Written by James M. Tate / 4/24/2021 / No comments / beach , comedy , james stacy , lili kardell , mary mitchel , music , quinn o'hara , raquel welch , sixties , william wellman jr.
MARY MITCHEL & RAQUEL WELCH DIGGING 'A SWINGIN' SUMMER'
Raquel Welch in A Swingin' Summer 1965 Rates: ***1/2 This forgotten, parenthetical beach bikini movie actually takes place on a lake... ...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/23/2021 / No comments / action , cassandra peterson , james wainwright , jim mcmullan , morgan paull , mystery , nancy harewood , science-fiction , tv series
PILOT EPISODE OF THE TELEVISION SERIES 'BEYOND WESTWORLD'
Nancy Harewood in Beyond Westworld 1980 Rates: ***1/2 Unfairly maligned, BEYOND WESTWORLD was a pretty great short-lived series, lasting onl...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/21/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , bel air productions , body count , cult , diane brewster , exploitation , fifties , horror , mark dana , thriller , ziva rodann
MARK DANA AND ZIVA RODANN STARRING IN 'PHARAOH'S CURSE'
Ziva Rodann in Pharaoh's Curse Year: 1957 Rates: **1/2 Infamously shot in six days, mostly in Death Valley, the Bel Air Production PHARA...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/07/2021 / No comments / action , adventure , creature , fifties , forrest tucker , hammer films , monster , peter cushing , thriller , val guest
VAL GUEST DIRECTS HAMMER'S THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN'
If only it were only this exciting Year: 1956 Rates: *** When Hammer's thriller director Val Guest made a creature feature, it was the k...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/06/2021 / No comments / action , bernard braden , british , cult , disaster , edward judd , gene anderson , geoffrey frederick , janet munro , julie samuel , leo mckern , michael caine , nuclear , sixties , val guest
VAL GUEST DIRECTS DISASTER IN 'THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE'
THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE Released in 1961 A rat-a-tat dialog hybrid of THE FRONT PAGE and the doomsday-anticipation of THE DAY THE EART...
Written by James M. Tate / 4/01/2021 / No comments / danny aiello , deborah rush , dianne wiest , edward hermann , eighties , fantasy , jeff daniels , juliana donald , mia farrow , romantic comedy , woody allen
WOODY ALLEN'S CINEMATIC FANTASY 'THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO'
Juliana Donald plays a theater worker who's very cute in THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO Year: 1985 Rates: **** As creative as PLAY IT AGAIN SA...
JON-ERIK HEXUM IN THE TV-MOVIE 'MAKING OF A MALE MODEL'
Year: 1983 Rating: ***1/2 Here's proof that the term "Cougar" wasn't invented to mean what it does now, back in th...
OBSCURE CULT EXPLOITATION OF 'BLOODTIDE' AKA 'DEMON ISLAND'
Martin Kove and James Earl Jones in BLOODTIDE Year: 1982 Rating: ***1/2 Long-neglected and newly-restored BLOODTIDE is a hybrid of several h...
RYAN O'NEAL MAKES 'THE BIG BOUNCE' WITH LEIGH TAYLOR-YOUNG
Leigh Taylor-Young in The BIg Bounce 1969 ***1/2 If there's ever been a movie ruined by a soundtrack, it's THE BIG BOUNCE: a late-s...
WILLIAM CAMPBELL & KATHRYN GRANT IN 'CELL 2455, DEATH ROW'
Kathryn Grant with Robert Campbell in 1955 Rates: **** William Campbell plays it snarky, sneaky, cocky and blocky enough to be a young James...
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