I've said it a 100 times before on this site that I love blaxploitation movies. They are the films that made me for, better or worse (and mainly for worse). Nothing can beat watching strong, virile, masculine black men going up against deranged racist villains and laying them to waste. Can't get enough of it! And when it comes to the glory that once was the blaxploitation genre, I've always felt that American International's 1973 "Slaughter's Big Rip-Off," toplined by Jim Brown, is one of true great movies of the genre. It was a somewhat rushed sequel to the successful "Slaughter," which came out the previous year, in which the hero ventures to Mexico to...
- 2/3/2016
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Sosie Bacon may only be 21, but she has a lot going for her. On top of being 2014's Miss Golden Globe, through her father Kevin Bacon, she is connected to nearly everyone in Hollywood - including every other previous Miss Golden Globe, most of whom are also the daughters (or sons) of industry power players. And while some have a connection through their famous parents, others, such as Laura Dern (who happens to have famous parents), are also connected through their own work. Don't believe us? Here's how you get from young Ms. Bacon to all of her famous predecessors,...
- 1/11/2014
- by Nate Jones
- PEOPLE.com
It's no secret that the new remake of Sparkle is a box office disappointment, falling far short of what was hoped for at the box office. As I said before, when I saw the film at an advance screening, I couldn't figure out who the audience for the film was. Many people who love the 1976 original, told me that they had Zero interest in seeing the remake. I can completely understand. It's like doing a remake of Foxy Brown or Slaughter's Big Rip-Off. I would have blown a gasket. You just can't remake those films. There are No Jim Browns or Pam Griers left anymore. Leave the originals alone. The original Sparkle, while it's no masterpiece by any...
- 8/27/2012
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Box Office - Holiday Weekend Box Office Gets Off to Record-Setting Start with 3-D Transformers: Dark of the Moon; plus Transformers 3 Set to Slaughter 2-D Field; Plus Terri, Aurora, Perfect Host, Uninspired Larry Crowne; and Transformers: Dark of the Moon Reviews: 3-D Action Porn, Nostalgia for Megan Fox - Screenwriters Talk A Better Life: From Capracorn and Social Realism to Weitz and Bichir. - Last Weekend's Box Office: Cars 2 Beats Critic Brickbats and Cars with $68 Million; Diaz Opens Bad Teacher Trailer Watch - Outer Space Horror in Apollo 18, In Theaters September 2; Steven Spielberg’s War Horse Looks Like Oscar Bait; and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Starring Oldman, Firth, Hardy, Strong. In The Works - First Look at The Raven: Cusack Frighteningly ...
- 7/1/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
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