Golden Swallow (1968)
This movie quite surprised me. Not only because it’s such a great one but because I liked it even better than its predecessor “Da zui xia” as well. “Da zui xia” was already a surprising good movie, that besides was…
The Secret Invasion (1964)
This film cut out much of the extra stuff that was in the Dirty Dozen. It also did not have a maggot character like Savalas played in the dozen. The film had a few unexpected turns and did not turn…
The Show Will Go On….
This is tough. Tougher than I ever thought it would get. How in a couple of weeks can things come crashing down so hard around us? The world of motion picture exhibition is very foggy right now and it is…
2019: After the Fall of New York (1983)
Twenty years after a nuclear holocaust ravaged the Earth, the Euraks and the Pan American Confederacy continue the battle for supremacy. Mercenary Parsifal (Michael Sopkiw) is recruited by the Confederacy to try and locate the only fertile woman on Earth,…
Amuck (1972)
It has everything fans of gialli love–great visuals and setting, pulse-pounding suspense, sordid and perverse characters, truly surprising plot twists, and a great musical score and soundtrack. Farley Granger is wonderful, going convincingly from evil to sympathetic and back again….
Amazing Grace (1974)
This movie starred comedienne Moms Mabley as Grace in her only lead role before her untimely death a year later. Though it takes a while, you do get used to the various ways Ms. Mabley expresses herself whether she’s happy,…
Disco 9000 (1977)
Someone is trying to ruin disco owner Fass Black. Black also owns the hottest record label in town and a rival mogul is trying to muscle in on his business because Black would not “play ball.” The movie stars john…
Super Fly T.N.T. (1973)
Superfly T.N.T is a highly entertaining sequel which deserves more credit than it very often gets. I loved everything about this one with the exception of the soundtrack (I liked this soundtrack but missed Curtis Mayfield) and the film’s finale…
H.O.T.S. (1979)
This film is a throwback to the pre-siliconized days of Hollywood. We here at the academy admire the blossoming of natural talent as it explodes onto the screen. The film centers around the exploits of a bevy of buxom beauty…
Monster Dog (1984)
Monster Dog is a great horror treat for anyone who is a true horror fan. Alice Cooper gives a great performance as Vince Raven. Victoria Vera stood tall, as well, playing the girlfriend of Vince. Monster Dog had a great…
Hangup (1974)
Hangup, also called Hang Up and later released under the name Super Dude, is a 1974 film directed by Henry Hathaway. It stars William Elliott and Marki Bey. This was the last film directed by Hathaway. The film falls in…
Silk (1986)
This is a low-budget effort about a maverick female cop who single-handedly fights crime and corruption, playing by her own rules (a la Dirty Harry). Set in Honolulu, the film opens with Silk thwarting a robbery with her trusty handgun,…
Killer Fish (1979)
Killer Fish is yet another Jaws inspired horror flick from the late 70’s. Set in South America, it’s about thieves who steal a box of diamonds and then throw it into a lake in order to hide them. The plan…
Valley of the Zombies (1946)
Dr. Maynard (Charles Trowbridge) tells Dr. Terry Evans (Robert Livingston) and his nurse, Susan Drake (Lorna Gray), about the theft of ten pints of blood from his lab. Later, he is visited by Ormand Murks (Ian Keith), a man Maynard…
Old Dracula (1974)
David Niven has a role that is clearly beneath his stature (in his first scene, he is reading a Playboy magazine), and Clive Donner’s direction is almost embarrassingly crude (the dreadful copy I saw made it look even worse than…
The Real Bruce Lee (1977)
The Real Bruce Lee? well, not unless you are really forgiving and decidedly myopic…More like the three not-quite-Bruce Lee’s!: Bruce Li, Dragon Lee and some scratchy archival footage of the great one. Ardent fans of ‘Enter the Dragon’ may want…
The Satan Killer (1993)
“The Satan Killer” is a gem of a movie. Unfortunately, I believe the more popular war movies buried this gem in the ground due to the concurring Iraqi war that was going on. This movie represents a time of innocence…
Hot Water (1985)
This one’s about two prostitutes who just got out of jail to start a new life in a small town, only there’s one small problem, and it’s name is Junior. The box makes it sound like this is your classic…
Blood Suckers from Outer Space (1984)
Hilarious “so-bad-it’s-brilliant” amateur 80’s horror with a stupendously outrageous storyline, delightfully atrocious acting performances, totally retarded dialogs (“I’m not going anywhere. Does that mean you’re going nowhere?” or “This is the greatest medical discovery since cancer”) and masterful tacky effects….