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Written by James M. Tate / 10/31/2025 / No comments / action , christina gregg , exploitation , luana anders , marie versini , mark damon , melodrama , race car , roger corman , romance , sixties , sport , william campbell , william shatner

CHRISTINA GREGG RIDING ROGER CORMAN'S 'THE YOUNG RACERS'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskYDTYU1LHatBfFbs_yFBBsY-IEHHQhptfDyj1eA_jN8IcOSPut72ukEUH1zim2_68l0xhMGdOXg6HogTN-JRrwVIz9-qOUVLbwy9fHWLR9SLKIMBxB4JC4vcskqXIfj5Iq7MabW6inoHo-k8JiksjwVSVPWaREp_2MzGNAwCIRfspzwXvU5vhL-KjZ2E/s1612/Screen%20Shot%202025-01-13%20at%2011.04.54%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskYDTYU1LHatBfFbs_yFBBsY-IEHHQhptfDyj1eA_jN8IcOSPut72ukEUH1zim2_68l0xhMGdOXg6HogTN-JRrwVIz9-qOUVLbwy9fHWLR9SLKIMBxB4JC4vcskqXIfj5Iq7MabW6inoHo-k8JiksjwVSVPWaREp_2MzGNAwCIRfspzwXvU5vhL-KjZ2E/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-01-13%20at%2011.04.54%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christina Gregg with Mark Damon in THE YOUNG RACERS Year: 1963 Rates: ** </td></tr></tbody></table>There are bad b-movies that are still entertaining, and then there are those that simply don't work — as is the case of Roger Corman's THE YOUNG RACERS, that does use genuine European Monte Carlo Grand Prix racing locations that don't resemble stock footage thrown into the melodramatic romance sequences, which this has far too much of...Howard Hawks fared much better (though not financially) with what this picture seems a precursor of, RED LINE 7000, following womanizing racers and their female conquests, some stronger than others, in particular Luana Anders as the central ingenue, stuck between THE YOUNG RACERS...

action, christina gregg, exploitation, luana anders, marie versini, mark damon, melodrama, race car, roger corman, romance, sixties, sport, william campbell, william shatner

CHRISTINA GREGG RIDING ROGER CORMAN'S 'THE YOUNG RACERS'

Christina Gregg with Mark Damon in THE YOUNG RACERS Year: 1963 Rates: ** There are bad b-movies that are still entertaining, and then there ...

RYAN O'NEAL & SHELLEY LONG HAVE 'IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyD9zs32iKcVByOgVk_7wqFAqLrqt4MHLtmELHyFApLbd093a7e1UGoNsGJxZ7zbhbYZgI_PKHBNUDxQBMhzwMHyBJZtywsICM-EVZ_T73tWIeOjcESMXtMjO4QgEQ4ZO19M0EdVSOzH3LxxPFSLVMr5jNfAp5yZC_ybyTy3Nk_nmKG1dSMuprR4Le6Vi/s2136/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-06%20at%201.39.54%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="2136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyD9zs32iKcVByOgVk_7wqFAqLrqt4MHLtmELHyFApLbd093a7e1UGoNsGJxZ7zbhbYZgI_PKHBNUDxQBMhzwMHyBJZtywsICM-EVZ_T73tWIeOjcESMXtMjO4QgEQ4ZO19M0EdVSOzH3LxxPFSLVMr5jNfAp5yZC_ybyTy3Nk_nmKG1dSMuprR4Le6Vi/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-06%20at%201.39.54%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title: IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES Year: 1984 Rating: ****1/2</td></tr></tbody></table>Ryan O'Neal was the original Leonardo DiCaprio, both starring in what turned out surprise hits, LOVE STORY and TITANIC respectively, after which avoiding blond sex symbol status to link with a creative director, and, along with auteur films by Stanley Kubrick and Walter Hill, O'Neal's Martin Scorsese was Peter Bogdanovich, who he'd later satirize in the romantic comedy (and partial road movie) IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES...Hiding behind a cute frame story involving O'Neal as film professor turned director with wife Shelley Long, channeling Bogdanovich's first wife/creative partner Polly Platt, who, following a quirky hitchhiking whirlwind romance and later, after a divorce, face a similar court battle with daughter Drew Barrymore ("I'm divorcing my parents"): otherwise randomly appearing throughout an underrated gem that both celebrates and parodies the 1970's Renaissance Era...

allen garfield, david graf, drew barrymore, eighties, hollywood satire, luana anders, road movie, romantic comedy, ryan o'neal, sam wanamaker, sharon stone, shelley long

RYAN O'NEAL & SHELLEY LONG HAVE 'IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES'

Title: IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES Year: 1984 Rating: ****1/2 Ryan O'Neal was the original Leonardo DiCaprio, both starring in what turne...

