Sentences with phrase «grier blaxploitation»

(The notion of a German bounty hunter in the Old West only makes sense, I think, in relation to the several spaghetti western roles played by German actor Klaus Kinski; the surname of Django's wife pays homage to blaxploitation hero John Shaft, a rather brilliant means of bridging the gap between the far - reaching genre traditions that Tarantino loves).

After Menke's tragic death in 2010, Raskin got the call from Tarantino to take the lead on editing his new Spaghetti - Western - meets - blaxploitation flick.

She became a trend setter for future heroines to come, but she herself is inspired by the blaxploitation stars of the 70s such as Pam Grier and Tamara Dobson.

Though informed by the blaxploitation soundtracks of the «70s and the label - driven hip - hop soundtracks of the «90s, Black Panther: The Album is very much of its time: a well - produced and incredibly cohesive album with the loose swagger of a curated playlist.

It's just about the only quiet part of Quentin Tarantino «s «Django Unchained,» a boisterous, bloody blaxploitation / Western hybrid.

2» pays homage to a variety of genres — spaghetti Western, film noir, blaxploitation (after all, this is Tarantino we're talking about), kung fu — while actually managing to hammer home a pretty solid, heartfelt story.

Jada Pinkett's animated performance as Shame's fast - talking girl Friday is one of the few outstanding elements in this otherwise so - so spoof of blaxploitation pictures.

This blaxploitation horror film is also known as The Watts Monster.

An African - American supporting actor, onscreen from 1972, Blakely often appeared in blaxploitation films.

For credibility and weight, Wayans intuitively cast blaxploitation vets Isaac Hayes, Bernie Casey, and Jim Brown in leading roles; the film also features Chris Rock's debut.

He changed the ethnicity of the lead female character in Leonard's novel from the white Jackie Burke to a black Jackie Brown which allowed him to cast Pam Grier and reference her blaxploitation films «Foxy Brown» and «Coffy» as well as, employing the use of Bobby Womack's «Across 110th Street».

«Django Unchained» blends Western, horror, comedy and even some classic «blaxploitation» elements into a B - movie «Grindhouse» formula that the director clearly enjoys.

With the brief and fascinating exception of the blaxploitation movies and a few other works of radical or renegade art, vengeance in the American imagination has been the virtually exclusive prerogative of white men.

Complete with a Xanadu - style dance routine, Pam Grier as Pluto's mother indulging in tired blaxploitation moves and rent - a-cameo John Cleese as a virtual reality chauffeur, this is a flop of epic proportions.

Pam Grier is at her best recapturing the type of role that made her a bonafide star in»70s blaxploitation movies like Foxy Brown...

The dialogue is more naturalistic, the characters believable and well written, and the statuesque queen of blaxploitation, Pam Grier proves that the years have in no way diminished her charisma and sex appeal.

1971: This blaxploitation film is hugely tied to its 1970s New York setting.

With the first few trailers for Quentin Tarantino's upcoming DJANGO UNCHAINED, you may be forgiven for expecting a blaxploitation western that's all funk and...

It is no surprise that the master of cinematic homage's makes a film that is part Western part blaxploitation film about a slave in search of his wife and revenge.

This is a «remake» of the 1972 blaxploitation film Super Fly, about a cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.

Before Keenen Ivory Wayans» handle on silliness got out of control in dross such as White Chicks and Dance Flick, he displayed a niftier touch for boisterous humour in this inventive blaxploitation parody.

And though the Black Panther first appeared during the Civil Rights era, the main wave of black superheroes that followed — think Luke Cage, Black Lightning, the Falcon, Storm of the X-Men — were children of the Blaxploitation age.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Tamala Jones Plays Conflicted Title Character in Kinky Blaxploitation Flick On the surface, Tory Adams (Tamala Jones) seems to be leading the perfect life.

The Blaxploitation films in the 1970s gave black audiences their own heroes: Shaft, Cleopatra Jones, Coffy, Slaughter, Foxy Brown.

