THE AMG DIRTY DOZEN: 11/24/11 - Irwin Allen, Cleopatra Jones Goes East And A Midget Medicine Man
Just in time for Thanksgiving, here's another dozen reviews from Your Humble Reviewer's early days at All Movie Guide. In the spirit of a holiday buffet, it's a diverse bill of fare: there's a failed sequel to a disaster movie classic, an excellent sequel to a blaxploitation classic, Wes Craven's bizarre first movie for a major studio and the best Roger Moore-era James Bond movie. Mea Culpa Department: the lysergic charms of The Manitou have grown on Your Humble Reviewer since he wrote the review linked below - it's worth seeing at least once for its surrealistically campy stabs at high-concept horror.BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE: http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/beyond-the-poseidon-adventure-v5294/reviewBLACK MAMA, WHITE MAMA: http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/black-mama-white-mama-v85218/reviewCAPRICORN ONE: http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/capricorn-one-v8071/reviewCLEOPATRA JONES & THE CASINO OF GOLD: http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/cleopatra-jones-and-the-casino-of-gold-v9965/reviewDEADLY FRIEND: http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/deadly-friend-v12777/reviewEDUCATIONAL ARCHIVES VOL. 2: SOCIAL ENGINEERING 101: http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/educational-archives-social-engineering-101-v254493/reviewFUZZ: http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/fuzz-v19029/reviewI SAW WHAT YOU DID (1965): http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/i-saw-what-you-did-v96078/reviewLAST HUNTER, THE: http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/the-last-hunter-v28338/reviewMANITOU, THE: http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/the-manitou-v31325/reviewPARANOIAC: http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/paranoiac-v105508/reviewSPY WHO LOVED ME: http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/the-spy-who-loved-me-v46311/review