Shameless Self Expression

After killing her mother, Judy Landers manages to get away from scarf-wearing psycho killer Silk (Ray Sharkey). Landers did take a great fall however, injuring her brain. Now an amnesiac, she ends up in a psychiatric facility run by evil Dr. Fletcher (Mary Woronov) and her spineless cohort (Marjoe Gortner). Dr. Fletcher tortures patients with lobotomising experiments in the underbelly of the hospital. Meanwhile, Landers starts to remember things from that awful night when she spots a creepy orderly who looks an awful gosh darn like Silk! Edy Williams plays a nympho, Richard Cox plays a good doctor, and Robert Z’Dar plays a brutal nightstick-brandishing hospital guard.   I don’t bust out the ‘No Rating’ very often. In fact, I’ve only done it a couple of times. It’s basically my go-to when I simply have no idea what to make of a film from a grading standpoint. “Let Me In” received it, despite not being an objectively terrible film – just a pointless and unnecessary remake of a ...

The story of the Attica prison riot in 1971, with second generation guard Kyle MacLachlan being caught in the middle so new to the job. He’s disgusted at the conditions within the prison as well as the brutal behaviour of many of his fellow guards, all of which contribute to the eventual violent unrest. Frederic Forrest plays the most antagonistic of the guards, whilst Clarence Williams III and Steve Harris whoop their fellow prisoners up into a frenzy as the situation gets completely out of control and the power dynamic shifts. Samuel L. Jackson is Jamaal X, who initially stands back and observes, occasionally trying to reason with his more psychotic comrades that killing guards probably won’t get things to improve within Attica. Harry Dean Stanton plays MacLachlan’s dad, Tom Bower is MacLachlan’s uncle and fellow guard, Anne Heche is MacLachlan’s wife, who needs more financial support for their growing family. Carmen Argenziano and Philip Bosco play Superintendent Mancusi and the Cor...

Jim Brown stars as Gunn, owner of the Gunn Club, whose brother Scott (Herbert Jefferson Jr.) has become involved with black revolutionaries (Bernie Casey among them) who commit robberies to afford weapons for their Black Action Group (BAG!) exploits. On their latest heist, the group rob a mob-run gambling house, and Scott nicks off with some cash and mob books that apparently have very prominent names listed. He hides them in a safe at the Gunn club. Unfortunately, it’s the last thing he does before getting bumped off. Now it’s up to Gunn to seek revenge and take on the mob, largely represented here by occasional used car salesman (!) Martin Landau, who works for mafioso Stephen McNally. Bruce Glover and William Campbell play henchmen of varying degrees of efficiency, Brenda Sykes is Gunn’s lady, whilst Luciana Paluzzi plays a glamorous woman whose role in proceedings is meant to be somewhat of a mystery for much of the film (It’s pretty obvious). Gary Conway plays a Kennedy-esque cong...