Written by James M. Tate / 9/28/2020 / No comments / british neo noir , british new wave , david gregory , derek francis , glynn edwards , jill curzon , jim o'connolly , john carson , penny morrell , peter vaughan , sixties , yvonne romain
PETER VAUGHAN LEADS 'SMOKESCREEN' WITH YVONNE ROMAIN
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 9/28/2020
Peter Vaughan & Yvonne Romain in SMOKESCREEN Year: 1964 Rates: ****The biggest shame about Jim O'Connolly's quirky low-budget British post-noir SMOKESCREEN is that it was a film instead of a television series since Peter Vaughan's perpetual
Written by James M. Tate / 9/27/2020 / No comments / british new wave , christina gregg , crime , janina faye , serial killer , suspense , thriller
CHRISTINA GREGG STALKED IN 'DON'T TALK TO STRANGE MEN'
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 9/27/2020
Christina Gregg DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS Year: 1962With shows like CATFISH it may seem somewhat new: grown men soliciting and seducing young naïve girls into their clutches, online, but in the 1961 British New Wave Thriller, it happened pre
Written by James M. Tate / 9/26/2020 / No comments / alexander davion , barbara shelley , british neo noir , british new wave , lance comfort , mark eden , perfect murder , sixties , thriller , william sylvester
LANCE COMFORT DIRECTS WILLIAM SYLVESTER IN 'BLIND CORNER'
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 9/26/2020
Barbara Shelley (the cheater) and William Sylvester (the cheated) in BLIND CORNER Year: 1964 Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY is known for its outer space special effects, prehistoric monkeys and a nefarious computer. As for humans
Written by James M. Tate / 9/04/2020 / No comments / action , barry foster , british neo noir , british new wave , frank finlay , glynn edwards , heist , james booth , joanna pettet , peter yates , sixties , stanley baker , william marlowe
BEFORE TAKING A 'BULLITT' DIRECTOR PETER YATES SHOT 'ROBBERY'
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 9/04/2020
Title: ROBBERY Director: Peter Yates Star: Stanley Baker Year: 1967 Rating: ****1/2Best known as the obscure crime film that gave English director Peter Yates his big game-changing opportunity to make BULLITT stateside, after Steve McQueen
Written by James M. Tate / 9/02/2020 / No comments / alice faye , aloysio de oliveira , benny goodman , carmen miranda , charlotte greenwood , forties , musical
ALICE FAYE AND CARMEN MIRANDA IN 'THE GANG'S ALL HERE'
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 9/02/2020
THE GANG'S ALL HERE Year: 1943 Rating: ***1/2Anything featuring Carmen Miranda is interesting, and when it comes to this particular wartime propaganda by Busby Berkely titled THE GANG'S ALL HERE, it's lightly entertaining as well... Mea
Written by James M. Tate / 9/01/2020 / No comments / arnold schwarzenegger , crime , cult , david arkin , elliott gould , gumshoe , jerry jones , mark rydell , mystery , neo noir , robert altman , seventies , thriller
ELLIOTT GOULD IN ROBERT ALTMAN'S NEO NOIR 'THE LONG GOODBYE'
No comment / Posted by James M. Tate / 9/01/2020
Title: THE LONG GOODBYE Director: Robert Altman Year: 1973 Rating: *****Former Noir legend Sterling Hayden is technically the most important character in Robert Altman's Neo Noir THE LONG GOODBYE, based on a Raymond Chandler novel where the
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WINGS HAUSER, GARY SWANSON & SEASON HUBLEY IN 'VICE SQUAD'
Wings Hauser in VICE SQUAD Year: 1982 Rating: **** Director Gary Sherman's VICE SQUAD combines three genres: involving a revenge-driven ...
