Written by James M. Tate / 7/11/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , bill catching , burt reynolds , christian nyby , danielle aubry , kieu chinh , sixties , spy , vic diaz , vietnam
BURT REYNOLDS SPYING THROUGH SAIGON FOR 'OPERATION C.I.A.'
Burt Reynolds in OPERATION C.I.A. Year: 1966 Rating: ***1/2 Although Burt Reynolds detested OPERATION CIA, his first starring turn fresh fro...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/08/2025 / No comments / action , body count , daryl hannah , david carradine , exploitation , gordon liu , karate , lucy liu , michael madsen , michael parks , quentin tarantino , revenge , sonny shiba , uma thurman , viveca a. fox , zeroes
QUENTIN TARANTINO'S GENRE-BENDING CLASSIC 'KILL BILL VOL. 1'
Uma Thurman in KILL BILL VOL 1 Year: 2003 Rating: ****1/2 Quentin Tarantino began with the heist-fallout sleeper-hit RESERVOIR DOGS, and the...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/07/2025 / No comments / action , bo svenson , body count , daryl hannah , david carradine , epic , gordon liu , karate , larry bishop , lucy liu , michael madsen , michael parks , quentin tarantino , revenge , uma thurman , zeroes
QUENTIN TARANTINO'S SLOWBURN FOLLOWUP 'KILL BILL VOL. 2'
Michael Madsen in Quentin Tarantino's KILL BILL VOL. 2 Year: 2004 Rating: **** The difference of Quentin Tarantino's KILL BILL volum...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/05/2025 / No comments / al lettieri , britt ekland , comedy , europe , kenneth griffith , peter sellers , robert parrish
PETER SELLERS AND BRITT EKLAND WINDING UP IN 'THE BOBO'
Title: THE BOBO Year: 1967 Rating: ** By the time Peter Sellers became a beloved international star in 1964 after THE PINK PANTHER, he had e...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/03/2025 / No comments / anthony caruso , fifties , film noir or melodrama , gangster , jack baer , june vincent , kathleen crowley , kay e. kuter , nicolas coster , richard reeves , richard travis , victor mclaglen
VICTOR MCLAGLEN WITH ANTHONY CARUSO IN 'CITY OF SHADOWS'
Title: CITY OF SHADOWS Year: 1955 Rating: ***1/2 Basically a reworking of the James Cagney early-1930's action/crime G-MEN in which he...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/02/2025 / No comments / adrienne cori , anthony higgins , christine paul , circus , david prowse , hammer films , horror , john moulder-brown , lalla ward , lynne frederick , robert tayman , seventies , thorley walters
LYNNE FREDERICK & ADRIENNE CORRI IN HAMMER'S 'VAMPIRE CIRCUS'
Lynne Frederick in VAMPIRE CIRCUS Year: 1972 Rating: ***1/2 Hammer's VAMPIRE CIRCUS is like two movies in one, both showcasing different...
Written by James M. Tate / 7/01/2025 / No comments / adaptation , adventure , catherine schell , comedy , elke sommer , graham stark , lionel jeffries , lynne frederick , peter sellers , seventies , stuart wilson , time-period
PETER SELLERS AND LYNNE FREDERICK IN 'THE PRISONER OF ZENDA'
Lynne Frederick in THE PRISONER OF ZENDA Year: 1979 Rating: ** While it had been decades since the two Golden Age adaptations of the literar...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/30/2025 / No comments / action , andrea king , charles watts , exploitation , fifties , film noir or melodrama , gregg martell , mona freeman , rock hudson , scott brady , tony curtis , undercover
SCOTT BRADY, ANDREA KING & TONY CURTIS 'I WAS A SHOPLIFTER'
Scott Brady in I WAS A SHOPLIFTER Year: 1950 Rating: **** At the end of I WAS A SHOPLIFTER, manipulative brunette crime-syndicate moll Andre...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/29/2025 / No comments / arthouse , blackmail , counter-culture , crime , david lodge , drama , jeremy bulloch , peter sellers , seventies , sinéad cusack
PETER SELLERS AS THE OFFBEAT 'HOFFMAN' WITH SINÉAD CUSACK
