Archive for February 2018
Movie Poster of the Week – ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
BadAzz MoFo’s celebration of the art of the movie poster (though not necessarily the movie itself). Many of the movie posters that I’ll be highlighting here are for films of questionable quality (and some just plain suck). But then there’s those that, quite simply, totally kickass. Case in point: John Carpenter’s Escape from New York.…
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BadAzz MoFo’s celebration of the art of the movie poster (though not necessarily the movie itself). Okay, I saw The Island at the Top of the World when it was in the theater—which will give you a hint as to how old I actually am. But I don’t remember anything about the movie. Not a…
Read MoreBadAzz MoFo’s Blaxploitation Archive – NI**ER LOVER (a.k.a. The Bad Bunch,Tom, The Brothers)
NIGGER LOVER (a.k.a. The Bad Bunch,Tom, The Brothers) 1973 director: Greydon Clark; starring: Greydon Clark, Tom Johnigarn, Aldo Ray, Jock Mahoney More than twenty years had passed since I watched director Greydon Clark’s NIGGER LOVER, and written my scathing review. This was one of the earliest reviews I wrote, and I was culling through my…
Read MoreBadAzz MoFo’s Blaxploitation Archive – MANDINGO
MANDINGO 1975 director: Richard Fleischer; starring: James Mason, Perry King, Ken Norton, Susan George, Brenda Sykes, Ji-Tu Cumbuka There are over 200 blaxploitation movies, ranging from the classic to the completely forgotten. But few have attained the level of infamy that MANDINGO has achieved. This is one of those films with a reputation that precedes…
Read MoreBadAzz MoFo’s Blaxploitation Archive – LIVE AND LET DIE
LIVE AND LET DIE1973 director: Guy Hamilton; starring: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Gloria Hendry, Geoffrey Holder, Julius Harris For the better part of a decade the James Bond films set the standard for action and adventure films. Based on Ian Fleming’s popular books, the film franchise launched in 1962 with DR. NO, and…
Read MoreMovie Poster of the Week – ESCAPE FROM THE BRONX
BadAzz MoFo’s celebration of the art of the movie poster (though not necessarily the movie itself). Last week, we showcased director Enzo G. Castellari’s 1990: The Bronx Warriors. And now we have Escape from the Bronx (a.k.a. The Bronx Warriors 2), Castellari’s sequel to what seemed like a terrible film, until you compared it to…
Read MoreBadAzz MoFo’s Blaxploitation Archive – KILL SQUAD
KILL SQUAD 1982 director: Patrick G. Donahue starring: Cameron Mitchell in a cameo and a bunch of people you’ve probably never heard of Okay…I know…this isn’t really a blaxploitation movie. At the same time, it isn’t really that much of a martial arts movie – which is what is was sold as being – so,…
Read MoreBadAzz MoFo’s Blaxploitation Archive – JOSHUA
JOSHUA (a.k.a. Joshua: The Black Rider) 1976 director: Larry Spangler; starring Fred Williamson Some evil racists make the mistake of killing Civil War veteran Joshua’s (Fred “the Hammer” Williamson) momma. In the process of killin’ Momma Hammer, they also kidnap the wife of the white man that she worked for. Now, I don’t need to…
Read MoreBadAzz MoFo’s Blaxploitation Archive – IF HE HOLLERS, LET HIM GO!
IF HE HOLLERS, LET HIM GO!(a.k.a. Dead Right; Night Hunt) 1968 director: Charles Martin; starring: Raymond St. Jacques, Dana Wynter, Kevin McCarthy, Barbara McNair First things first: whatever you do, don’t confuse this movie with the Chester Himes novel of the same name. It would be easy to make that assumption, especially since star Raymond…
Read MoreBadAzz MoFo’s Blaxploitation Archive – THE HARDER THEY COME
THE HARDER THEY COME 1973 director: Perry Henzell; starring Jimmy Cliff Reggae was just beginning to become a recognizable sound on the global music scene, and blaxploitation was already in full swing in 1973 when this little film from Jamaica landed in theatres. Few people ever refer to it as a blaxploitation flick, even though…
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