The Mack (1973)
‘The Mack’ is one of the very best blaxploitation movies of the 1970s, and one that has had an enormous influence on both hip hop culture and Quentin Tarantino. Max Julien gives a brilliant performance as Goldie an ex-con who…
The Black Klansman (1966)
“The Black Klansman” is a film from Ted Mikels–the same guy who brought us schlock like “The Astro-Zombies”, “Blood Orgy of the She-Devils”, “Girl in the Gold Boots” (on IMDb’s Bottom 100 list), “The Corpse Grinders” and “The Worm Eaters”….
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do…
I beg of you don’t say goodbye Can’t we give our love another try? Come on, baby, let’s start anew ‘Cause breaking up is hard to do Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Neil Sedaka There are phrases in today’s…
Shaft’s Big Score! (1972)
Richard Roundtree returns as the black foul-mouthed private eye John Shaft, reprising the role he made famous in the previous film SHAFT. Made in 1972, SHAFT’S BIG SCORE clearly shows its age as an old star vehicle. Almost everything, from…
Adiós, Sabata (1970)
The film talks about Sabata or Indio Black (Yul Brynner) , a gunfighter dressed in dark buckskin with fringes . He along with a motley group of revolutionary bandits have purports to steal a wagon loaded of gold from a…
Producer Bochen Zhang
Successful producers work tirelessly when they take on a project. They need to keep the entire cast and crew working like a well-oiled machine. It’s not easy, but all the blood, sweat, and tears put into a project is incredibly…
Ringo and His Golden Pistol (1966)
Corbucci’s fourth Spaghetti Western is likable enough, but it’s still a long way from the baroque style of his subsequent example in the genre – DJANGO (1966) – much less the ultra-bleak outlook of his masterpiece, THE GREAT SILENCE (1968)….
Gentleman Killer (1967)
A Spanish-Italian co-production full of action , exaggerated characters , shootouts and lots of violence . A good example of Latino western genre mostly filmed in Spain . This is a co-production Spanish-Italian with a varied cast formed by actors…
Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)
Picking up a couple of years after the original, tomatoes are now banned – which has ruined the pizza industry – and the unseen mad scientist who chalked up those giant killer tomatoes in the first film, Dr. Gangreen (John…
Teenage Monster (1958)
This movie came out in the late 1950’s when science fiction/monster/teenager movies were all the rage, so I guess the producers of this picture decided to try and combine all three, plus throw in a western setting to come up…
King Dinosaur (1955)
This is one of the worst ‘monster island’ type early fifties cheapies. It’s note worthy only, however, for the mind boggling ending. This time the ‘monster island’ is actually a new Earth like planet, Nova, that has suddenly appeared near…
Flight to Mars (1951)
Four men and a lady blast off for the red planet Mars in this lean-budgeted but likable little yarn. The explorers find a thriving civilization of completely humanoid Matians. The leaders of the Martian government act friendly, but they secretly…
The Invisible Boy (1957)
This little picture has its moments of pulp poetry. There are not one, but two intelligent machines. One is a supercomputer that’s been biding its time for decades, waiting for an opportunity that arrives one day in the form of…
Paradise Motel (1985)
Paradise Motel is a coming-of-age 80s teen romp. The main character, Sam, is the new guy in town. He lives at the Paradise Motel, which his father owns. Desperate to make new friends, and vulnerable to a bunch of trash…
Dr. Cyclops (1940)
It never fails to amaze me when people make short, thoughtless comparisons between the films of yesterday and the films of today. Good films transcend time, regardless of what technical achievements have since been invented, and Dr. Cyclops is just…
The Blue Lamp (1950)
It’s interesting that the robbery and shooting that is the subject of this movie doesn’t even occur until almost 45 minutes into the film. This really isn’t a complain, really, but more a statement about how the film was constructed….
Alley Cat (1984)
This entertainingly tacky’n’trashy distaff “Death Wish” copy stars the exceptionally gorgeous and well-endowed brunette hottie supreme Karin Mani as Billie Clark, a top-notch martial arts fighter and one woman wrecking crew who opens up a gigantic ten gallon drum of…
Hard Candy (2005)
Hard Candy is an intense psychological drama, with incredible performances by both Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson. The two actors are practically the only two people with lines in the film, aside from some brief appearances by Sandra Oh and…
Unnatural (2015)
Set in Alaska, this is a film about a killer polar bear that has been genetically modified, making it larger, smarter and hungrier than his counterparts. The film has some beautiful shots of Alaska, and made me want to visit,…
Alice Sweet Alice (1976)
Creepy little sleeper that’s heavily inspired by Nicholas Roeg’s seminal Don’t Look Now(1972). There is a lot of focus on the motif of innocnece and guilt. One of the most religious horror films ever made. The ideals of the church…