Title: HOFFMAN Year: 1970 Rating: *** In the deliberately bizarre, stage-play-like, counter-culture-era HOFFMAN, Peter Sellers portrays the ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/28/2025 / No comments / comedy , gangster , graham stark , lionel jeffries , nanette newman , peter sellers , sixties , vanda godsell
PETER SELLERS & NANETTE NEWMAN 'THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW'
Peter Sellers and Nanette Newman THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAW Year: 1963 Rating: Grade: C— A familiar plot a year after THE PINK PANTHER when ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/27/2025 / No comments / ants , body count , creature , horror , lynne frederick , michael murphy , post-apocalyptic , saul bass , science-fiction , seventies
LYNNE FREDERICK, NIGEL DAVENPORT & MICHAEL MURPHY 'PHASE IV'
Lynne Frederick in PHASE IV Year: 1974 Rating: **** The science-fiction cult curio PHASE IV stands out above all other ant-driven horror fi...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/26/2025 / No comments / body count , horror , jack watson , john leyton , lynne frederick , pete walker , seventies , stephanie beacham , thriller
LYNNE FREDERICK AND STEPHANIE BEACHAM STALKING 'SCHIZO'
Lynne Frederick in SCHIZO Year: 1975 Rating: **** Controversial low-budget-exploitation director Pete Walker comparably taking a more tradit...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/25/2025 / No comments / comedy , david tomlinson , eighties , helen mirren , lynne frederick , parody , peter sellers , sid caesar , steve franken
PETER SELLERS ENDS WITH 'THE FIENDISH PLOT OF DR. FU MANCHU'
Year: 1980 Rating: **1/2 What Peter Sellers' final motion picture, THE FIENDISH PLOT OF DR. FU MANCHU, has in common with his most popul...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/24/2025 / No comments / adam faith , british neo noir , british new wave , carol white , crime , cult , david gregory , david lodge , elizabeth sellars , john guillermin , peter sellers , revenge , richard todd , teddy boys , thriller
PETER SELLERS GETS COMPLETELY VICIOUS FOR 'NEVER LET GO'
David Lodge and Peter Sellers in NEVER LET GO Year: 1960 Rating: **** A British Neo Noir cross between DEATH OF A SALESMAN before and DEATH ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/23/2025 / No comments / alec guinness , comedy , david niven , elsa lanchaster , estelle winwood , james cromwell , mystery , nancy walker , neil simon , peter falk , seventies , spoof
PETER SELLERS IN THE CLASSIC MYSTERY SPOOF 'MURDER BY DEATH'
Peter Sellers & Richard Narita in MURDER BY DEATH Year: 1976 Rating: **** In the final season of COLUMBO, when MURDER BY DEATH was filmi...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/22/2025 / No comments / dark comedy , exploitation , james mason , jazz score , jerry stovin , marianne stone , peter sellers , road movie , shelley winters , sixties , stanley kubrick , sue lyon
SUE LYON IN STANLEY KUBRICK'S 'LOLITA' WITH JAMES MASON
Peter Sellers with Marianne Stone and Sue Lyon in Stanley Kubrick's LOLITA Year: 1962 Rating: **** Between Stanley Kubrick's financi...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/21/2025 / No comments / blake edwards , comedy , counter-culture , denny miller , gavin macleod , peter sellers , sixties , slapstick , steve franken
BLAKE EDWARDS REDIRECTING PETER SELLERS FOR 'THE PARTY'
Title: THE PARTY Year: 1968 Rating: **** Fans of Blake Edward’s PINK PANTHER movies starring Peter Sellers will find similarities between ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/20/2025 / No comments / angela scoular , barbara bouchet , british , comedy , david niven , deborah kerr , james bond , joanna pettet , john huston , orson welles , peter sellers , spoof , spy , ursula andress , val guest , woody allen
DAVID NIVEN, PETER SELLERS & ORSON WELLES IN 'CASINO ROYALE'
ORSON WELLES from CASINO ROYALE Year: 1967 Rating: *1/2 The infamous James Bond Spy Spoof CASINO ROYALE from the much-too-colorful 1960'...
PETER SELLERS OVERTAKES WOODY ALLEN'S 'WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT?'
