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Written by James M. Tate / 5/23/2023 / No comments / action , bernie casey , blaxploitation , brenda sykes , bruce glover , jim brown , katherine woodville , mafia , martin landau , neo noir , seventies , thriller

JIM BROWN, MARTIN LANDAU & BRUCE GLOVER IN 'BLACK GUNN'

<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/AVvXsEjhhePez-Wat53pTZI-ZLcrAJoTrbWXEJEksLOxKlElIWpU9NGgEYCl0Epzum0hbj52EBVpjILCzgU9GEw-Q-4j3RY-746u_ZsdNPWAsRwQuAxzjvpiI7pJxVqrJAh4BxjK0W76q6ALHf-JlpY_Nr1fQOlmSaBfUoXYOEKcuOi_hFf1DeAumbrhVNNj0w/s1746/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="1746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhePez-Wat53pTZI-ZLcrAJoTrbWXEJEksLOxKlElIWpU9NGgEYCl0Epzum0hbj52EBVpjILCzgU9GEw-Q-4j3RY-746u_ZsdNPWAsRwQuAxzjvpiI7pJxVqrJAh4BxjK0W76q6ALHf-JlpY_Nr1fQOlmSaBfUoXYOEKcuOi_hFf1DeAumbrhVNNj0w/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jim Brown in BLACK GUNN Year: 1972 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In 1972, two blaxploitation movies had similar plots: a group of black criminals successfully steal cash from a mafia money-counting outpost, followed by the inevitable thugs hunting them down... but in this case they only want Herbert Jefferson Jr. as Scott Gunn, younger brother of our titular hero in Jim Brown's rich  nightclub owner GUNN...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For the first half the smooth star's caught in-between a political pickle with the mafia against his hidden-away brother's militant black gang, including another ex-footballer Bernie Casey... </p><p><span></span></p>

action, bernie casey, blaxploitation, brenda sykes, bruce glover, jim brown, katherine woodville, mafia, martin landau, neo noir, seventies, thriller

JIM BROWN, MARTIN LANDAU & BRUCE GLOVER IN 'BLACK GUNN'

Jim Brown in BLACK GUNN Year: 1972 Rating: **** In 1972, two blaxploitation movies had similar plots: a group of black criminals successfull...

SEAN CONNERY W/ MARTIN LANDAU & NATALIE WOOD IN METEOR

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 1979</u></td></tr>
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Sean Connery’s character is so over solving possible catastrophic problems, like how to destroy a METEOR with an outer space vessel that winds up, thanks or actually no thanks to the American government, aiming the missiles at Russia… and vice versa on their secretive end… that he’s gone sailing, literally, and is brought back to backroom meetings with nice guy Karl Malden, cranky Martin Landau, a terrific fellow in Russian leader Brian Keith and ingenue Natalie Wood, whose purpose is to translate for Keith while subtly batting her giant eyes at Connery, the one person who can possibly figure out how to save the planet, with a little help and, added to this somewhat urgent yet not entirely suspenseful plot we get dated glimpses into the meteor soaring and roaring through space, towards Earth, making the original STAR TREK effects seem like 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY… And to perk things up, smaller craters land on random continents, injecting disaster genre elements, from fires to floods, into an otherwise talky thriller. Sure the concept is dated… concerning the Russians… but “modern” blockbusters like ARMAGEDDON and DEEP IMPACT should give thanks to this literally groundbreaking vehicle.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>This Sailboat in Outer Space is a long dissolve from the heavens to the earth's sea where our hero's in a race</u></td></tr>
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disaster, karl malden, martin landau, natalie wood, science-fiction, sean connery, seventies

SEAN CONNERY W/ MARTIN LANDAU & NATALIE WOOD IN METEOR

year: 1979 Sean Connery’s character is so over solving possible catastrophic problems, like how to destroy a METEOR with an outer space ...

Written by James M. Tate / 10/12/2012 / No comments / 2012 , catherine o'hara , martin landau , martin short , stop-motion , tim burton

FRANKENWEENIE

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 2012 voices: Charlie Tahan, Martin Landau rating: ****</td></tr>
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Tim Burton hasn’t been this… Tim Burton in years. Gone are the overboard computer effects or quirky actors prancing without limits… FRANKENWEENIE, a stop-motion remake of Burton’s 1984 short film, is a wonderful piece of work.<br />
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Based on James Whale’s theatrical version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, our "monster" begins as a family pooch. Not a weenie dog like the title implies; the energetic Sparky's more of a comic book Bull Terrier owned by melancholy Victor Frankenstein, son of middle class suburban parents voiced by Martin Short and Catherine O’Hara. Dad's all for Victor taking part in the upcoming science fair… his "weird" son is inspired by Martin Landau's progressive science teacher... just as long as he gives baseball a shot: Cut to the chase... Sparky ends up dead and Victor, using the same <strike>lightning strike</strike> template from the Frankenstein film, brings Sparky back to life. Despite being a patchwork that continuously falls apart, he’s got the same spunk and energy. But soon Victor’s classmates catch on: Wanting their own pets revived, what begins with a subtle touch ends up a GREMLINS meets GODZILLA and it’s up to Sparky, who'd been feeling no purpose as a zombie dog, to make things right.<br />
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Burton provides an old-school charm, not only because of the retro stop-motion or the lovely black and white cinematography. The story has the kind of heartfelt melodrama of the good old days. And if anything else, this is a simple tale of a boy and his pet – you’ll feel the love Victor has for Sparky, which is enough to make everything else truly come <i>alive</i>!

2012, catherine o'hara, martin landau, martin short, stop-motion, tim burton

FRANKENWEENIE

year: 2012 voices: Charlie Tahan, Martin Landau rating: **** Tim Burton hasn’t been this… Tim Burton in years. Gone are the overboard co...

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