Thriller
Rod Lott
So ripe were the 1970s for great crime thrillers that we’ve forgotten about a lot of them, through no fault of our own.
Saturday 25 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: shaft
Report to the Commissioner / Harry in Your Pocket
Two great '70s crime thrillers
Shaft: The TV Movie Collection / The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: 8-Movie Collection
Get 'Shaft'ed and cry 'U.N.C.L.E.' with these TV sets.
Television series
Rod Lott
Richard Roundtree is there, and so is Isaac Hayes' iconic, Oscar-winning theme, but "Shaft: The TV Movie Collection" isn't quite the "Shaft" of the 1970's feature-film trilogy. The operative word there: "TV," which means little of the R-rated shenanigans that made the character so popular.
Big Fresh — Moneychasers
This unconventional genre-swapper will delight fans of complexity, confuse proponents of a sonic status quo.
Eclectic
Jonathan Davis
If a capella; catchy, ska-infused choruses; or an intro bit that wouldn't be out of place in “Shaft” interest you, give Big Fresh a chance.
Cool Breeze
‘Shaft,’ it is not.
Action
Rod Lott
MGM's marketing campaign for 1972's Cool Breeze played up — if not centered around — a connection to Shaft. That connection? Both were blaxploitation films released by MGM. I guess audiences thought that wasn't enough of a lure, because Breeze is an obscure entry in the genre, just now seeing the light of DVD, courtesy of the Warner Archive archivists.
