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Bubbas, Chop-Sockies, Splatters And Sleaze – Oh My!
Since the earliest days of American cinema there has been a shadowy counterpart to the commercial mainstream: exploitation movies — pictures whose appeal lies in their sensational treatment and leering promotion of often lurid and prurient material. Pre-1960, when mainstream Hollywood worked within severe restrictions on content, exploitation movies offered audiences titillating glimpses of the […] More
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Sound On Sight Podcast Rewind – Episode #226: Director Robert Rodriguez
With the release of the Machete DVD-Blu-ray, I thought we should once again plug this show. Mexican-American filmmaker Robert Rodriguez burst upon the independent scene with a $7000 action film geared for the Mexican Spanish-language video market. Labelled the cheapest film ever released by a studio, El Mariachi was a fun send-up of Mexican action […] More
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‘Planet Terror’ vs. ‘Death Proof’
With Grindhouse, directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino made a movie in the grand tradition of Umberto Lenzi and John Carpenter. Masquerading as a double bill, the homage of ’60s- and ’70s-era drive-in flicks stitched into one shambling feature also included four goofball “Coming Attractions” for nonexistent B-movies. This Frankenstein monster runs just over the […] More
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Sound On Sight Radio #226: Director Robert Rodriguez
Mexican-American filmmaker Robert Rodriguez burst upon the independent scene with a $7000 action film geared for the Mexican Spanish-language video market. Labelled the cheapest film ever released by a studio, El Mariachi was a fun send-up of Mexican action films, American Westerns and tough anti-hero movies informed by such auteurs as Sergio Leone and Sam […] More
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Top 10 Bruce Willis characters in film
With Bruce Willis rumored to be in the new A- Team movie as Col. Hannibal Smith, we were inspired to come up with a top 10 list of characters he has played in the past. 10- Four Rooms – LEo 9- Death Becomes Her – Dr. Ernest Menville 8- Planet Terror – Lt. Muldoon 7- […] More
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Naked Lunch Radio #22 – It`s A No Brainer (Zombies in Pop Culture pt. 2)
Listen now! Download show Our second and very much requested special on Zombies in Pop Culture! In the Middle Ages, it was commonly believed that the souls of the dead could return to earth and haunt the living. The belief in revenants (someone who has returned from the dead) is well documented by contemporary European […] More