Category: 70s
BMFcast459 – White Line Fever – Truck Burner
White Line Fever (1975) is our tribute to the late Jan-Michael Vincent. He’s home from war and takes a trucking job that INSTANTLY goes wrong. Everything escalates times infinity and then it’s over. It’s a very weird thing and something you should definitely check out.
In the second half we’ve got more Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse thoughts, along with some additional talk about The Meg. Enjoy!
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BMFcast456 – Hit Man – Bloods MacKenzie
Hit Man (1972) is the Blaxploitation version of the book Get Carter is based on. Bernie Casey wants to know who killed his brother, and they (surprisingly) don’t want him to know. Pam Grier is also here.
In the second half, we’ve got Alita Battle Angel thoughts, along with Solo: A Star Wars Story, Superman and Superman II, Ralph Breaks the Internet and Creed II observations. Enjoy!
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BMFcast455 – Come Back Charleston Blue – Junkie With A Monkey
Come Back Charleston Blue (1972) is the sequel to 1970’s Cotton Comes to Harlem and it is terrific. Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones are back to solve another case.
The second half has us discussing Netflix things like Bird Box and The Night Comes For Us. Also, Office Space. Enjoy!
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BMFcast454 – Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes – Nineteen Fifty Sex
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes (1974) aka Jive Turkey is about the “numbers game” somewhere in the midwest circa 1956. One group runs it, another wants to take it over, mild chaos ensues. The slice of life scenes work best, but overall is it worth a watch?
The second half is all comics related stuff this week, as we have some thoughts about Once Upon a Deadpool, Watchmen, Batman: Gotham Knight and 1978’s Superman. Enjoy!
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BMFcast453 – Black Eye – Creature From the Black Legume
Black Eye (1974) is the first entry in our 8th Annual Blaxploitation History Month! It’s a meandering detective story saved by Fred Williamson’s natural charisma and some really bizarre 70s-ness.
In the second half we’ve got thoughts on Polar, John Wick Chapters 1 and 2, Superman Doomsday and Justice League: New Frontier. Enjoy!
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BMFcast Extra 100 – Goin’ Coconuts
Goin’ Coconuts (1978) is the film that will finally explain Donny and Marie Osmond to us. Except it totally doesn’t. They play themselves as bad guys try to steal Marie’s necklace. Donny hits on ladies. Marie objects. It’s all quite weird. 100 episodes though, yay!
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BMFcast443 – Vigilante Force – The Zooks
Vigilante Force (1976) is Bucktown, but with white folks. Jan-Michael Vincent recruits his brother Kris Kristofferson to come and clean up his small town, but Kristofferson has other ideas. People get punched and everything explodes!
In the second half we wrap up spooky movie season with some chat about The Thing and Poltergeist and then Chuck has some words for Justice League and the DC Universe in general. Enjoy!
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BMFcast437 – Hooper – Bumping the Brat
Hooper (1978) is how we’ve chosen to pay tribute to the late Burt Reynolds, and as it turns out, it might be the Burt-iest movie ever made. Burt’s a stuntman and his friends are stuntmen and they do stunts and tell jokes and then the movie’s over. It’s great!
In the second half we ramble a bit about Flight of the Conchords, The Muppets, New Jack City, Astro Boy and Step Up 3 (not in 3D). Enjoy!
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BMFcast Extra 088 – Corvette Summer
Corvette Summer (1978) is Mark Hamill’s follow-up to Star Wars, Annie Potts’ first movie, and the film you chose for us to watch in this week’s poll. Hamill and friends build a Corvette, it gets stolen, he tracks it down in Las Vegas and falls in love with a hooker in training (Potts). Good times can be had, if you can get past the WTF WAS HAPPENING IN THE 1970s-ness of it all.
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BMFcast Extra 087 – The Swarm
The Swarm (1978) was chosen by the listeners as our next movie, and we now hate the listeners. Just kidding. Michael Caine fights the bees and we fight the boredom. Note: We watched the 155 minute cut of The Swarm which is not the version to watch.
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