90's Crime Flick 4: Jackie Brown (1997)

The Guy From Harlem

Had such a great time Thursday evening and yesterday, I decided to extend this particular Fright Night for another day.  The acting in this one is as bad as the acting in Jive Turkey was good, oh what a difference 3 years makes!  1974 might have been 15 years away from 1977!  For one thing--no disco in '74.  The acting here is so full of mistakes and the story hovers in and around porno movie acting....that is when pornos had acting.  But, it is set in Florida.  A bit sunnier here today, but we are still not living up to our self-proclaimed "Sunshine State" status.  

Jive Turkey (1974)

East Harlem, 1973

TNT Jackson (1974)

No that ain't Pam Grier--but just as Foxey!    It's Jeannie Bell.  This had Roger Corman attached to it at some point.

Django Unchained

Having previously seen this, the latest Quentin Tarantino movie, in the theaters when it was dealing with it's own little controversy over the use of the "N-word" and for the made up sport of "mandingo" forgetting that there is a real, blaxsploitation film of the same name dating from 1975," this seems like a logical double feature choice upon return from the theater seeing The Lone Ranger.  I am big fan of both Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz as actors and Kerry Washington as an actress, and I am HUGE fan of Sam Jackson; but I would have to admit that I've never been able to warm up to Leonardo DiCaprio....but this is absolutely my favorite performance of his!  He's the perfect choice for the overly flamboyant Calvin Candie!  And, I am also aware that some might argue that this is not a proper western; but at least part of it is, in my opinion...so it counts for my purposes.