Written by James M. Tate / 9/29/2024 / No comments / cult , disaster , fifties , fred f. sears , kathryn grant , melodrama , race against time , william leslie
KATHRYN GRANT 'THE NIGHT THE WORLD EXPLODED' WILLIAM LESLIE
Year: 1957 Rating: ** There's a scene in otherwise underrated b-movie director Fred F. Sear's 1950's science-fiction disaster fl...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/26/2024 / No comments / amber denyse austin , caren kaye , clark brandon , crispin glover , eighties , kevin mccarthy , matt lattanzi , sex comedy
CAREN KAYE MAKES FOR AN EXQUISITE 'MY TUTOR' EXPERIENCE
Caren Kaye in MY TUTOR Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 Another 1980's sex-comedy combining various attempts at awkward teens trying to lose th...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/25/2024 / No comments / action , adventure , cartoon , david mendenhall , eighties , eric idle , fantasy , judd nelson , leonard nimoy , orson welles , robert stack , science-fiction
REGENERATING THROUGHOUT 'THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE'
Orson Welles heads THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE Year: 1986 Rating: **** Critics unfairly blasted THE TRANSFORMERS MOVIE as nothing but a prol...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/24/2024 / No comments / action , adventure , annie potts , e , eugene roche , exploitation , kim milford , las vegas , mark hamill , road movie , seventies
MARK HAMILL VS KIM MILFORD THROUGHOUT 'CORVETTE SUMMER'
Title: CORVETTE SUMMER aka AMOR SOBRE RUEDAS translated LOVE ON WHEELS Year: 1978 Rating: **** Too mainstream for drive-in/exploitation and ...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/23/2024 / No comments / biff mcguire , docudrama , edward andrews , expose , fifties , film noir or melodrama , gambling , jean carson , john larch , john mcintire , kathryn grant , meg myles , mobster , phil karlson , richard kiley
KATHRYN GRANT & RICHARD KILEY GAMBLE 'THE PHENIX CITY STORY'
Title: THE PHENIX CITY STORY Year: 1955 Rating: ***1/2 Since the entire first act of the film noir docudrama THE PHENIX CITY STORY consists ...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/15/2024 / No comments / alan j. pakula , burt reynolds , candace bergen , charles durning , james l. brooks , jill clayburgh , love triangle , romantic comedy , seventies
BURT REYNOLDS, CANDACE BERGEN, JILL CLAYBURGH 'STARTING OVER'
Burt Reynolds in WHITE LIGHTNING (Reassessment Review) Year: 1973 Rating: **** There are two things that connect the romantic-comedy STARTIN...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/14/2024 / No comments / action , burt reynolds , diane ladd , jennifer billingsley , john steadman , joseph sargent , laura dern , louise latham , matt clark , ned beatty , prison , r.g. armstrong , stephanie burchfield
BURT REYNOLDS, NED BEATTY & BO HOPKINS IN 'WHITE LIGHTNING'
Burt Reynolds in WHITE LIGHTNING (Reassessment Review) Year: 1973 Rating: **** For Burt Reynolds, WHITE LIGHTNING was a cross between the p...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/13/2024 / No comments / action , adventure , franchise , jock mahoney , mahoney tarzan , sixties , woody strode
JOCK MAHONEY VS WOODY STRODE 'TARZAN'S THREE CHALLENGES'
Title: TARZAN'S THREE CHALLENGES Year: 1963 Rating: **1/2 There's a TARZAN curse when you look into the actors: Johnny Weismuller wa...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/12/2024 / No comments / adventure , franchise , jock mahoney , john guillermin , leo gordon , mahoney tarzan , mark dana , sixties
JOCK MAHONEY IN JOHN GUILLERMAN'S 'TARZAN GOES TO INDIA'
Jock Mahoney in TARZAN GOES TO INDIA Year: 1962 Rating: *** After actor/stuntman Jock Mahoney played the villain to Gordon Scott's Tarza...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/10/2024 / No comments / action , adventure , david opatoshu , don megowan , franchise , henry tarzan , manuel padilla jr , mike henry , nancy kovack , sixties , spy , treasure
MIKE HENRY IN THE ESPIONAGE 'TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD'
Title: TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD Year: 1966 Rating: ***1/2 You can tell that TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD is imitating/emulating the po...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/09/2024 / No comments / action , adventure , diana millay , franchise , henry tarzan , jan murray , manuel padilla jr , mike henry , rafer johnson , sixties
MIKE HENRY VS RAFER JOHNSON IN 'TARZAN AND THE GREAT RIVER'
Title: TARZAN AND THE GREAT RIVER Year: 1967 Rating: **1/2 The previous years' TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD had the jungle-traipsing he...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/08/2024 / No comments / action , adventure , aliza gur , franchise , henry tarzan , mike henry , rafer johnson , sixties
MIKE HENRY FINISHING WITH 'TARZAN AND THE JUNGLE BOY'
Mike Henry in Aliza Gur in TARZAN AND THE JUNGLE BOY Year: 1968 Rates: ** By 1968, when the third and final Mike Henry TARZAN movie hit thea...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/07/2024 / No comments / bert remsen , burt reynolds , charles martin smith , cop , dark comedy , don gordon , ensemble , jack weston , james mceachin , peter bonerz , raquel welch , seventies , tamara dobson , tom skerritt , yul brynner
BURT REYNOLDS AND RAQUEL WELCH KIND OF REUNITE IN 'FUZZ'
Pop Culture Explosion Poster for FUZZ Year: 1972 Rating: ** Since Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch couldn't stand each other on the set of...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/06/2024 / No comments / action , adventure , anne francis , burt reynolds , exploitation , heist , jeff corey , joanne hahn , lyle bettger , miko mayama , neo noir , rodolfo acosta , sixties , treasure , vic diaz
BURT REYNOLDS IN 'IMPASSE' WITH ANNE FRANCIS & MIKO MAYAMA
Burt Reynolds in IMPASSE Year: 1969 Rating: **** In Burt Reynolds' first starring role, OPERATION CIA , he ran and leapt throughout Saig...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/05/2024 / No comments / action , espionage , frank converse , joe silver , jon cypher , one season , sixties , spy , susan hampshire , thriller , tv series
FRANK CONVERSE IN 'CORONET BLUE' WITH SUSAN HAMPSHIRE
Susan Hampshire and Frank Converse in CORONET BLUE: A Time To Be Born Year: 1967 Rating: ***1/2 Before the BOURNE franchise of amnesiac espi...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/04/2024 / No comments / action , burt reynolds , exploitation , nicoletta machiavelli , revenge , sergio corbucci , sixties , spaghetti western
BURT REYNOLDS IN SERGIO CORBUCCI'S WESTERN 'NAVAJO JOE'
Burt Reynolds and Nicoletta Machiavelli in NAVAJO JOE Year: 1966 Grade: C+ Other than Italian composer Ennio Morricone's foreboding five...
Written by James M. Tate / 9/02/2024 / No comments / ahna capri , burt reynolds , cop , fritz weaver , ken scott , mystery , neo noir , norman fell , seventies , tv series
BURT REYNOLDS WITH AHNA CAPRI & NORMAL FELL ON 'DAN AUGUST'
Burt Reynolds on DAN AUGUST Prognosis: Homicide Year: 1971 Rating: **** One of the better episodes of the Burt Reynolds detective series DAN...
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