Shaft
John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson), nephew of the original black private dick (Richard Roundtree), works for the NYPD in typically maverick style. But when a known racist (Christian Bale) escapes […]
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Super Fly
Youngblood Priest (Ron O’Neal) is a Harlem coke pusher who decides to go straight after one final score: selling 30 kilos of cocaine in 4 months for $1 million. Talk about a […]
Blacula
What’s the difference between Dracula and Theresa May? One lies in a coffin, the other lies while coughin’. And also lies in a coffin. As the name suggests, Blacula is a blaxploitation […]
Foxy Brown
Tagline: “A chick with drive who don’t take no jive! “ Pam Grier plays Foxy Brown, a sassy, sexy, hardass woman with the most subtle name since Pussy Galore. Foxy […]
Non-Stop
Liam Neeson is on a plane, in this new high-concept thriller. High being the operative word. The gruff Irishman plays a gruff Irishman, this time an air marshal who has […]
Badasses Called John
John. John John John. According to the internet it comes from Hebrew and means ‘God is gracious’, so why’s it such a tough guy name? Well, it’s because in the […]
