about 11 months ago - No comments
One of the reasons blaxploitation was a reliable trend during the 1970’s because it could be adapted to any previous existing genre. Everything from horror (Blacula) to spy flicks (That Man Bolt) to comedies (Monkey Hustle) was cranked out by enterprising filmmakers to frequently successful effect. The western genre in particularly worked well when crossbred More >
about 11 months ago - No comments
The conventional wisdom on the difference between Hollywood westerns and spaghetti westerns is that Hollywood westerns were usually simplistic “white hat vs. black hat” affairs, at least until The Wild Bunch ushered in a tide of revisionism, and the spaghetti westerns cornered the market on moral darkness and complexity. However, a careful exploration of Hollywood’s More >
about 11 months ago - No comments
Just a quick note to let you know Your Humble Reviewer has contributed another review of an MGM On Demand DVD-R over at AVManiacs. This time, the film in question is The Caller, a lesser-known entry from Empire Films that stars Malcolm McDowell as the titular figure of mystery. If you’d like to check it More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
Jim Brown fans, take note: two of his excursions into the Western genre will make their return to DVD in June via Shout! Factory’s 2-for-1 The Wild West Collection. The first film is actually Brown’s debut, Rio Conchos, and it pairs him with Stuart Whitman and Tony Franciosa. The next film in the set pairs More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
Just putting up a quick blurb to let any interested parties know that Your Humble Reviewer contributed a review of MGM’s recent DVD-R release of Cohen & Tate over at AVManiacs. If you aren’t familiar with this title, it was the directorial debut of screenwriter Eric Red (The Hitcher and Near Dark) and is a More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
Before starting Schlockmania, Your Humble Reviewer was a contributor to the much-read cult movie review site AVManiacs between 2004 and 2008. He was recently invited to contribute once more as a guest reviewer by site creator Edwin Samuelson and will pen periodic reviews of DVD’s for the site. The first of these has been posted More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
This is the story of an profile that began as a simple interview and ended up as a blog miniseries. Back in 2006, Your Humble Reviewer was writing reviews for AVManiacs (at the time, it was known as DVDManiacs). He got the opportunity to do an interview with Michael Felsher, a talented young man who More >
about 2 years ago - 4 comments
Blaxploitation was ripe for satire from the get-go but few have been able to get the job done. I’m Gonna Git You Sucka has its devotees but Your Humble Reviewer has always found it to be a slapdash piece of work that leans on t.v.-level schtick instead of genuine, genre-appropriate satire. The same could be More >
