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Tag: 1970s

‘Dillinger’ (1973): A rowdy, cynical, American tall tale

Bloody, funny, shoe leather-hard American tall tale.

March 7, 2020September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks1 Comment

‘Shadows in an Empty Room’ (1976): You ready for this un-PC craziness? We don’t think you are

Dirty Harry goes giallo…in The Great White North, no less!

February 4, 2020September 23, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin’ (1971): Notorious giallo classic by Lucio Fulci

A dreamy, sensuous, and deliciously “off” Italian giallo classic.

January 11, 2020September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks1 Comment

‘White Line Fever’ (1975): Action-packed, politically confused exploiter

Crashing 70s trucker action, with handsome knothead Jan-Michael Vincent gear-jammin’ it down the road of exploitation thrills and thoroughly confused politics.

November 22, 2019September 24, 2024 Movies & Drinks2 Comments

‘The Terminal Man’ (1974): Bleak foreshadowing of today’s cold, tech-obsessed world

Cold, impersonal, distant Frankenstein re-imagining―and a fairly perverse jab at its horror/suspense genre conventions.

October 25, 2019September 24, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘Kansas City Bomber’ (1972): Misunderstood action-drama an effective, evocative melodrama

Grimy, relentlessly downbeat actioner/drama, incisive and intriguingly hazy—and far better than its rep indicates—with Raquel Welch’s first really accomplished performance.

October 23, 2019September 23, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘Corky’ (1972): A dour nightmare about an irredeemable loser

One long, downbeat descent into the void.

October 22, 2019September 23, 2024 Movies & DrinksLeave a comment

‘Lolly-Madonna XXX’ (1973): Atmospheric, violent & senseless Southern cult classic

Strange, hypnotic doom and gloom Southern cult classic, a modern-day Hatfield and McCoy feud underpinned by a violent, fatalistic melancholy.

October 20, 2019September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks1 Comment

‘The Adventurers’ (1970): For true film lovers – bad moviemaking at its BEST!

Please, sir…may I have some more filth?

October 17, 2019September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks3 Comments

‘Jacqueline Susann’s The Love Machine’ (1971): Aggressively inept, trashy schlock (thank god)

Awfulness like this is rare—it needs to be acknowledged and celebrated.

October 10, 2019September 23, 2024 Movies & Drinks2 Comments

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