B & S About Movies podcast special episode 24: Junesploitation 2026
Get ready, this is over two hours of me in the middle of the night talking about a lot of movies. There are so many samples and asides that you might think, “Is this what it’s like to talk to Sam in person?” No, it’s worse. Here are the movies in this episode: Wedlock (1991) […]
JUNESPLOITATION RECAP
This was the sixth year I’ve participated in the F This Movie! month-long event. Here’s my list, which you can also find on Letterboxd. Day Film Title Category 1 Wedlock (1991) 90’s action 2 Bubble Bath (1980) Cartoons 3 Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? Linda Blair 4 Def by Temptation (1990) Blaxploitation 5 After School (1988) […]
JUNESPLOITATION: See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
DAY 30: ‘80s Comedy! Sometimes, the chemistry between two legends is enough to carry a movie. See No Evil, Hear No Evil is the definition of that sentence: a high-concept, low-brow collision that remains a mandatory watch for anyone obsessed with the glory days of the Pryor and Wilder pairing. Directed by Arthur Hiller, this […]
JUNESPLOITATION: Rolls-Royce Baby (1975)
DAY 29. Free space! I was trying to think of a movie I could watch to fill my free time and remembered that, somehow, some way, I had an unwatched Lina Romay movie. It’s kismet because yesterday I was looking back at my review of Jack the Ripper, and I had not succumbed to the Stockholm […]
JUNESPLOITATION: Firepower (1993)
DAY 28. PM Entertainment! If you’ve spent any time digging through the bargain bins of VHS history—or if you’ve spent your weekends scouring Tubi for the kind of low-budget, high-adrenaline junk that puts modern CGI-fests to shame—then you know the name PM Entertainment. They were the kings of the direct-to-video era, a studio that understood […]
JUNESPLOITATION: Neverlake (2013)
DAY 27: Italian Cinema! Jenny (Daisy Keeping), a young English woman, heads to Italy to reconnect with her estranged father, Dr. Brooks (David Brandon, Stagefright, Beyond Darkness). Once a respected medical professional, Brooks has traded in his stethoscope for a trowel, acting as an amateur archaeologist obsessed with a lake—an actual place, The Lake of Idols—once worshipped […]
JUNESPLOITATION: Superhero Movie (2008)
DAY 26: Heroes & Villains! Rick Riker (Drake Bell from Drake & Josh) is an unpopular, unlucky student living with his Uncle Ben…I mean, Uncle Albert (Leslie Nielsen) and Aunt Lucille (Marion Ross). His only saving grace is his best friend, Trey (Kevin Hart, before he was famous). Naturally, Rick pines for Jill Johnson (Sara […]
JUNESPLOITATION/ARROW BOX SET RELEASE: Jackie Chan’s Breakout Hits!: Who Am I? (1998)
DAY 26: Jackie Chan! A group of elite, multi-national commando operatives pulls off a midnight raid in the South African jungle to kidnap three scientists who have been experimenting with a highly volatile, weaponized meteorite ore. The mission goes off without a hitch, but the higher-ups, specifically the crooked, power-hungry CIA operative Morgan (Ron Smerczak), […]
JUNESPLOITATION/ARROW BOX SET RELEASE: Jackie Chan’s Breakout Hits!: Mr. Nice Guy (1997)
DAY 26: Jackie Chan! By 1997, New Line Cinema had already given western audiences a taste of the good stuff with Rumble in the Bronx, and they were desperate for more. Enter Mr. Nice Guy, a movie that feels less like a cohesive cinematic narrative and more like a beautifully chaotic, live-action Saturday morning cartoon. […]
JUNESPLOITATION/ARROW BOX SET RELEASE: Jackie Chan’s Breakout Hits!: Police Story 4: First Strike (1996)
DAY 26: Jackie Chan! When filmmakers hit the fourth installment of a franchise, you expect things to slow down. Maybe the stunts get softer, the plot gets thinner, and the star starts looking for a stunt double to handle the heavy lifting. But we aren’t talking about some bored Hollywood action star. We’re talking about […]
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