Posts Tagged ‘BLAXPLOITATION’
THE HATED – Kickstarter Campaign Coming Soon
The crowd-funding campaign for THE HATED, the new western from Solid Comix, goes live on February 13, 2020. Set in an alternate timeline, where the Civil War ended in a truce, and America is now two nations, THE HATED inspired by the spaghetti westerns of directors like Sergio Leone (The Good, the Bad, and the…
Read MoreWriting Comics (and Films): The Story of BLACK SANTA’S REVENGE (a.k.a. Ideas and Stories are Not the Same)
One of my best known creations, Black Santa’s Revenge, started out as a holiday greeting card. For more than ten years I had been designing my own greeting cards—this was back when I still had aspirations to be a comic book artist (but that never quite worked out). Even though I’d given up my dreams…
Read More12 Blaxploitation Films to REALLY Know
I don’t want to be that person…I really don’t. I don’t want to be the writer who publicly shames another writer, the publication they work for, and the editor they answer to…but I’m gonna do it anyway…because…well…some things just need to called out. With the release of DOLEMITE IS MY NAME on Netflix, someone at…
Read MoreBadAzz MoFo’s Blaxploitation Archive – SUPER FLY (1972)
SUPER FLY – 1972 director: Gordon Parks Jr.; starring: Ron O’Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, Julius Harris, Charles MacGregor When you think of the best films of early 70s American cinema, you think of THE GODFATHER and THE FRENCH CONNECTION. You think CHINATOWN, MEAN STREETS, and FIVE EASY PIECES. You think of all sorts of…
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 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…
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