Talia Shire Archives

The Dunwich Horror (1969)

Rating: ★★

Jun 30, 2001H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation/Occult Rituals

Adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story in which Sandra Dee is lured by a young Dean Stockwell in order to summon Elder Gods. This seems like it has potential but befalls plodding, nondescript direction

Director: Daniel Haller

Actors: Dean Stockwell, Sandra Dee, Ed Begley, Sam Jaffe, …

Category: Horror

30 June 200116 October 2025 by Roog

Prophecy (1979)

Rating: ★

Mar 4, 2010Mutant Bear Amok

The once celebrated John Frankenheimer flopped with this monster movie about a mutant bear with laughable effects and inflated pretensions to message making

Director: John Frankenheimer

Actors: Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire, Armand Assante, Richard Dysart, …

Category: Horror

4 March 201025 March 2023 by Roog

New York Stories (1989)

Rating: ★★★★

Nov 28, 2004Anthology of New York Tales/Giant Nagging Mother

Anthology where directors Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Woody Allen each contribute an episode set in New York. Allen's contribution in which a magician's trick manifests a giant nagging mother in the sky is side-splitting

Director: Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen

Actors: Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Mae Questel, Heather McComb, …

Category: Fantasy

28 November 20047 March 2025 by Roog

Cold Heaven (1991)

Rating: ★★

Jul 15, 2024Mysterious Resurrection

Nicolas Roeg was one of the great directors of the 1970s, making works like Performance and Don’t Look Now. This was one of Roeg's last films where Mark Harmon is killed in an accident but makes a miraculous resurrection

Director: Nicolas Roeg

Actors: Theresa Russell, Mark Harmon, James Russo, Will Patton, …

Category: Fantasy

15 July 20246 January 2026 by Roog