JACK NICHOLSON WITH OTIS YOUNG TAKING ON 'THE LAST DETAIL'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBS57UT-Kx4MRV9iGVHvAEWRmAespguMpXgTbXVdZgg7stjQ0r96_ROhGF4aqE8gxLYhO0lra09lKBXzVaNakUdInoAuJuOg2-tLbPXlpm3yjY39qhW5zlQaGl-8ys05KZxR5509rkhkzybQMXSelKEhMwIeRJwAlYZPQ5QCHVkTLbLWmW3ynYU5hboc3/s2048/AVvXsEjGdJGvt5d_ROQYPZ7l5NnIHrXhi5PMDTs31Svth1LOqHHmhV_Y70T4kAZ8dFpLQPtK8UECJT19Y1zKu8Xv760e_gQz7hh31cQGwy5Jh6A-wylbe8hgCBnIZF22F2l-nc6dfn7kDTpYkh_XFFFO0BMjQUE8FxCHJl39PTOZerrOi7psWsejPojTkFJ90A=s16000.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBS57UT-Kx4MRV9iGVHvAEWRmAespguMpXgTbXVdZgg7stjQ0r96_ROhGF4aqE8gxLYhO0lra09lKBXzVaNakUdInoAuJuOg2-tLbPXlpm3yjY39qhW5zlQaGl-8ys05KZxR5509rkhkzybQMXSelKEhMwIeRJwAlYZPQ5QCHVkTLbLWmW3ynYU5hboc3/s16000/AVvXsEjGdJGvt5d_ROQYPZ7l5NnIHrXhi5PMDTs31Svth1LOqHHmhV_Y70T4kAZ8dFpLQPtK8UECJT19Y1zKu8Xv760e_gQz7hh31cQGwy5Jh6A-wylbe8hgCBnIZF22F2l-nc6dfn7kDTpYkh_XFFFO0BMjQUE8FxCHJl39PTOZerrOi7psWsejPojTkFJ90A=s16000.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jack Nicholson and Otis Young in THE LAST DETAIL Year: 1973 Rating: *****</td></tr></tbody></table>What makes THE LAST DETAIL as much comedy as drama is the brilliant use of quick editing, like whenever Navy lifer Jack Nicholson gets too drunk and boisterous, turning a would-be fight into just another time-filling tantrum... Cutting to the next scene before what seems important rolls into the overall road trip journey from New York to Boston on buses and trains, throughout in the snowy East Coast in what's very often regarded (by both critics and fans) as Jack Nicholson's greatest performance...

comedy, counter culture, cult, drama, hal ashby, indie, jack nicholson, luana anders, military, nancy allen, otis young, randy quaid, road movie, seventies

JACK NICHOLSON WITH OTIS YOUNG TAKING ON 'THE LAST DETAIL'

Jack Nicholson and Otis Young in THE LAST DETAIL Year: 1973 Rating: ***** What makes THE LAST DETAIL as much comedy as drama is the brillian...

REVIEW OF 'NIGHT TIDE' WITH DENNIS HOPPER & LINDA LAWSON

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHf2Vmnzr_8t0Amyq5v0hLx0sts6bmmWT2ihr85N6wt6tiyGzltRY4Z9n6o2z3Az11pBs8rXcKe5ihceXNasECIxW1IX32i36ByM3V9RLE5NnsSf-YyzXX2krPD6h0bmErkTVoJvNIw1yi9zbgsUF9Ad3t-QueO12VgIjO5tVQJBtmWO_zVdtuoqyxJ7eH/s1824/361299165_1767949773634191_2885771630620816365_n%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="1824" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHf2Vmnzr_8t0Amyq5v0hLx0sts6bmmWT2ihr85N6wt6tiyGzltRY4Z9n6o2z3Az11pBs8rXcKe5ihceXNasECIxW1IX32i36ByM3V9RLE5NnsSf-YyzXX2krPD6h0bmErkTVoJvNIw1yi9zbgsUF9Ad3t-QueO12VgIjO5tVQJBtmWO_zVdtuoqyxJ7eH/s16000/361299165_1767949773634191_2885771630620816365_n%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Curtis Harrington's NIGHT TIDE Year: 1961 Rating: ***1/2</td></tr></tbody></table>Many early-1960's films had a million dissolves, and didn't always know where they were going. But this low-budget arthouse knows exactly 
what it is, even if the audience is never quite sure: Taking place in the early, sparse days of Venice Beach, California, a sailor 
meets an exotic woman who works at a carnival as a mermaid... and a few men she's dated have turned/washed up dead... 
 
A young cherubic-faced Dennis Hopper is fun to watch as the gullible love-sick sailor. He won't
 listen to all the warning about her track record. Let's 
face it, the guy is hooked... And it's nice seeing Hopper as a normal person, 
not a burn-out, weirdo or psychopath, in a movie with gorgeous B&W cinematography and a jazz score, and club...