Tag Blaxploitation
Per Matt The horror genre, probably more so than all the rest, has long relied on clichés, tropes and stereotypes in depicting stories for the big and small screen. Often used in low-budget releases (but not exclusively), these tired portrayals… Continue Reading →
Per Matt It has been a long time since I thought, “Eddie Murphy is dynamite in this big-screen role.” Correction. It’s been a VERY long time since I have last imagined that phrase. But here it is, in 2019, and… Continue Reading →
Luke Cage (AKA Power Man) has a long-and-storied history in Marvel comics. He’s a bombastic cult of personality who spews ludicrous catchphrases and has no issue with stealing a flying car to go talk smack to Doctor Doom over $200.
Luke Cage stars in his own series on Netflix, but it’s worth exploring the character’s comic book history as a preview of where the TV show may be going.
Film Masters Embraces Martial Arts with The Crippled Masters
Long before Dana White expanded the popularity of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), there was a different type of mixed martial arts craze in America. During the ’60s and the ’70s, the chopsocky subgenre (sometimes referred to as Bruceploitation) was… Continue Reading →