Richard Pryor Welcomes You To The Car Wash! One of our greatest Comedians of all time, Richard Pryor had a long career in film and TV, including memorable appearances in cult comedies…more on that in a moment, but first, time… Read More ›
blaxploitation films
Celebrating “Blaxploitation” Cinema! Shaft! Pam Grier! Dolemite! Celebrate Black History Month With these Seminal Films Of The 70’s!
Celebrate “Black History Month” With Empowered “Blaxploitation” Cinema! Black History Month is an important celebration of black achievement. That said, “blaxploitation cinema” doesn’t come up as much as it should in the discussion – but this “Cult Movie Monday” is… Read More ›
Eddie Murphy IS “Dolemite!” Raucous Blaxploitation Biopic Comes To Netflix!
Eddie Murphy Will Become “Dolemite!” For 70’s cult movie fans like myself, this is great news! Deadeline.com has the exclusive, reporting: Eddie Murphy is about to return to the screen for the first time in awhile, in a Netflix film… Read More ›
Meet The Empowered “Machete Maidens Unleashed!” Pam Grier Got Her Start Here! Terrific Documentary Celebrates The “Anything Goes” Films Of The Philippines!
Time To Celebrate These “Unleashed” Machete Maidens! You like cult cinema? Then do I have a terrific documentary for you – one that tells the story of the booming Philippine film industry in the 70’s and 80’s, when empowered women… Read More ›
The Incredible “Black Panther!” The Story Behind The Amazing, “Natural” Hair!
Get Ready For The “ALL Natural” Superhero, “Black Panther!” The early reviews are superlative, and after seeing so many films coming-out over the past few years, we are LOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGG overdue for an African-American Superhero…. And as it turns out, an… Read More ›
“The Love Witch” Takes On “Bluebeard!” Filmmaker Anna Biller’s New Film Is A Ladykiller! Richard Burton’s Euro-Sleaze Take With Raquel Welch!
Filmmaker Anna Biller Takes On A Ladykiller! I want to share a new project just announced by Director Anna Biller, who is a terrific independent filmmaker from Los Angeles. As wikipedia notes: “She grew up watching her mother design beautiful… Read More ›
Exploitation Holiday Buying Guide – Empowered Women Edition! Pam Grier! Biker Chicks! Bee Girls! Pussycats Who Kill! Swinging Cheerleaders!
Time For An Empowered Female Holiday! If you are looking for a more “unique” type of gift for the cinephile in your family, time to jump into the deep end of the “exploitation cinema” pool as we are going to… Read More ›
Happy Birthday 007! James Bond Was Born 55 Years Ago With “Dr. NO!”
“Bond…James Bond.” With those three words, one of the world’s greatest movie franchises was launched – on October 5, 1962! The world’s great Secret Agent has stayed popular for more than five decades, with six different Actors putting on the… Read More ›
Classic Movies With An “M”! The Mack! Machine Girls! Midnight Run! A Beatle Too!
Let’s Go To The Movies! My second home is a movie palace: a place to escape, to explore, to dream, and to get a raised heartbeat due to stuff like this: Yes, “killer go go dancers” are always an important… Read More ›
Hey Jackass! Movies With A “J” Have Jaws – For Sushi! John Wick! Steve Jobs! “Show Me The “J”!
“Jaws” Indeed! That’s right, find a nice place to relax and get ready to bite into ten great movies that begin with “J”! The picture is a big giveaway of course, so let’s get right to it – a film… Read More ›
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