cult film freak: peter macnichol

Written by James M. Tate / 8/31/2022 / No comments / action , burt reynolds , deborah rush , eighties , gambling , howard hesseman , karen young , neo noir , peter macnichol

BURT REYNOLDS IN THE LAS VEGAS NEON NEO-NOIR OF 'HEAT'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><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/AVvXsEhF04Do96V6dCUGTK40Byj2YuzzuQwQxkLIh57pTv0hmrfuMuIY9hkQGWs371uFoijOuwB5ErZBLgP0d75moJOHFkdE0s-1dFO8hnZ9HJpvYP2rYB4Bo8ATpGrWSf5ysvVtC3UZrtUqOoi2aRf8aUyNebwSB16gjAXYNcbPM4-AXkxE9l0i2Z6Q0bKFvQ/s1884/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-30%20at%206.13.50%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="935" data-original-width="1884" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF04Do96V6dCUGTK40Byj2YuzzuQwQxkLIh57pTv0hmrfuMuIY9hkQGWs371uFoijOuwB5ErZBLgP0d75moJOHFkdE0s-1dFO8hnZ9HJpvYP2rYB4Bo8ATpGrWSf5ysvVtC3UZrtUqOoi2aRf8aUyNebwSB16gjAXYNcbPM4-AXkxE9l0i2Z6Q0bKFvQ/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-30%20at%206.13.50%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: HEAT Year: 1986 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>After <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/search/label/burt%20reynolds">Burt Reynolds</a> career derailed following too many bland romantic comedies and vapid car chase movies, especially STROKER ACE, he made a string of relatively unknown neo noir action flicks liken to his 1981 gritty cop exploitation SHARKY'S MACHINE... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And while <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2011/06/stick.html">STICK</a> took source novelist Elmore Leonard's pulpy approach in balmy Florida and <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2018/10/Malone.html">MALONE</a> headed to the woodsy wilderness, HEAT sizzles in Sin City where Reynold's character Nick is a kind of hired makeshift bodyguard with an edgy past while suffering the worst addiction to have in Las Vegas... gambling... </p><p><span></span></p>

action, burt reynolds, deborah rush, eighties, gambling, howard hesseman, karen young, neo noir, peter macnichol

BURT REYNOLDS IN THE LAS VEGAS NEON NEO-NOIR OF 'HEAT'

Title: HEAT Year: 1986 Rating: ***1/2 After Burt Reynolds career derailed following too many bland romantic comedies and vapid car chase mo...

Written by James M. Tate / 12/14/2019 / No comments / action , adventure , caitlin clarke , cult , eighties , fantasy , peter macnichol

SMOKING HOT MALE FANTASY CAITLIN CLARKE IN 'DRAGONSLAYER'

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DRAGONSLAYER looks great but lacks overall magic — at the same time using way too much of it since the title character is/was a sorcerer's apprentice, providing an easy out and leaving the venture without much difficulty or hardship 
for the good guys, or suspense for the audience...<br>
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The problem is the hero played by Peter 
MacNicol: an underdog was needed, not a feminine wimp. On the other hand, a tough and effective Caitlin Clarke, dressed as a man to dodge the town's fire-spouting virgin sacrifice, tricks everyone: quite a reach since Clarke's Valerian is downright gorgeous. Speaking of which: One cruel sequence has a young virgin princess eaten by baby dragons via Muppet-like puppets munching/crunching 
her feet — it's downright disturbing and sadistic, and not in a "cool" kinda way. So for an awesome flying-fiery creature that still holds up effects-wise, and the cutest damn tomboy ever filmed, DRAGONSLAYER might just do. But not much else is recommended beyond those two. <br>

action, adventure, caitlin clarke, cult, eighties, fantasy, peter macnichol

SMOKING HOT MALE FANTASY CAITLIN CLARKE IN 'DRAGONSLAYER'

Star Wars like Leia hair poster of DRAGONSLAYER Year: 1981 Rates: ** DRAGONSLAYER looks great but lacks overall magic — at the same time...

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