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Monday, April 8, 2013

Held Up (1999)



















































Starring:
While they're on holiday in the US Southwest, Rae finds out her man Michael spent their house money on a classic car. She promptly dumps him and hitches a ride to Vegas for a flight home. A young thug then steals Michael's car, leaving him at the `Zip and Sip', a convenience store, just as three bumbling robbers stage a holdup. Two take off with the cash, stranding the third with a mysterious crate just as the police arrive.

Sunday, April 7, 2013

In Search For.... Black Cream [a.k.a. Together for Days] (1972)


A Black radical activist and a young White woman find themselves drawn to one another during the politically and racially-charged atmosphere of early 1970s America.