Written by James M. Tate / 8/31/2015 / No comments / carol lawrence , fran drescher , horror , jeff east , lee purcell , linda blair , macdonald carey , made-for-TV , seventies , thriller , wes craven , witch
LINDA BLAIR & LEE PURCELL IN WES CRAVEN'S 'SUMMER OF FEAR'
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/31/2015
year: 1978 cast: Lee Purcell, Linda Blair, Jeff East Poor Linda Blair – she just can’t seem to beat the devil... Here the iconic EXORCIST starlet plays the daughter of a wealthy couple. Her father’s a stockbroker and freelance photograph
Written by James M. Tate / 8/30/2015 / No comments / eighties , horror , kristy swanson , matthew labyorteaux , suspense , wes craven
KRISTY SWANSON IN WES CRAVEN'S 'DEADLY FRIEND'
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/30/2015
Long Gone are the days of this particular Photobucket frame... But here's a writeup of DEADLY FRIEND that came out in 1986 DEADLY FRIEND is like two movies in one, and both are completely entertaining. Directed by Wes Craven after NIGHTMAR
PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/30/2015
year: 1987 Those in the know, know already, that John Hughes wrote the original VACATION. Based on his childhood, the story, originally published in National Lampoon magazine... hence NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION... is a pure road movie. So
Written by James M. Tate / 8/25/2015 / No comments / 2015 , action
REVIEW OF HITMAN: AGENT 47
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/25/2015
2015 rating: *** Cinematic Déjà Vu, in reverse... Because right now, playing in a theater near you, is a film called AMERICAN ULTRA, involving an oblivious guy who's a Secret Agent with hidden powers and, during and after quick flashes of
Written by James M. Tate / 8/24/2015 / No comments / 2015 , cable , horror
QUICK PILOT GLANCE INTO FEAR THE WALKING DEAD
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/24/2015
2015 grade: B There's one point when FEAR THE WALKING DEAD finally comes alive, having to do with the prologue that improves when brought back up through dialogue, way more spooky than the catapulting bloodshed. Kind of like watching the
Written by James M. Tate / 8/23/2015 / No comments / 2015 , horror , sequel
SUNDAY REVIEW OF THE HORROR SEQUEL SINISTER 2
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/23/2015
2015 rating: *1/2 Right off the bat we learn that THE EXORCIST is fiction when a priest tells our clumsy ex-cop hero... continuing what Ethan Hawke investigated in the original... that a more realistic clergyman doesn't go around saying: "
Written by James M. Tate / 8/20/2015 / No comments / 2015 , action , jesse eisenberg , kristen stewart , spy , stoner
THURSDAY REVIEW OF AMERICAN ULTRA
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/20/2015
2015 rating: * Combine marijuana with a reluctant action hero who has a super cool, understanding girlfriend and you get one very realistic scene where Jesse Eisenberg's small town convenience store clerk Mike Howell actually sounds like s
Written by James M. Tate / 8/16/2015 / No comments / 2015 , creature , ian ziering , judd hirsch , rifftraxx , sequel , tara reid
SWIMMING THROUGH SHARKNADO 2: THE SECOND ONE
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/16/2015
year: 2014 First off, before belatedly delving into SHARKNADO: THE SECOND ONE, let's give some nostalgic credit to actor Ian Ziering. His Steve Sanders from the iconic TV series BEVERLY HILLS 90210 was a real character. As the former bad b
Written by James M. Tate / 8/15/2015 / No comments / 2015 , biopic , music , paul giamatti
REVIEW OF STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/15/2015
2015 rating: **1/2 Paul Giamatti is no stranger to playing sly manipulators of naïve yet successful musicians... Not after his venomous turn as Brian Wilson's con artist doctor in LOVE & MERCY and now, as "Gangsta Rap" pioneer Eazy-E's men
Written by James M. Tate / 8/14/2015 / No comments / 2015 , alicia vikander , armie hammer , guy ritchie , henry cavill , jared harris , spy , TV adaptation
HENRY CAVILL & ARMIE HAMMER IN THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/14/2015
2015 rating: *** Unlike another spy franchise derived from the Cold War 1960's, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. television series is mostly regarded by those "in the know" while CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin, played by H
Written by James M. Tate / 8/12/2015 / No comments / 2015 , ian mckellen , laura linney , mystery
MR. HOLMES STARRING IAN MCKELLEN
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/12/2015
2015 rating: *** Well it's not like God's name is used in vain here; SHERLOCK HOLMES creator/author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle isn't mentioned once in MR. HOLMES... For we're to believe that Watson actually did write all those books in his fir
Written by James M. Tate / 8/10/2015 / No comments / 2015 , diablo cody , drama , jonathan demme , kevin kline , meryl streep , music
MERYL STREEP IN RICKI AND THE FLASH
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/10/2015
2015 rating: ** Family squabbles can be a nerve-wracking chore, for everyone involved. And that's the word of the day here... involved. Just imagine you hardly know the bickering clan, and are stuck, right off the bat, inside arguments tha
Written by James M. Tate / 8/09/2015 / No comments / 2015 , emma watson , joaquin phoenix , neo noir , perfect murder , woody allen
WOODY ALLEN DIRECTS JOAQUIN PHOENIX IN IRRATIONAL MAN
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/09/2015
2015 rating: ** Taking THE out of IRRATIONAL MAN is perhaps Woody Allen's way of saying all men are this way. If so, he's created plenty of them. From the thoroughly classic CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS to the popular MATCH POINT to the obscure
Written by James M. Tate / 8/08/2015 / No comments / 2015 , jason bateman , joel edgerton , rebecca hall , thriller
JASON BATEMAN & REBECCA HALL & JOEL EDGERTON IN THE GIFT
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/08/2015
year: 2015 rating: *** THE GIFT is both exactly what it seems and nothing like it's supposed to be. Well that's the eventual turnout, which shouldn't be spoiled. Only to say that Jason Bateman takes a passive passenger seat until really co
Written by James M. Tate / 8/06/2015 / No comments / 2015 , comic book , marvel
WEEKEND REVIEW OF THE FANTASTIC FOUR REBOOT
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 8/06/2015
2015 rating: ** There's a term in golf where, after screwing up your first shot i.e. the drive, you get to throw down another ball for another try. So what we have here is a FANTASTIC FOUR "Mulligan", and yet the first attempt, co-starring
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