The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: The Playmates (1973)
Rene Bond week (August 11 – 17) Rene Bond could brighten up even the most dreary productions, and she was in plenty of them. In the early adult scene she was one of the better actors, particularly when it came to comedy, though she could squeeze into some leather and throw the whips around when […]
The Sizzlin’ Something Weird Summer Challenge 2024: Frankie and Johnnie… Were Lovers (1973)
Rene Bond week (August 11 – 17) Rene Bond could brighten up even the most dreary productions, and she was in plenty of them. In the early adult scene she was one of the better actors, particularly when it came to comedy, though she could squeeze into some leather and throw the whips around when […]
SHAWGUST: The Fantastic Magic Baby (1975)
Based on Wu Cheng’en’s novel Journey to the West — specifically the story of Red Boy — The Fantastic Magic Baby. Chang Cheh pretty much makes Peking opera — there’s even an entire filmed version of one after the main movie — in which Red Boy (Ting Wa-Chung) comes to collect a tribute from the humans […]
SHAWGUST: The Brave Archer (1977)
Also known as Kung Fu Warlord, this is the first of three Shaw Brothers movies based on Louis Cha’s novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes. There are also two sort of sequels, The Brave Archer and His Mate and Little Dragon Maiden. The children of rebels, Guo Jing and Yang Kang are rescued after the […]
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