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Friday, May 5, 2017

Super Dude [a.k.a. The Hang Up] (1974)























































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Storyline
A young prostitute overdose on drugs and narcotics Detective Ken Ramsey (William Elliott) begins to investigate her death. Ramsey's department finds out that the young prostitute is friends with Julie (Mark Bey), in which Ramsey must figure out who is distributing the drugs. However, a romantic relationship evolves between Ramsey and Julie even though he knows that she struggles with a bad drug habit. Julie directs Ken to a wicked dealer name Fred Richards (Michael Lerner), but Ken finds out that Julie's involvement with Richards was more than just narcotics.

Friday, April 28, 2017

Roseland (1971)






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Opinion
I have no explanation for this madness. I came across this film (Roseland, sexploitation film) because the actor is the star of the Blaxplotiation movie, "Alabama's Ghost" (1973). He was second billed on the film, so I thought that he would have a significant role. I didn't even take in consideration what the film was about. Fredric Hobbs is the director of "Roseland" and "Alabama's Ghost". Christopher Brooks was only in the film for 12 minutes, but the weirdness of this entire scene is noteworthy for whatever reason you want it to be...