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New Projects: Shaft, Edison, Catan, and Tom Ford

New Projects is a weekly round up of movies and TV shows recently announced and currently in development for the near future.  Who’s that bad remake? (Shut your mouth!) New Line Cinema has reportedly acquired the rights to the Shaft franchise and intends to remake the ’70s blaxploitation classic yet again, following the 2000 remake …

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‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’ – Blaxploitation’s Most Seminal Film

This film is dedicated to all the Brothers and Sisters who had enough of the Man. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song Directed by Mario Van Peebles Written by Mario Van Peebles 1971, USA Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song is not wholly Blaxploitation. It’s a revolution. It’s a work of art. It’s a portrait on a reluctantly changing …

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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 …

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