Ready For Jail? One of the most hilariously offensive genres of film in the 70’s involved this: No, it’s not a film about hygiene…this is something far more subversive and perverse: it’s the legendary “women in prison” genre! “Some jive-ass… Read More ›
classic blaxploitation movies
Cheerleaders! Pom Pom Girls! David Hasselhoff As “Boner!” Cult Classics – Rah Rah Rah!
Here Is An Important Message For You: Time to head back to the seventies, a more innocent time that could be exploited by shrewd film Producers, who went through a phase where they loved to exploit: The Cheerleaders! As you… Read More ›
Rated “X” By An All-White Jury! The Incendiary “Sweet Sweetback’s Badass Song!” Blaxploitation’s Brilliant Godfather!
“Rated ‘X’ By An All-White Jury!” At a time when Hollywood is under scrutiny for for what some as as Oscar failing to adequately acknowledge the film “Selma”, it’s important to remember “The Godfather of Blaxploitation”, the brilliant Melvin Van… Read More ›
The Wild Bunch! Billy The Kid! Sam Peckinpah’S SOUP Tossing!
A visionary Director speaks candidly about the moviemaking process, both in his own words, and in the dialogue from a film… “If they move, kill ’em!” This iconic movie line is from “The Wild Bunch” – but it also speaks… Read More ›
Naughty Stewardesses! Swinging Cheerleaders! Centerfold Girls! Classic 70’s Exploitation!
First thing to warn you about: not ALL movies are meant to be Oscar winners… Swinging Stewardesses! Fly “first class”, indeed! In case you missed this movie when it came out, the majesty of home video has given you the… Read More ›
The Greatest 70’s Action Films Ever! Biggest Stars With The Biggest Guns!
All Hail The 1970’s! I love 70′s movies! They are chock full of iconic stars with BIG GUNS! Some of these movies will live forever, some have been unfortunately neglected – but thanks to DVD, blu-ray, and the thousands of… Read More ›
Female Empowerment Indeed! “Foxy Brown”! “Cleopatra Jones”! Blaxploitation’s Kick-Ass Women!
Time to celebrate a classic genre of 70’s film, and celebrate two women who not only broke racial barriers by starring in these films, but they scored big at the box office as well! First up: FOXY BROWN! Michael Anderson:… Read More ›
RIP Bernie Casey! Hit Man! Iconic “Blaxploitation” Star – And NFL Great!
RIP Bernie Casey! I hate having to share these stories: a great NFL player turned action star has passed away at the age of 78… Here is a look at one of his best movies! Hit Man! The plot is… Read More ›
RIP Jim Kelly! Bruce Lee’s Kung Fu Partner! Blaxploitation Master!
RIP Jim Kelly! Sad news to share: legendary Kung Fu Artist, Athlete and Blaxploitation movie star Jim Kelly has died… Jim Kelly co-starred with Bruce Lee in “Enter The Dragon”, and parlayed that into a series of action films such… Read More ›
The Mack! Shaft! Sweet Sweetback! Jim Kelly! Blacula! Blaxploitation Lives!
Celebrating a great era in exploitation film making – “BLAXPLOITATION!” “Blaxploitation” is a now somewhat overlooked style of film making from the early 70’s that were an ethnic sub-cuture of exploitation film, focused on the black community. Meet Blaxploitation Legend… Read More ›