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‘Killer Force’ (1976): Energetic heist actioner is dumb, but fun

Amiable, mindless (…and mostly inexplicable) thick ear for fans of 70s all-star international co-productions. A few years back, Kino Lorber released on Blu-ray Killer Force (a.k.a.: The Diamond Mercenaries), the 1976 South African diamond heist actioner released here in the States by American International Pictures, directed and co-written by British helmer Val Guest, and starring… Read More ‘Killer Force’ (1976): Energetic heist actioner is dumb, but fun

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‘Lisa and the Devil’ & ‘The House of Exorcism’ (1973/1975): Bava’s arty failure gets exploitation makeover

Ahhhhh…the falling leaves. The soft, orangey twilight at day’s dimming. The pumpkins. The apple cider. The grown adults decorating their houses and lawns with plastic skeletons and ghosts and asking you, apparently the only neighbor left who likes to keep to himself, what you think of it with their idiotic grins, pissing themselves because they’re… Read More ‘Lisa and the Devil’ & ‘The House of Exorcism’ (1973/1975): Bava’s arty failure gets exploitation makeover

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‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ (1969): The best Bond, the best Bond girl, the best Bond movie

Recently having endured the latest—and I pray to God last—James Bond abomination (no, I didn’t pay to see it, and yes, that DVD screener was later used as target practice), I was in desperate need of some corrective movie therapy. Stat. So…since that particular abortion, No Time to Die, decided to lift elements of an earlier… Read More ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ (1969): The best Bond, the best Bond girl, the best Bond movie

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