STX Films has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming comedy Poms. Directed by Zara Hayes, it stars Diane Keaton who starts a cheerleading squad with the residents of a retirement community, joining Keaton in the cast are Jacki Weaver, Pam Grier, Rhea Perlman, Celia Weston, Phyllis Somerville, Charli Tahan, Alisha Boe, and Bruce McGill; take […]
The Female Action Hero
Tom Jolliffe on female action heroes… With the impending UK release of Atomic Blonde, it now seems a good time to consider the female action hero. You may think this ‘phenomena’ only stretches back to around the time Sigourney Weaver donned a mecha-suit, but it goes back further. There has certainly been a significant rise […]
Blu-ray Review – Coffy (1973)
Coffy, 1973. Directed by Jack Hill. Starring Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui, Sid Haig, William Elliot, Allan Arbus, Linda Haynes and Carol Lawson. SYNOPSIS: A nurse takes matters into her own hands after her sister is given some bad junk by local drug dealers. Having released Jack Hill’s 1974 blaxploitation classic Foxy Brown on Blu-ray […]