In the Nineties and the early 2000s, attempts to make black superhero movies tended to play like Blaxploitation - lite, running the gamut from intentionally hilarious (1993's Meteor Man and 1994's Blankman) or hilariously bad (Steel and Spawn, both 1997).

And they played an important role in creating popular genres such as Blaxploitation, Biker movies and the Beach Party movies that helped make Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon household names.

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After several years» absence from the screen, Jim Brown co-starred with fellow blaxploitation icons Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, and Richard Roundtree in the delightfully «retro» action-fest Original Gangstas (1996).

After a series of so - called «nudie cuties» in the early 1960s, Lewis paved a bloody road of exploitation cinema, connecting the age of the drive - ins with the later advent of the blaxploitation era.

There are many moments when the true demeanor of the original and other blaxploitation films come in — that is when the film works.

Quentin Tarantino has dabbled in just about every genre at this point in his career, so it's only natural that he would try his hand at a Western, although «Django Unchained» is actually more of a genre mash - up between a spaghetti western and a blaxploitation film, with all the musical cues, whip pans and other stylistic flourishes that both genres are known for.

I thought maybe Pam Grier in the blaxploitation movies, but she led more with her sexuality.

The track evokes the pastness of Blaxploitation while simultaneously recalling the following verse from Gaye's «Trouble Man»: «I come up hard / I had to fight / Took care of my business / With all my might».

Everyone saw this movie, leading to a series of rip - offs like the Italian - produced Beyond The Door and Abby, a blaxploitation version of the story co-starring Blacula himself, William Marshall.

If you are expecting a Blaxploitation throwback, you should dial that down immediately.

Vinegar Syndrome has the classic blaxploitation film «Dolemite» about a pimp (Rudy Ray Moore) serving a 20 - year prison sentence after being set up by his rival, but when a fellow pimp schemes to get him out, Dolemite tries to take revenge.

In an era where so many films are merely stealing elements from each other, The Mack emerges as one of the most unique, and even if it lacks the focus and jointed structure to call it a great film for mainstream viewers, it is well worth seeking out for fans of not only Blaxploitation films, but gritty crime dramas in general.

Akin to Marvin Gaye and The Isley Brothers, who openly declared their association with Blaxploitation cinema, Lamar's commitment to emotive, political storytelling is arguably the driving force of his musical output.

One could argue that Boyz n the Hood participated in the genre of blaxploitation, but Singleton's classic was really an attempt to make the «hood tale an American tale, and to incite positive social change in doing so.

Director X reimagines the blaxploitation classic about a stylish enterprising criminal, set in present - day Atlanta.

The grittiness of the crime drama and action, along with the overriding sense of slick style, feels very much like the John Singleton movie, Four Brothers, which also features a menacing villain and retribution storyline lifted right out of 1970s blaxploitation films.

The Blaxploitation films of the 1970s starred relatively unknown black actors playing new kinds of...

Tim Story of the original Fantastic Four (2005) is directing the movie, which is seen as a continuation of the story of the private detective that first appeared in the 1970s blaxploitation action movie that became a pop culture phenomenon.

Sony Pictures has released a teaser trailer for Superfly, a «remake» of the 1972 blaxploitation film Super Fly, about a cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.

An «Austin Powers» - style blaxploitation spoof, «Undercover Brother» doesn't miss a single joke.

This crossover film, along with Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971), helped launch the 1970s explosion of the blaxploitation genre.

In the midst of the fight for civil rights, and at a time when Blaxploitation films were in full stride, here we have a film that delves into the very same themes, though in the guise of apes instead of our fellow man.

Despite its title, the film is not associated with the 1966 blaxploitation film also called The Black Klansman, THR adds.

Blaxploitation got its own vampire in a pair of films starring Shakespearean actor William Marshall.

Reyes» (we don't understand the period, either) crime drama Illegal Tender appear in gloriously cheesy»70s blaxploitation font with an equally gaudy title graphic depicting a sexy...