Junesploitation 2021: Force Four (1975)
June 8: Junesploitation’s topic of the day — as suggested by F This Movie — is Blaxploitation. FYI: This would also qualify for their upcoming June 14 topic of the day: Kung Fu (we did 1992’s Ninja Zombies, by the way). The tale is a simple one: A jive-cool New York crime lord’s prized African artifact—a […]
Pinball Summer (1980)
Also known as Pick-Up Summer and Flipper Girls in Germany, this Canadian film comes after the Crown International beach movies and before Porky’s. Most of the action revolves around a place called Pete’s, an arcade that is hosting a pinball competition, which also has a Miss Pinball pageant, which I really hope was a thing at some point. […]
Jesus Christ Movie Star: The book and interview with author Phil Hall
A few months back, we interviewed Phil Hall, the author of The Weirdest Movie Ever Made: The Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film. Now, BearManor Media has released Jesus Christ Movie Star, a new book by the author of The History of Independent Cinema and In Search of Lost Films and host of the award-winning podcast The Online Movie […]
PCU (1994)
At one point in human history, Jon Favreau was not making Marvel and Star Wars movie, but was instead playing a character in a teen sex comedy. Also, at this very same moment, Jeremy Piven would be seen as a heroic character and not the creepy scumbag that we always feared that he could be. That […]
Joy of Sex (1984)
Did everybody’s parents have a copy of Dr. Alex Comfort’s The Joy of Sex? What a frightening book that was, what with its Chris Foss (Flash Gordon, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jodorowsky’s Dune) illustrations of incredibly hairy flower children engaging in all manner of marital congress. Paramount Pictures thought that with the name of the book, they’d have a […]
Junesploitation 2021: Truck Turner (1974)
June 8: Junesploitation’s topic of the day — as suggested by F This Movie — is blacksploitation. Released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Foxy Brown, this movie features Isaac Hayes as former pro football player turned bounty hunter Mack “Truck” Turner. After another successful job with his friend Jerry, he gets another […]
The Breakfast Club (1985)
I was with this movie when I was thirteen until the end. John Bender (Judd Nelson), Claire Standish (Molly Ringwald), Andrew Clark (Emilio Estevez), Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall) and Allison Reynolds (Ally Sheedy) all have their own reasons for a Saturday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. detention with Vice Principal Richard Vernon (Paul Gleason). Before […]
Blackstock Boneyard (2021)
Originally called Rightful, this is the story of two black brothers who have come back from the grave to avenge their deaths and reclaim the land that’s rightfully theirs. It’s actually based on the true story of Thomas and Meeks Griffin, who were forced to sell their land after being framed for the murder of 75-year-old […]
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