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Foundational Cinema

Month: July 2019

Wanda, the Wicked Warden (1977)

You have Jess Franco directing and Lina Romay starring, is there a more sure guarantee of a high sleaze content? You just can’t ask for much more. However, this movie doesn’t approach the pure, unadulterated, in your face sleaze of…

Humongous (1982)

This Canadian slasher is definitely one of the better slashers of the 1980s and is unjustifiably panned by everyone. When HUMONGOUS was released the biggest criticism against it was how predictable or derivative it was and it was dismissed as…

Robin-B-Hood (2006)

This action comedy flick starring Jackie Chan and Louis Koo as burglars Thongs and Octopus, whose job is to kidnap a baby. Later on, the baby develops strong paternal feelings to the two crooks, leading them to play the role…

Crazy Mama (1975)

Cloris Leachman was spinning off from a supporting role on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” to headlining her own series “Phyllis” in 1975, the same year this goofy road movie was released. Leachman stars as Melba Stokes, who runs a…