There's the college exploitation sub-classic H.O.T.S. about the H.O.T.S. college sorority fending off crooks while taking part in nude skydiving, wet t-shirt contests, strip football, and a pie fight from a hot air balloon to mention some of the highlights. Plus you get Danny Bonaduce too.
When I was younger I used to get Jacqueline Bisset and Adrienne Barbeau mixed up. They were both beautiful ladies and the Marbro features Jacqueline in Together? which has the tagline: "shocking, sensual...without shame!" Maximilian Schell costars and Terence Stamp has two brief scenes. It's sold as an exploitative film, but I'm pretty sure it's a fairly boring drama from what I've read about it. H.O.T.S. and its low brow comedy was probably the better movie in the double feature.
most intellectually stimulating movie of the year
The Cinema_One has horror thriller Wolfen and a late night showing of Quadrophenia which is billed as The Who in Quadra Phenia. Somebody go back in time and get the Cinema_One folks the correct spelling.
There was a spate of werewolf movies in the late 70's and early 80's and Wolfen is a good variant on the theme. A New York cop investigates murders which look more like wild animal attacks. The movie involves Native American wolf spirit legends and is bound to get your heart racing in fear. Albert Finney and Edward James Olmos are great along with Gregory Hines and Diane Venora.
they can sense the rhythm of your blood
Quadrophenia is based on The Who's Quadrophenia album which is about a mod named Jimmy suffering from multiple personality disorder. The movie is absolutely brilliant and would have been awesome to see in the big Cinema_One. Phil Daniels gives a great performance as Jimmy who takes glee in rumbling against rockers in Brighton, but can't stand his parents or his job. Sting, in his first film role, plays the Ace Face. Leslie Ash is Jimmy's love interest. My favorite bit player is Toyah Willcox as Monkey. This movie is a speed fueled masterpiece about youth.
You've got to be somebody
a motion picture for every generation
Phil Daniels = legend
The Martin Twin has some star power with Burt Reynolds in Sharky's Machine and John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in Neighbors. Burt also directed the action crime drama set in Atlanta. It was a decent hit, but I think by now most people were expecting comic performances from Burt so it wasn't as big a hit as it deserved to be. It's a violent Neo-noir classic. Neighbors is just not that good of a film. An obnoxious couple moves next door and comedic conflict ensues. Belushi plays against type as the buttoned up normal guy while Aykroyd is the weird new neighbor. I do have the blu-ray, but more for nostalgic purposes than any other reason.
I am the police
welcome to the end of the road, I guess
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