Title: WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT? Year: 1965 Rating: ** Young standup-comedian Woody Allen got his cinematic kickstart writing the screenplay ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/19/2025 / No comments / akim tamiroff , brit ekland , british , comedy , cult , french , heist , jailbreak , maria grazia buccella , peter sellers , satire , sixties , victor mature
PETER SELLERS, BRITT EKLAND & VICTOR MATURE 'AFTER THE FOX'
Title: AFTER THE FOX Year: 1966 Rates: *** Victor Mature plays an aged, has-been actor who spends so much time bickering with agent Martin B...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/18/2025 / No comments / capucine , comedy , david niven , denise crosby , eighties , harvey korman , joanna lumley , peter sellers , pink panther , robert loggia
PETER SELLERS GHOSTING THROUGH 'TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER'
Title: TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER Year: 1983 Rating: **1/2 Peter Sellers' trophy wife Lynne Frederick not only inherited all his money bu...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/17/2025 / No comments / blake edwards , comedy , david niven , denise crosby , eighties , franchise , harvey korman , herbert lom , pink panther , robert loggia , robert wagner , ted wass
BLAKE EDWARDS RETURNS WITH 'CURSE OF THE PINK PANTHER'
Title: CURSE OF THE PINK PANTHER Year: 1983 Rating: *** Blake Edwards held onto the Peter Sellers legacy for two entire films, beginning wi...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/16/2025 / No comments / blake edwards , comedy , dyan cannon , franchise , mafia , peter sellers , pink panther , robert loggia , robert webber , seventies , sue lloyd
PETER SELLERS FINISHING ON 'REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER'
Title: REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER Year: 1978 Rating: **1/2 The last PINK PANTHER movie starring Peter Sellers was the first time he was com...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/15/2025 / No comments / action , blake edwards , burt kwouk , franchise , herbert lom , lesley-anne down , leslie anne-down , peter sellers , pink panther , sequel , seventies , spy
PETER SELLERS STRIKES IN 'THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN'
Title: THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN from 1976 Rating: *** There’s a pivotal sequence where Herbert Lom’s Inspector Dreyfus — having just ...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/14/2025 / No comments / action , andré maranne , blake edwards , burt kwouk , catherine schell , christopher plummer , comedy , david lodge , franchise , herbert lom , peter sellers , pink panther , seventies
PETER SELLERS RETURNS IN 'THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER'
Title: THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER Year: 1975 Rating: *** Sir Charles Litton in the original 1964 classic THE PINK PANTHER was a soph...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/13/2025 / No comments / blake edwards , body count , bryan forbes , comedy , david lodge , elke sommer , george sanders , herbert lom , mystery , peter sellers , pink panther , sixties , vanda godsell
PETER SELLERS TAKES 'A SHOT IN THE DARK' WITH ELKE SOMMER
Title: A SHOT IN THE DARK Year: 1964 Rating: ***1/2 While Inspector Clouseau was dropped into the romantic-comedy-heist THE PINK PANTHER wi...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/12/2025 / No comments / blake edwards , caper , capucine , claudia cardinale , colin gordon , comedy , con man , david niven , fran jeffries , heist , peter sellers , pink panther , robert wagner , romance , sixties
PETER SELLERS STEALS 'THE PINK PANTHER' FROM DAVID NIVEN
Title: THE PINK PANTHER Year: 1963 Rating: ***1/2 Blake Edwards' original THE PINK PANTHER refers to a diamond that drives the overall c...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/11/2025 / No comments / cold war , edward g. robinson , fifties , film noir or melodrama , george dolenz , george raft , peter hansen , peter van eyck , sandy sanders , thriller
EDWARD G. ROBINSON IN 'A BULLET FOR JOEY' WITH AUDREY TOTTER
Audrey Totter in A BULLET FOR JOEY Year: 1955 Rating: ***1/2 Two groundbreaking crime genre actors from the 1930's team up in a movie th...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/10/2025 / No comments / edward g. robinson , fifties , film noir or melodrama , jailbreak , jean parker , kidnapping , milburn stone , peter graves , russell johnson , warren stevens
EDWARD G. ROBINSON IN 'BLACK TUESDAY' WITH PETER GRAVES
Title: BLACK TUESDAY Year: 1954 Rating: ***1/2 By the 1950's, twenty years after pioneering the crime/gangster genre, Edward G. Robinson...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/09/2025 / No comments / adam williams , barry kelley , cop , dan riss , edward binns , fifties , film noir or melodrama , jay adler , lee van cleef , mary ellen kay , paulette goddard , thriller
EDWARD G. ROBINSON BUSTS ADAM WILLIAMS IN 'VICE SQUAD'
Adam Williams and Edward G. Robinson in VICE SQUAD Year: 1953 Rating: ***1/2 A year before Edward G. Robinson starred in a film noir basical...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/08/2025 / No comments / billie whitelaw , british neo noir , donald pleasence , geoffrey frederick , george a. cooper , hammer films , jazz score , john crawford , lois daine , sarah branch , sixties , stanley baker , val guest , vanda godsell
VAL GUEST DIRECTS STANLEY BAKER IN HAMMER'S 'HELL IS A CITY'
Stanley Baker in HELL IS A CITY Year: 1960 Rates: *** * * The second and final Hammer feature with Val Guest directing his YESTERDAY'S E...
Written by James M. Tate / 6/07/2025 / No comments / british tv , gareth edwards , john clive , mike gwilym , miniseries , ray smith , remake , seventies , siân phillips , stanley baker , sue jones-davies , union , victoria plucknett
TV MINISERIES 'HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY' WITH STANLEY BAKER
Stanley Baker in HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY Year: 1975 Rating: **** In 1975, the BBC brought HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY... John Ford's 1941 Os...
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BURT REYNOLDS SPYING THROUGH SAIGON FOR 'OPERATION C.I.A.'
Burt Reynolds in OPERATION C.I.A. Year: 1966 Rating: ***1/2 Although Burt Reynolds detested OPERATION CIA, his first starring turn fresh fro...