Tom Jolliffe ventures back to 1971, a year full of gritty, hard hitting and iconic crime films… Does 1971 seem that long ago? Well guess what… It’s half a century ago. Looking back at the year in movies shows an array of trailblazing cinema, punctuated by a fascination in pessimism, gritty violence and uncompromising meanness. […]
8 Modern Blaxploitation Movies Worth Checking Out | Marvelous Videos
Red Stewart presents modern blaxploitation films that capture the genre…. In the 1970s, Shaft helped launch an entire cinematic movement focused on simultaneously embracing, turning, and cash milking stereotypes about African Americans. This came to be known as “blaxploitation,” a portmanteau of the words “black” and “exploitation” (the latter referring to a B-movie subgenre of […]
The 1970s – The Best Era In Cinema History?
Tom Jolliffe on the 1970s and why it is the best era in cinema history… There will always be a great deal of debate about the best era for cinema. For my two cents I’ll say with a great deal of assurance that the best period in cinema history was the 1970’s. There was most […]
Blu-ray Review – Shaft (2019)
Shaft, 2019. Directed by Tim Story. Starring Jessie T. Usher, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Alexandra Shipp, Regina Hall, Matt Lauria, Avan Jogia, Lauren Vélez, Method Man, Almeera Jiwa, Ian Casselberry, Aaron Dominguez, and Isaach De Bankolé. SYNOPSIS: John Shaft Jr., a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family’s help to […]
Movie Review – Shaft (2019)
Shaft, 2019. Directed by Tim Story. Staring Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Richard Roundtree, Alexandra Shipp, Regina Hall, Matt Lauria, Avan Jogia, Lauren Vélez, Method Man, Almeera Jiwa, Ian Casselberry, Aaron Dominguez, and Isaach De Bankolé. SYNOPSIS: Detective John Shaft, estranged from his son, an FBI agent, joins him as he tries to solve […]
Men in Black and Shaft continue disappointing sequel trend at the US box office
Expectations weren’t that high for either of this frame’s blockbuster sequels, but Men in Black: International and Shaft both fell short of studio estimates at the domestic box-office this weekend. Men in Black: International managed to recoup $28.5 million, which was the lowest of the franchise by over $20 million. The poorly received film (read […]
Movie Review – Shaft (2019)
Shaft, 2019. Directed by Tim Story. Starring Jessie T. Usher, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Alexandra Shipp, Regina Hall, Matt Lauria, Avan Jogia, Lauren Vélez, Method Man, Almeera Jiwa, Ian Casselberry, Aaron Dominguez, and Isaach De Bankolé. SYNOPSIS: John Shaft Jr., a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family’s help to […]
Shaft gets a new red band trailer
With a little over a week to go until Shaft arrives in cinemas, Warner Bros. has released a new red band trailer for Tim Story’s action crime comedy which stars three generations of Shaft in Richard Roundtree’s John Shaft, Samuel L. Jackson’s John Shaft II and Jessie T. Usher’s John ‘JJ’ Shaft Jr.; check it […]
Shaft trailer has more Shaft than you can handle
After debuting a poster earlier this week, Warner Bros. has now unveiled the first trailer for Shaft, a follow-up to both the original 1971 blaxploitation classic and the 2000 sequel, which features three generations of Shaft in Richard Roundtree’s John Shaft, Samuel L. Jackson’s John Shaft II and Jessie T. Usher’s John ‘JJ’ Shaft III. […]
Shaft sequel gets a poster ahead of Wednesday’s first trailer
With the first trailer set to land tomorrow, Warner Bros. has released a poster for the upcoming sequel Shaft featuring three generations of Shaft in Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree and Jessie T. Usher along with co-star Regina Hall; check it out here… JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Usher), may be a cyber security expert […]
