Vice Squad

1982 Embassy Pictures Directed by Gary Sherman Produced by Frank Capra, Jr./Brian Frankish/Frank Hildebrand/Sandy Howard/Robert Rehme Written by Sandy Howard/Robert Vincent O’Neill/Kenneth Peters/Gary Sherman Let’s be upfront about one thing right at the start of this review: there’s not a single thing original about the plot of VICE SQUAD. I’m willing to bet you that […]

Foxy Brown

1974 American International Pictures Written and Directed by Jack Hill Produced by Buzz Feitshans Costumes for Pam Grier Created and Designed by Ruthie West Music Composed, Conducted, Arranged and Produced by Willie Hutch Cinematography by Brick Marquard Edited by Chuck McClelland FOXY BROWN wasn’t the first Pam Grier movie I saw. That would be “The […]

Black Eye

1974 Warner Bros. Directed by Jack Arnold Produced by Pat Rooney Written by Mark Haggard Based on the novel “Murder on the Wild Side” by Jeff Jacks Music by Mort Garson One can be forgiven for passing up on watching BLACK EYE, thinking it just another typical Blaxploitation action thriller due to the title and […]

Pray For Death

1985 Transworld Entertainment Directed by Gordon Hessler Produced by Don Van Atta Written by James Booth Sho Kosugi made PRAY FOR DEATH after the popular and successful “Ninja Trilogy” he did for Cannon Films: “Enter The Ninja” “Revenge of The Ninja” and “Ninja III: The Domination.” And if you don’t mind taking some advice, I’d […]

Miracle Mile

1988 Hemdale Film Corporation Written and Directed by Steven De Jarnatt Produced by John Daly/Derek Gibson Music by Tangerine Dream Okay. Two things before I get into the story synopsis and summery part of the review. Bear with me for a bit, okay? First off, I do not care a poobah’s pizzle about spoilers. Really, […]

Crazy As Hell

2002 Humble Journey Films/Loose Screw Films Directed by Eriq La Salle Produced by Butch Robinson/Michael Huens Written by Jeremy Leven based on his novel: “Satan, His Psychotherapy and Cure by the Unfortunate Dr. Kassler, J.S.P.S.” Music by Billy Childs Cinematography by George Mooradian Edited by Troy Takaki See, the problem isn’t finding black characters in […]

Taken 3

2014 20th Century Fox/EuropaCorp Distribution Directed by Olivier Megaton Produced by Luc Besson Written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen Cinematography by Eric Kress Edited by Audrey Simonaud/Nicholas Trembasiewicz Music by Nathaniel Mechaly TAKEN 3 is a perfect example of why I turn my hearing off when I hear whining about spoilers. If you’ve […]

John Wick

2014 Lionsgate/Entertainment One Films/Warner Bros. Pictures Directed by Chad Stahelski Produced by Basil Iwanyk, David Leitch and Eva Longoria Written by Derek Kolstad Music by Tyler Bates/Joel J. Richmond Cinematography by Jonathan Sela Edited by Elisabet Ronalds Those of you who are dog lovers should be advised that there is a fairly graphic murder of […]

Brick Mansions

2014 EuropaCorp/Warner Bros./Relativity Media Directed by Camille Delamarre Produced by Luc Besson, Ryan Kavanaugh and Tucker Tooley Written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen Music by Trevor Morris Cinematography by Christophe Collette Edited by Carlo Rizzo/Arthur Tarnowski I’m gonna save you a lot of time if you want to go back to web surfing, […]

Sabotage

2014 Albert S. Ruddy Productions Directed by David Ayer Produced by Bill Block, David Ayer, Ethan Smith, Paul Hanson and Palek Patel Written by Skip Woods and David Ayer Music by David Sardy Cinematography by Bruce McCleery Edited by Dody Dorn I’m going to put my neck out there and say that I truly […]