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Foundational Cinema

Month: September 2019

Malibu Express (1985)

The plot to Malibu Express comes second to the macho posturing and female nudity, so I won’t go into detail, other than to say that it’s about industrial espionage and it’s crap—not that the action is much better, consisting of…

The Amazons (1973)

A sexually-liberated (if not terribly explicit) peplum which inconceivably attracted an assortment of talent – director Young, cinematographer Aldo Tonti, production designer Mario Garbuglia, composer Riz Ortolani – but the result is jaw-droppingly awful, so much so that I can’t…

Mudhoney (1965)

This film is a classic and brilliant Russ Meyer effort which shows talent and creativity, delivering an ultimately jolting and outrageous picture. It has a perfect mix of sex and violence and a great central character who’s a complete degenerate…

The Party Crashers (1958)

“The Party Crashers” doesn’t waste a lot of time on drag races or fights and romance at the soda fountain or even teen rebellion, though these are certainly elements. It’s an intergenerational semi-horror tale, that focuses its outrage on that…

Angels from Hell (1968)

Tom Stern plays a Viet-Nam veteran who comes home with the dream of forming the most powerful biker gang around. His “wild bunch” consists of such immortals as Smiley, Nutty Norman, Tiny Tim, and Angry Annie. Turns out most of…

Live Fast, Die Young (1958)

This film has a problem typical of its genre. The actresses who play teens are MUCH too old for their parts. One was 27 and the other 29. They don’t look especially young for their ages so the “juvenile delinquent”…