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Written by James M. Tate / 8/08/2025 / No comments / beach , bill adler , crown international , exploitation , james daughton , jim kester , kim lankford , seventies , sherry lee marks , steve oliver , tara strohmeier

JAMES DAUGHTON, KIM LANKFORD & STEVE OLIVER 'MALIBU BEACH'

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JAMES DAUGHTON, KIM LANKFORD & STEVE OLIVER 'MALIBU BEACH'

James Daughton in MALIBU BEACH Year: 1978 Rating: ***1/2 Crown's in-villain-only sequel to their cult classic THE VAN as fan-favorite mu...

JOSEPH BOTTOMS, LANA CLARKSON & KEIR DULLEA IN 'BLIND DATE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEj7PSWmVePK_soQENMo2DsyLNLbsTkWV-8So_s5yOZ0sdvh5X-ZWRknXwsXaSrjeEKiK3tKEPwW-JgJxJBY69lxDJBBdwl2daijl0NJob9nFCtDxhiRu4RwseMsQjRsqi8ux9lkEf7sQzwME7aHUats3tv7eLx4TNpojMja4z4qdEAfBT_Ry6mmwHVwHKk3/s1034/Screen%20Shot%202024-10-27%20at%201.44.19%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="1034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PSWmVePK_soQENMo2DsyLNLbsTkWV-8So_s5yOZ0sdvh5X-ZWRknXwsXaSrjeEKiK3tKEPwW-JgJxJBY69lxDJBBdwl2daijl0NJob9nFCtDxhiRu4RwseMsQjRsqi8ux9lkEf7sQzwME7aHUats3tv7eLx4TNpojMja4z4qdEAfBT_Ry6mmwHVwHKk3/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-10-27%20at%201.44.19%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>If it weren't for the Sony Walkman that Joseph Bottoms listens to in order to miraculously <i>visualize </i>computer-graphic/inferred grid-like outlines after having lost his sight, offbeat director Nico Mastorakis's BLIND DATE would seem from the steely neo-noir 1970's instead of the more glossy and subdued 1980's...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As that decade brings a wall-to-wall score of loud synthesizers and bad techno pop songs in what's an otherwise intriguing Greek-set giallo that builds beyond an uninspired initial 30-minutes... picking up when blinded Joseph Bottoms becomes a James Stewart/REAR WINDOW-style protagonist, only with moveable investigatory skills like VERTIGO... stalking the dark night for ex-girlfriend (and possible final victim) Lana Clarkson...</p>

body count, eighties, exploitation, james daughton, joseph bottoms, keir dullea, kirstie alley, lana clarkson, marina sirtis, nico mastorakis, science-fiction, serial killer, suspense, thriller, valerie golino

JOSEPH BOTTOMS, LANA CLARKSON & KEIR DULLEA IN 'BLIND DATE'

Joseph Bottoms in BLIND DATE Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 If it weren't for the Sony Walkman that Joseph Bottoms listens to in order to mir...

