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Guest review: Straight Time (1978)

Jack Deth sent me another guest review, which I’ll gladly publish. In his own unique writing style he describes the movie Straight Time. Enjoy! Nostra

Welcome all and sundry to another Guest Review!

This offering is another older film. One of those that arrived in the first weekend of a month with little fanfare only to disappear two weekends later. An intriguing nugget of gold with a bit of history behind it, to be sought by those those who might want more than a glimpse into the seedy underside
of late 1970s L.A, and those who occupy its seamy corners and shadows. Continue reading →

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Guest review: Rolling Thunder (1977)

Lately it seems not a week goes by without the wonderful Jack Deth delivering one of his great reviews of movies most of us are not familiair with. This week I’m pleased to have him review Rolling Thunder. Enjoy! (includes some spoilers)

Rolling thunder review

Welcome all and sundry to another Guest Review!

First, I would like to thank Nostra for another opportunity to delve into a film that left a serious impression on me the first time I sat down and watched it. A raw, no punches pulled look into the sub genre of the returned, whacked out, psychotic America POW/Veteran. One that literally leaps up and becomes a smack in the face to a hallowed topic first tickled by a just starting out, Yaphett Kotto in an early, first season episode of ‘Hawaii Five-O’, titled ‘King Of The Hill’ from 1967. Continue reading →