Grier became a leading lady and a seventies icon in these two ‘blaxpoitation’ classics directed by Jack Hill.
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‘Bone Tomahawk’ with Kurt Russell on Amazon Prime
Bone Tomahawk (2015), the other 2015 western starring Kurt Russell, is no knock-off created to cash in on Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. The feature debut by writer / director S. Craig Zahler is a sturdy frontier western about strong but decidedly mortal settlers who take the responsibilities of community seriously, and its odyssey takes them […]
The cult movie madness of ‘Spider Baby’ on Amazon Prime
Spider Baby (1967) is one of the greatest blasts of creative B-movie inspiration to hit American drive-ins and grindhouses. It was the solo directorial debut of Jack Hill, a low-budget film that was financed by real estate developers who wanted to get into the movie business and got stuck in limbo for years when the […]