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Friday B-Movie Pick: Dolemite

Friday, March 20th, 2020

Dolemite

Let’s start the year off right with a classic B-Movie from 1975. Rudy Ray Moore didn’t know anything about making movies, but he knew he wanted to make one. It was the way to promote his act to the world. The result was B-Movie magic. I don’t know if Joe Bob Briggs ever reviewed this movie, but I think he would have liked it. It has comedy, action, karate hookers, dancing, breasts, music, corrupt California politicians, and bad cops getting busted. Check it out.

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Friday B-Movie Pick: Casino Royale

Friday, December 14th, 2012

Casino Royale

Not the recent Bond franchise reboot, but the 1967 comedy version. A great cast including David Niven as the original James Bond, Woody Allen as his nephew Jimmy Bond, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orsen Wells, and a few other cameo shots by actors you should recognize. I’m a fan of the Austin Powers movies, but Casino Royale proves that you could squeeze every last drop of Mojo out of Austin, and the whole batch would not be as cool as David Niven’s mustache alone!

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Friday B-Movie Pick – Spaceballs

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Yup, Mel Brooks takes on the Sci-Fi genre with Spaceballs.

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Friday B-Movie Pick Pick: Cat People

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Cat People

The 1982 film noir classic, complete with David Bowie doing the title song. A great cast including Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, and Annette O’Toole (That’s Superboy’s mom for you Smallville fans). This is a remake of the 1942 original (which I admit to not having seen yet), with plenty of casual nudity by Kinski & O’Toole and more than its fair share of gore. That includes a scene involving Ed Begley Jr.. Don’t worry, it’s one of the gore scenes, not one of the casual nudity scenes.

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Friday B-Movie Pick

Friday, March 27th, 2009

A Force of One

A Chuck Norris classic from 1979. Bill “Superfoot” Wallace also has a big presence in this film. For the star power, Jennifer O’Neill does quite nicely. Eric Laneuville plays Norris’ adopted son, in his second martial arts film (the first was 1974’s Black Belt Jones), and later appeared in “St. Elsewhere.”

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