If I were to make a list of the worst trailers ever, John Woo’s Face/Off would be on it. The clip turned me off so much, I avoided the film in theaters. It was only after countless recommendations from friends…
Universally recognized as the film that put Martin Scorsese on the map, Mean Streets not only established his signature style, but launched the careers of Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. It effectively captures the aimless street life of its…
Phil Smoot’s second film as a writer-director released in 1985 (and apparently his last), The Dark Power once again features Lash LaRue, this time with his famous bullwhip in hand. When an American Indian medicine man dies, a group of…
The master of the whip Lash LaRue returns, this time to battle aliens. For the uninitiated, LaRue made a name for himself starring in a series of B-movies in the 1940’s and 1950’s whose trademark was his bullwhip. A love…
The first release in the Kino Cult line, Lorna the Exorcist from Spanish maverick Jesús “Jess” Franco was his fourth film of 1974. As only Franco can do, Lorna the Exorcist is both among his most revered and reviled works….
Filmmaking at its finest, Oppenheimer requires you to have your brain fully activated or you’ll surely miss something. Given its large cast and 180-minute runtime, director Christopher Nolan has given audiences a lot to digest. A major success at the…
When The Color Purple hit theaters back in 1985, I didn’t quite know how to feel about it. I had read Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name and I was conflicted about some of the changes made….
With its fourth entry, The Expendables franchise introduces a new generation of stars to the fray, as action legends Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, and Randy Couture are joined for the first time by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Megan…
Before its release, many critics predicted that Titanic would be a huge box office disappointment, especially since it was the most expensive film ever made at the time. As we know, upon its release in 1997, Titanic became a box…
Based on the Harold Robbins novel of the same name, The Carpetbaggers was a landmark of the sexual revolution of the 1960’s. offering more heated embraces and sexual innuendo than most films of the era. George Peppard stars as Jonas…