'heaney , christopher allport , cult , exploitation , horror , indie , marilyn hamlin , seventies , slasher , william sanderson
MARILYN HAMLIN & CHRISTOPHER ALLPORT IN 'SAVAGE WEEKEND'
Title: SAVAGE WEEKEND Year Released: 1979 Rating: *** Shot in 1976 under the name THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK, when acquired by Cannon Films in ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/26/2023 / No comments / dorothy patrick , fifties , film noir or melodrama , heist , j. carrol naish , lee marvin , love triangle , margaret hayes , richard egan , richard fleischer , stephen mcnally , victor mature , virginia leith
RICHARD FLEISCHER'S 'VIOLENT SATURDAY' WITH VICTOR MATURE
Title: VIOLENT SATURDAY Year: 1955 Rating: ****1/2 Director Richard Fleischer crafted a tight, sparse, edgy noir also replete with enough pa...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/25/2023 / No comments / action , alec mango , anita ekberg , brian wilde , british film noir , drugs , fifties , film noir or melodrama , jazz score , john gilling , maurice browning , trevor howard , victor mature
VICTOR MATURE AND TREVOR HOWARD BATTLE IN 'PICKUP ALLEY'
Poster art for Pickup Alley Year: 1957 Rating: **** Sometimes those late 1950's anti-drug, jazz-soaked neo noirs feature shaky method ac...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/23/2023 / No comments / british film noir/melodrama , caper , diana dors , fifties , gene anderson , liam redmond , patrick allen , truck , victor mature
VICTOR MATURE WITH DIANA DORS TRUCKING IN 'THE LONG HAUL'
Title: THE LONG HAUL Year: 1957 Rating: ***1/2 What begins as a kind of lightweight HELL DRIVERS with token Yankee Victor Mature joining a ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/22/2023 / No comments / betty grable , carole landis , cop , film noir or melodrama , forties , laird cregar , mystery , thriller , victor mature , wrong man
VICTOR MATURE AND LAIRD CREGAR IN 'I WAKE UP SCREAMING'
Title: I WAKE UP SCREAMING Year: 1941 Rating: **** Originally named HOT SPOT since we begin with Victor Mature, noisily and rudely interroga...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/20/2023 / No comments / brian donlevy , coleen gray , film noir or melodrama , forties , heist , karl malden , suspense , thriller , victor mature
VICTOR MATURE WITH RICHARD WIDMARK IN 'KISS OF DEATH'
Title: KISS OF DEATH Year: 1947 Rating: **** The original KISS OF DEATH is several movies in one, beginning as a tension-filled heist flick ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/17/2023 / No comments / action , crime , donald buka , FBI , film noir or melodrama , gangster , joseph pevney , mark stevens , richard widmark , suspense
MARK STEVENS & RICHARD WIDMARK 'THE STREET WITH NO NAME'
Title: THE STREET WITH NO NAME Year: 1947 Rating: ****1/2 Like James Cagney's more popular G-MEN, this dusty gem begins as sort of an ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/16/2023 / No comments / action , bob newhart , bobby darin , don siegel , harry guardino , james coburn , mike kellin , nick adams , steve mcqueen , world war II
STEVE MCQUEEN STARS IN DONALD SIEGEL'S 'HELL IS FOR HEROES'
Title: HELL IS FOR HEROES Year: 1962 Rating: *** When Bob Newhart is doing the same one-way-telephone bit that made him famous enough to hav...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/14/2023 / No comments / action , adventure , body count , charlie sheen , frank mcrea , harry dean stanton , jennifer grey , johh milius , lea thompson , powers booth , war , william smith
JOHN MILIUS DIRECTS 'RED DAWN' STARRING PATRICK SWAYZE
Title: RED DAWN Year: 1984 Director: John Milius Rating: ***1/2 By the time Powers Booth's Air Force Lt. Col. Andy Tanner is found near ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/12/2023 / No comments / exploitation , john flynn , lawrason driscoll , linda haynes , luke askew , mexico , neo noir , paul schrader , revenge , road movie , seventies , tommy lee jones , vietnam , william devane
WILLIAM DEVANE RIDES 'ROLLING THUNDER' WITH LINDA HAYNES
Title: ROLLING THUNDER Year: 1977 Rating: ***1/2 The low-budget production company American International got themselves a movie with a then...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/10/2023 / No comments / action , caesar danova , connie stevens , cop , crime , drugs , exploitation , hit-man , john davis chandler , seventies , smuggling , william smith
CONNIE STEVENS & WILLIAM SMITH CONNECTING FOR 'SCORCHY'
Connie Stevens in SCORCHY Year: 1976 Rating: **** The cult exploitation SCORCHY is actually a b-movie revamp of THE FRENCH CONNECTION about ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/09/2023 / No comments / circus , craig wasson , drama , eighties , elisha cook jr. , ensemble , exploitation , gary busey , jodie foster , kenneth mcmillan , robbie robertson , warner archives
ROBBIE ROBERTSON IN 'CARNY' WITH GARY BUSEY & JODIE FOSTER
Robby Robertson in CARNY Year: 1980 Rating: ***1/2 Be prepared for freaks and frolic, white trash marauders and by far one of the strangest ...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/08/2023 / 1 Comment / action , catherine mary stewart , eighties , geoffrey lewis , horror , interview , kelli maroney , robert beltran , sharon farrell , thriller , zombie
THREE ACTRESSES REFLECT THE CULT CLASSIC 'NIGHT OF THE COMET'
Interview selections with Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney and Sharon Farrell from Night of the Comet “At the time that we were shoot...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/07/2023 / No comments / adventure , based on literature , burgess meredith , coming-of-age , mark rydell , mitch vogel , rupert crosse , sharon farrell , sixties , steve mcqueen , will geer , william faulkner
STEVE MCQUEEN, SHARON FARRELL & RUPERT CROSSE 'THE REIVERS'
Reactivated Summary Review for Sharon Farrell in THE REIVERS Year: 1969 Rating: ***1/2 This entertaining little gem, based on a novel by Wil...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/06/2023 / 1 Comment / cult , dennis hopper , don gordon , eighties , horror , interview , linda manz , seventies , sharon farrell
REVITALIZED ARCHIVE INTERVIEW WITH ACTRESS SHARON FARRELL
Interview with the late Sharon Farrell from 2010 here in the 1976 thriller The Premonition The following interview will cover SHARON FARRELL...
Written by James M. Tate / 8/04/2023 / No comments / action , bill condon , diana scarwid , eighties , fiona lewis , louise fletcher , michael laughlin , nancy allen , paul lemat , science-fiction
MICHAEL LAUGHLIN'S 'STRANGE INVADERS' STARRING PAUL LE MAT
Title: STRANGE INVADERS Year: 1983 Rating: ***1/2 It's said director Michael Laughlin and co-writer Bill Condon were headed for a titula...
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