The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
There are several actors in cinema that give away terrific performances all the time…No matter what role their cast in, they’re always believable and impressive. But then, even beyond that, there are some actors who’re just BORN to play…
Super Fly T.N.T. (1973)
Priest (Ron O’Neal) is back in a sequel to the hit “Superfly”. However, this time he’s quite different–a kindler, gentler sort of Priest. You see, in the first film, Priest was completely amoral—and made his fortune selling dope…
For The Love Of The Drive-In
As the technology of the movie-going experience evolves, the drive-in theater has become one of the film industries many antiquated concepts, much like double-bill features. But from the fifties all the way up to the late seventies, going…
The Unholy Wife (1957)
Despite the BBC/PBS series Danger UXB, bombshells do not lie thick on the English soil. So, in the post-war years – the era of Jayne Mansfield and Mamie van Doren, of Brigitte Bardot and…
Black Sunday (1960)
Be sure and watch the uncut version with the title “The Mask of Satan,” not the censored “Black Sunday” copy, to get the full effect of this living dead masterpiece of Italian cinema. More a…
Coffy (1973)
Pure action film nirvana, “Coffy” has got to be one of the slickest pieces of entertainment ever created, not to mention the penultimate “Blaxploitation” cinema experience. It’s a credit to everyone involved in the film that the story could…
Re-Establishing A Truly Free Market Movie Economy
It is night in a small town just north of San Francisco. A ballet of chrome, rubber and neon lights paint the roads. Teenagers cruise up and down main street in their cars trying to pull themselves out of the…
Saturn 3 (1980)
n 1980, Saturn 3 was released. Since then it’s been mocked, laughed at, even ripped-off by so-called “Classic” (Some actually deserved it, though.). Although it’s rough on the edges, and suffers from some editing problems, effects, and a low budget,…
The Crazies (1973)
The Crazies (1973) was a film by horror film maker George A. Romero. A military biological weapons is accidentally released in a small town. Evans City, PA. is the unlucky recipient to a very deadly virus that has fouled the…