Every 70s Movie
Sunday, May 14, 2017

3 Million Page Views!

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Once again, thank you to the intrepid readership of Every ’70s Movie for pushing the blog past another significant milesto...
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Tail Gunner Joe (1977)

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          While not an outstanding biopic, the made-for-TV Joseph McCarthy saga Tail Gunner Joe has many virtues, not ...
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Saturday, May 13, 2017

Medicine Ball Caravan (1971)

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          Watching the hippie-era documentary Medicine Ball Caravan , it’s plain that Warner Bros. threw a bunch of money at t...
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Friday, May 12, 2017

King, Queen, Knave (1972)

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          Ten years after Stanley Kubrick released his problematic version of Lolita (1962), another iffy adaptation of a sex...
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Three on a Meathook (1973)

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The beginning and ending of this salaciously titled grindhouse flick deliver exactly what you'd expect, clumsily filmed sc...
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Molly and Lawless John (1972)

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          A decade before he became a moustachioed fixture in small-screen westerns, a clean-shaven Sam Elliott starred...
Tuesday, May 9, 2017

The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970)

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          How close does this flick get to navel-gazing? It’s a matter of inches. In one scene, excruciatingly self-abs...
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Monday, May 8, 2017

Massage Parlor Murders (1973)

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Massage Parlor Murders is actually fairly restrained, given what sort of images its moniker calls to mind, but that’s not to ...
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Sunday, May 7, 2017

The Disappearance of Aimee (1976)

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          The controversial life of 1920s evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson has been fictionalized many times, but, to ...
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Saturday, May 6, 2017

Charley and the Angel (1973)

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          Ostensibly adapted from a 1971 novel by Will Stanton but in most respects a shameless clone of the Frank Capra-direc...
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Friday, May 5, 2017

Brother, Cry for Me (1970)

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Ostensibly telling a story about three brothers battling each other for control of an inheritance, Brother, Cry for Me ...
Thursday, May 4, 2017

A Touch of Zen (1971)

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          Featuring a steady flow of exquisite images, A Touch of Zen takes the martial-arts genre to places it rarely goes, ...
Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Angels Brigade (1979)

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So here’s a bad idea for a movie—make a sexy action thriller about curvy babes who team up to battle drug dealers, cast...
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Boardwalk (1979)

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          A grim story about the everyday humiliations of getting old, cowriter-director Stephen Verona’s Boardwalk leavens i...
Monday, May 1, 2017

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)

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The hiring of Caucasian actors to play Asian roles was still commonplace in the Hollywood of the mid-’70s, so it would ...
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Sunday, April 30, 2017

The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)

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          Significant as the first appearance of Telly Savalas’ popular TV crimefighter Lt. Theo Kojack, whose last name was a...
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Saturday, April 29, 2017

Summer School Teachers (1974)

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