They are some of music’s most unique lyrics: “A present from you Strawberry letter 22 The music plays I sit in for a few…” Time to remember The Brothers Johnson, and share the secrets of “Strawberry Letter 23!” “The Brothers… Read More ›
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Kick Some Dolemite! “Blaxploitation” Classic Gets Vinegar Syndrome’s Loving Restoration!
Time To Get A Taste Of “Dolemite”! I love exploitation movies, and one of the more outrageous entries in the film genre known as “blaxploitation” is getting a loving blu-ray restoration! How can you NOT love a film with this… Read More ›
Studly “Superfly”! Sexy “Sheba”! Blaxploitation’s Sexiest Stars! Pam Grier! Shaft!
“The Heat’s On In The Street For This Bad Mama – But She’s Doin’ The Cooking!” How can you resist a film with that promo? You can’t of course, especially when Blaxploitation super star Pam Grier is in it! The… 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 ›
Eddie Murphy’s Comic Brilliance! His “Bowfinger” Redemption!
Time To Celebrate The Comedic Genius Of Eddie Murphy! It’s a sentence that can spark some heated debates, but for a time, Eddie Murphy was the greatest movie comedian of them all! After making a name for himself as a… 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 ›
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 ›
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