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  • Been wondering for a while when this would happen. All of the Marvel Shows made for Netflix will be moving over to Disney+ this month. Netflix's rights have run out.

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      BLACK SAMSON (1974)
      d. Charles Ball
      Starring: Rockne Tarkington, William Smith, Carol Speed, Connie Strickland, Michael Payne


      Samson owns a bar and nightclub and keeps his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. But Italian gangster Johnny Nappa (William Smith) just can't wait to sell drugs on his streets. Can Samson beat the Mob?!?!

      A lackluster and very mediocre blaxploitation film that's mainly hurt by the monotone performance of its leading man. But I've also seen much worse. William Smith (who was in a ton of B-movies) as the main villain steals the show, He's kind of interesting as he initially comes off as quite cool and mellow and descends into full blown sadistic psychopath by the end. You won't care much about Black Samson but you WILL want Johnny Nappa to die. Although much of the movie is (quite frankly) boring the last 10-15 minutes is a bonkers scene in which an entire neighborhood throws every piece of junk imaginable (including old refrigerators!) at mobsters from building rooftops.

      Oh and he does have a pet lion that just lays around on top of the bar at his club. It's quite possibly the most drugged up lion in cinematic history.

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      • Are you only reviewing bad, campy movies now?
        "The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is sometimes hard to verify their authenticity." -Abraham Lincoln

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        • STFU
          Shut the fuck up Donny!

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          • Originally posted by AlabamAlum View Post
            Are you only reviewing bad, campy movies now?
            No, I didn’t write a lot about them but I watched all five Daniel Craig Bonds over the past month. I’m in the middle of going through the Mission Impossible series

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            • requesting -- review of the American Ninja series.

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              • Originally posted by Hannibal View Post
                requesting -- review of the American Ninja series.
                I own American Ninja 1 & 2. So that's a possibility. Will have to scavenge to find the rest

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                  THREE THE HARD WAY (1974)
                  d. Gordon Parks Jr.
                  Starring; Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly, Sheila Frazier


                  Our three main leads fight across the country to stop a genocidal white supremacist plot to kill all minorities in America by poisoning the drinking water.

                  The movie is basically one set piece after another with Jim Brown, Jim Kelly, Fred Williamson, or some combination of all three killing a bunch of white dudes in red berets. It's not bad at all but there's so many split scenes that no one character gets a lot of time to shine. Plus, the main bad guy doesn't get the death he deserves. I'm not even sure he dies. It's poorly shot and edited. At least the head scientist gets a ticket to Burning Man.

                  But there IS a lot of good action. Some of the stunts are crazy, including one where a guy gets tossed out of a speeding truck into a highway sign. There is a shootout inside a 70's arcade that's probably my favorite scene of the film. A rare blaxploitation film with no sex but there is a crew of topless female torturers, just to please that segment of the audience.



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                  • you see the last bond movie dsl?

                    not too impressed with the villain but overall pretty decent

                    batman next

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                    • Originally posted by crashcourse View Post
                      you see the last bond movie dsl?

                      not too impressed with the villain but overall pretty decent

                      batman next
                      Yeah I liked it. Not the best of the Craig films but good. How the guy with the cyber eye went out was one of the few quippy moments that reminded me of the Connery/Moore era.

                      My favorite cold open of those five is still the Mexico City "Day of the Dead" scene at the beginning of SPECTRE.

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                      • Are you a Skyfall or a Casino Royale guy?
                        "The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is sometimes hard to verify their authenticity." -Abraham Lincoln

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                        • It is impressive that they have made 25 Bond films and they are all pretty much the exact same movie.

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                          • Back when they did Batman in 89, I felt that was the future. Studios doing a superhero franchise that would produce a monster of the week type story. The key with the Bond movies is they never have a true origin story, it makes.it better. The market was totally underserved, it never really did that however.

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                            • Originally posted by AlabamAlum View Post
                              Are you a Skyfall or a Casino Royale guy?
                              Slightly more a Skyfall fan but those are real close. I think the poker stuff in Royale is just a bit too long and I go back and forth on the 4th act of that movie.

                              Spectre and No Time to Die also close but a wide gap between them and the previous ones.

                              Quantum of Solace easily the worst. Worst villain, worst plot, but most of all worst directed. The most “Bourne” of the Bond series. But I think I said a few weeks ago, I do really like the opera scene

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                              • Originally posted by froot loops View Post
                                It is impressive that they have made 25 Bond films and they are all pretty much the exact same movie.
                                On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Licence to Kill are arguably the two "most different" of all 25. Had the former starred Connery or Moore I think it might be widely regarded as one of the best in the series. The latter is very close to being an R-rated 80's action flick. Also a revenge film far more than any other.

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