Written by James M. Tate / 10/31/2018 / No comments / andrew hubatsek , cult , eighties , horror , jamie lee curtis , kathryn bigelow , nineties , profile , thriller , tom sizemore
PET SEMATARY "ZELDA" ACTOR ANDREW HUBATSEK IN 'BLUE STEEL'
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PET SEMATARY'S Zelda actor Andrew Hubatsek as Cashier in BLUE STEEL Andrew Hubatsek is a name very few people know; even film freaks probably wouldn't put a face to the name. And what a face it is in the Stephen King adaptation of PET SEM
JOHN CARPENTER'S THE FOG
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Written by James M. Tate / 10/28/2018 / No comments / horror , julia roberts , kevin bacon , kiefer sutherland , nineties , oliver platt , supernatural , thriller
SUTHERLAND WITH BACON & ROBERTS DIE IN 'FLATLINERS'
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 10/28/2018
Year of Release: 1990 The reason FLATLINERS seems like a Brat Pack flick despite having none of those particular actors on board is because the director was also behind the pivotal pack-classic, ST. ELMO'S FIRE... And Joel Schumacher has a
Written by James M. Tate / 10/27/2018 / No comments / action , belinda balaski , christopher stone , dee wallace , dennis dugen , dick miller , horror , joe dante , john carradine , kevin mccarthy , slim pickens
HORROR NOIR RETROSPECTIVE OF JOE DANTE'S 'THE HOWLING'
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Belinda Balaski snooping around THE HOWLING Year: 1981 “I kind of cross this line where... I see it whether it's really there or not,” actress Dee Wallace wrote in a Cult Film Freak interview. “Kind of like the monster in the closet when
Written by James M. Tate / 10/22/2018 / No comments / 2018 , body count , franchise , halloween , horror , jamie lee curtis , new , sequel , thriller , will patton
POST WEEKEND REVIEW OF THE NEW 'HALLOWEEN' MOVIE
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Review of the new Halloween YEAR: 2018 The new HALLOWEEN sets out to make a few things clear. Michael Myers is a human being, not an unstoppable monster that can't be killed. And if you and your date dress up as a doctor and nurse (or vice
Written by James M. Tate / 10/19/2018 / No comments / action , adventure , chuck norris , david carradine , donna gordon , eighties , jack o'halloran , karate , m. emmett walsh , mary-louise weller , richard lynch , seventies , sport , stephen furst
BLOODY BAGFUL OF CHUCK NORRIS MOVIES REVIEWED
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 10/19/2018
Chuck's famous windshield kick from Good Guys Wear Black Here's a score of Chuck Norris movies from the late seventies all through his kicking-ass eighties reign. These summary-size, one or two paragraph-long reviews are a decade in the ma
Written by James M. Tate / 10/18/2018 / No comments / 2018 , action , cop , nathan fillion , series , TV
NATHAN FILLION SERIES 'THE ROOKIE' QUICK SUMMARY REVIEW
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 10/18/2018
Nathan Fillion just kinda headlines THE ROOKIE Year: 2018 Grade: F— Seconds can feel like minutes, and minutes like hours on TV, or cinema, which can carry a lot of information in a short amount of time... And five of those could have prov
Written by James M. Tate / 10/13/2018 / No comments / everette sloane , fifties , gene tierney , jacques tourneur , richard boone , rory calhoun , western
JACQUES TOURNEUR'S 'WAY OF A GAUCHO' WITH RORY CALHOUN
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 10/13/2018
Rory Calhoun rarely looks behind Year: 1952 Rates: *** Jacques Tourneur makes stylish Westerns, from CANYON PASSAGE before to WICHITA after, and WAY OF A GAUCHO is about the "original cowboys," the titular Argentine bandits who "Go with Go
Written by James M. Tate / 10/11/2018 / No comments / comedy , exploitation , michael pataki , mike kellin , robyn hilton , satire , seventies
ROBYN HILTON AS LINDA LOVEMAN IN 'THE LAST PORNO FLICK'
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 10/11/2018
Tom Signorelli presents Robyn Hilton on set YEAR: 1974 Robyn Hilton, the BLAZING SADDLES redhead, co-starred in THE LAST PORNO FLICK (aka THOSE MAD, MAD, MAD MOVIEMAKERS), which is as bad as it gets: yet the actors are... pretty decent...
Written by James M. Tate / 10/10/2018 / No comments / bob odenkirk , cable , crime , jonathan banks , neo noir , rhea seeborn , rhea seehorn , series
FINALE OF 'BETTER CALL SAUL' IS STILL MILES FROM GOODMAN
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 10/10/2018
Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn on Better Call Saul: Winning Turns out BETTER CALL SAUL, at least concerning Season Four, isn't following its predecessor's footsteps. Instead, SEINFELD seems to be the muse. For this has been a season about
Written by James M. Tate / 10/07/2018 / No comments / action , burt lancaster , carl reindel , deborah kerr , drama , gene hackman , john frankenheimer , romance , scott wilson , sheree north , sixties , sport , suspense , william windom
BURT LANCASTER AND GENE HACKMAN SOARING 'THE GYPSY MOTHS'
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 10/07/2018
Scott Wilson's yellow suited character's jump YEAR: 1969 John Frankenheimer's THE GYPSY MOTHS has some incredible aerial shots, and it's a shame they had to, right off the bat, provide studio inserts of two of the actors: one who should h
Written by James M. Tate / 10/06/2018 / No comments / action , adventure , anthony mann , arthur kennedy , fifties , james stewart , jay c. flippen , julie adams , rock hudson , western
JAMES STEWART & ARTHUR KENNEDY IN 'BEND OF THE RIVER'
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 10/06/2018
Arthur Kennedy and James Stewart in Bend of the River directed by Anthony Mann YEAR: 1952 Of James Stewart's "Cowboy Pictures" under the direction of Anthony Mann, WINCHESTER '73 is the most famous, THE NAKED SPUR his edgiest, THE MAN FROM
Written by James M. Tate / 10/05/2018 / No comments / evelyn keyes , fifties , film noir or melodrama , jack lambert , john payne , peggie castle , phil karlson
JOHN PAYNE VS BRAD DEXTER & PEGGIE CASTLE IN '99 RIVER STREET'
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 10/05/2018
Title: 99 River Street Year: 1953 Rating: ****An excellent Film Noir, the second of three directed by Phil Karlson and starring John Payne, is bookended by two boxing matches: one in the ring, playing on television in a cheap apartment, an
Written by James M. Tate / 10/03/2018 / No comments / action , caper , chase , colleen dewhurst , crime , george c. scott , getaway driver , neo noir , richard fleischer , seventies , tony musante , trish van devere , warner archives
GEORGE C. SCOTT DRIVING RICHARD FLEISCHER'S 'THE LAST RUN'
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 10/03/2018
George C. Scott & Tony Musante in The Last Run Year: 1971 There's something about Tony Musante that makes you want to punch him in the nose. Perfect for an actor like George C. Scott, who didn't suffer fools, on or off the set, including
Written by James M. Tate / 10/02/2018 / No comments / 2018 , anna kendrick , blake lively , dark comedy , neo noir , new , paul feig , thriller
NEO NOIR DARK COMEDY CHAOS OF 'A SIMPLE FAVOR'
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 10/02/2018
Year of Release: 2018 Whoever gets in the middle of a husband and wife in any kind of Film Noir... old or new, serious, comedy or somewhere in-between... is gonna go through the ringer, and that ringer is much stronger during the setup of
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