TV SERIES 'PLANET OF THE APES' FIRST & ONLY SEASON REVIEWS

<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/AVvXsEggP9BW5Gku-dDDm3xCdrgcCqcai35C6mX3bsqdgdXyLhQrsOtzo1NOAHEf_VgSZl-gKqYwumGe_6wkhiQps_XvnLHhSXnQiK0I9z-hrtX2BeiuCQoRvgQHMUjoQSdXN-YHwZ8WQV2WC5wWSnE9FMY3Ji0aQ4iRuc9IhETIw0vyg90WGYHYchHd6mzbBzot/s1736/Screen%20Shot%202024-05-01%20at%2012.16.58%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1736" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggP9BW5Gku-dDDm3xCdrgcCqcai35C6mX3bsqdgdXyLhQrsOtzo1NOAHEf_VgSZl-gKqYwumGe_6wkhiQps_XvnLHhSXnQiK0I9z-hrtX2BeiuCQoRvgQHMUjoQSdXN-YHwZ8WQV2WC5wWSnE9FMY3Ji0aQ4iRuc9IhETIw0vyg90WGYHYchHd6mzbBzot/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-05-01%20at%2012.16.58%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Planet of the Apes 1974 Television Series Episode Reviews</u></td></tr></tbody></table>When <u>THE PLANET OF THE APES</u> movies were all finished, fans of the franchise wanted more, so, with no more money for movies, the producers set their sites on television...<br>
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And after one season, there was no more of the Apes canon...<br>
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That's if you don't count the one-season cartoon titled RETURN TO THE PLANET OF THE APES: fans got the same plot as the 1968 Pierre Boulle novel, which involved apes in modern cities, driving cars, jeeps and flying airplanes. Meanwhile, this live-action cult series was inspired by and modeled after the blockbuster Charlton Heston loosely-adapted motion picture where the simians live in caves while caging humans: And replacing Heston are two astronauts who resemble that world's very own Starskey and Hutch... <br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Left astronaut is dead: Ron Harper & James Naughton, alive</u></td></tr>
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<u>Episode One: ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW:</u> Pilot episode of the television series based on the franchise of motion pictures involving two astronauts: older blond-haired Ron Harper and cool young dark-haired James Naughton aka Virdon and Burke, who land on a planet ruled by… you got it… talking apes. The beleaguered astronauts meet Roddy McDowall as Galen, a friendly chimp (Cornelius with a new name...<br>
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Galen was actually an assistant chimp in the original movie) helping them dodge gun-totting militaristic Gorillas while a local, Royal Dano, provides shelter and exposition about their situation. The suspenseful plot involves straight-line survival, setting up the series’ template: Virdon, Burke and Galen are known fugitives who must be caught and it’s General Urko, played by a fitfully hammy Mark Lenard, who heads up the chase – although it’s the scientific orangutan, Zaius, who wants them alive: but for scientific reasons, which would lead to the same lethal conclusion.<br>

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TV SERIES 'PLANET OF THE APES' FIRST & ONLY SEASON REVIEWS

Planet of the Apes 1974 Television Series Episode Reviews When THE PLANET OF THE APES movies were all finished, fans of the franchise wante...

CHEVY CHASE AND DAN AYKROYD SEEK HOPE IN 'SPIES LIKE US'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GW_lK2gHzA-YpbycOOZdhsDfA2u7Q1JJtYqb-Ck73c3pCy3H6HDNiXsPjjkTxaZMaY1etzEYzXdjoknoCBzEIzGFS7mXf1_TlXm10v_XhE2CUVFEl8WwdpZbReCv15eicI69Y66Q_dVY/s1092/Screen+Shot+2021-08-30+at+12.13.11+AM.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="1092" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GW_lK2gHzA-YpbycOOZdhsDfA2u7Q1JJtYqb-Ck73c3pCy3H6HDNiXsPjjkTxaZMaY1etzEYzXdjoknoCBzEIzGFS7mXf1_TlXm10v_XhE2CUVFEl8WwdpZbReCv15eicI69Y66Q_dVY/w400-h289/Screen+Shot+2021-08-30+at+12.13.11+AM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: Spies Like Us Year: 1986 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Spouting technical 
jargon with a computer-like brain, Dan
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 the jovial spirit of those Hope/Crosby "Road" movies of yesteryear's yesteryear: Making SPIES  LIKE US an attempt to get young viewers into the frolicking comic adventure the director (and his 
generation) grew up on... </p><p>The funniest scenes occur during the training camp with Bernie Casey as a tough but likeable Sgt. Hulka type while square-jawed Steve Forrest and Pentagon partner Tom Hatten feel part of a bonafide Russian vs America Cold War thriller (Steve's brother <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2016/07/iCURTAIN.html">Dana Andrews</a> starred in one of the first), sending our reluctant/oblivious expendables to randomly traipse from the Arab desert to<i> </i>snowy missile-hiding Russia. And along this ROAD are are some fun obstacles and decent one-liners ("What's a Dickfer?" "To pee with").... albeit dialogue that could've been uttered by any comedic actor. For unlike 
Landis/Aykroyd's classic BLUES BROTHERS and TRADING PLACES, the talent 
isn't deliberately retrofitted to the surroundings. Instead, our two SNL vets seem like 
guest stars in someone else's picture, and, this being a deliberate homage, 
perhaps that was the nostalgic director's intention all along. <br></p><p><span></span></p>