Author: Dave Franklin
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Blaxploitation #10: The Candy Tangerine Man (1975)
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Read more: Blaxploitation #10: The Candy Tangerine Man (1975)Synopsis: The antithesis of the Oscar-winning Moonlight. Hooray! Director: Matt Cimber Cast: John Daniels, Eli Haines, Tom Hankason, Marva Farmer, Richard Kennedy, George Buck Flower I enjoy blaxploitation, but it does take some wading through to find the goodies. Lately I’ve caught some competent but mediocre efforts like Hammer, Black Gunn and The Legend of…
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A Handful of Aussie Faves
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Read more: A Handful of Aussie FavesAt the age of nine on my British junior school’s playground I first became properly aware of a place called Australia. I grabbed the satchel of the rather unpopular Andrew George and started to run off (probably because I knew it contained a bag of pickle onion-flavored Monster Munch and a bottle of Ribena) when…
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Commando: Dave Franklin says…
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Read more: Commando: Dave Franklin says…If you’re the sort of guy who dresses his semi-automatic rifle in a see-through negligee just before beddy-byes and snuggles up tight while dreaming about his erect penis turning into the aforementioned weapon and walking butt-naked down the street spraying cock bullets at all those other puny men, then Commando is the one for you.…
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Top 10 Memorable Acts Of Violence In Movies
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Read more: Top 10 Memorable Acts Of Violence In MoviesGrowing up in 1980’s Britain with the video nasties scare, I implicitly absorbed movie violence was bad and if I watched enough I’d eventually take an axe to random passersby. Now while this proved unfortunately true in my case, most people remain unaffected. In fact, someone like you has probably already forgotten hundreds, if not…
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The Last Hurrah #5: Charles Bronson in Death Wish (1974)
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Read more: The Last Hurrah #5: Charles Bronson in Death Wish (1974)Synopsis: “What about the old American social custom of self-defense? If the police don’t defend us, maybe we ought to do it ourselves.” Director: Michael Winner Cast: Charles Bronson, Steven Keats, Vincent Gardenia, Hope Lange Bronson’s ascent to the top took the best part of two decades, peaking with the massive international success of his…
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Fucked-Up Films #10: The Klansman (1974)
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Read more: Fucked-Up Films #10: The Klansman (1974)Synopsis ‘Southern man, better keep your head/Don’t forget what your good book said’ Director Terence Young Cast Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, Cameron Mitchell, O.J. Simpson, Lola Falana, Linda Evans, David Huddleston What are these sick bastards doing? Shaming humanity, helped by a lot of talent both in front of and behind the camera, including a…
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Year of the Dragon (1985)
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Read more: Year of the Dragon (1985)Synopsis: ‘Chinatown, it’s a different scene/There are people there, they are so obscene’ Director: Michael Cimino Cast: Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Dennis Dun, Leonard Termo You got any idea what it’s like to scale the heights and then plunge into a shit pit as a fair chunk of the…
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Shaky Starts: Part Two
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Read more: Shaky Starts: Part TwoJeff Goldblum in Death Wish (1974) A gangly, grinning Goldblum is your archetypal goon in this vigilante classic, although I suspect he was a bit shame-faced if he ever escorted his mom to his movie debut. He’s introduced alongside his similarly retarded pals as they leap around a supermarket tossing a frozen chicken to each…
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Shaky Starts: Part One
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Read more: Shaky Starts: Part OneSometime in my early youth, I realized I would one day have to work for a living. This seemed unfair, especially as I already had a mumsy and a da-da to provide everything. Later at high school a counselor asked me about my dream job. I truthfully replied it was to not have a job.…
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Creepy Shit
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Read more: Creepy ShitI s’pose there’s only one time I had the shit creeped outta me. Granddad was in a nursing home and one night we got the call that he was on the way out. I went with dad and sat in a room as death came to play. Granddad was wired, unaware of his family alongside…