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Significant as the first appearance of Telly Savalas’ popular TV crimefighter Lt. Theo Kojack, whose last name was altered sl...

The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)

Summer School Teachers is yet another ensemble piece from New World about three young women whose sex lives are intertwined ...

Summer School Teachers (1974)

One of my all-time favorite bitchy movie reviews suggests that Paul Verhoeven interpreted the title of his 1995 opus Showgirls as a co...

Crash! (1976)

A ghastly attempt at post- Blazing Saddles frontier hilarity, Mule Feathers compounds incoherence with insanity. The incoherence stems...

Mule Feathers (1977)

A line spoken early in A Name for Evil sets the tone for what follows: “Let’s explore our truth so we don’t wreck eac...

A Name for Evil (1973)

Apparently conceived as a sequel to the 1967 hit What’s New, Pussycat? (starring Peter Sellers and written by Woody Allen), thi...

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970)

While it’s difficult to understand why this picture earned a theatrical release, seeing as how its small-scale approach to sc...

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971)

A lovely story about aging, identity, and romance, offbeat telefilm Queen of the Stardust Ballroom features a multidi...

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975)

It’s hard to avoid being salacious when telling the Marilyn Monroe story. She was raped, she posed for nude photos on multiple o...

Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)

Today the Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion (L'ACID) announced the usual nine (9) films in the selection that promotes...

25th L'ACID Selection

Cinematic explorers who get their kicks finding the worst movies ever made will dig the supernatural-themed sex flick Psyched by...

Psyched by the 4D Witch (A Tale of Demonology) (1973)

Among the least suspenseful chase films ever made, Five Days from Home stars George Peppard (who also directed) as a ...

Five Days from Home (1978)

Greetings, people of Every ’70s Movie ! Last month, I wrote a post asking for help finding obscure ’70s flicks for review purposes, and...

MIA: Rare '70s Movies

One of myriad mob flicks made after The Godfather (1971) restored the gangster genre to its place in the mainstream, ...

Lucky Luciano (1973)

In what should be a standout moment during the feminism-themed comedy Stand Up and Be Counted , ladies meet for a rap session...

Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)