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Kent M. Beeson takes a nostalgic look at the Woody Allen’s past future.
June 16, 2025
Pretty good, if wacky, poster for Sleeper. Only thing I don’t recognize from the movie are the orange trashcans those cops are flying around in. The third...
Visit the future where blogging about ‘70s movies + ttrpgs is the ultimate crime.
May 15, 2025
I like how the text below the title doesn’t cut off naturally at the right margin, but continues onto the next line (for example, see where it says...
In the not too distant future, wars will no longer exist. But there will be Against the ‘70s.
April 22, 2025
Didn’t have a place for this, but nowhere in the film do they come out and say “wars do not exist.” You could definitely make that assumption from the...
One tiny post becomes a read of blazing takes.
April 10, 2025
Oh, Towering Inferno, you’re too good to have a dozen little boxes along the bottom showing your cast? Or did mean ol’ McQueen and Newman bully you out of...
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March 25, 2025
I didn’t talk about how Earthquake debuted with the Sensurround sound system, which apparently was very loud and annoying, which fits the film perfectly....
Druid abbey in a metal soarer/It's a total Horror/at 37,000 feet (wookawookawookawooka)
March 12, 2025
Quit trying to make “skyjacker” happen. My sincerest apologies to Pop Will Eat Itself. They deserve better than that email title. Today we have the second...
Who will survive — in one of the greatest movie posts ever!
February 25, 2025
Today begins a new feature on Against the ‘70s: theme events! The first theme event is called Disaster Blasters, because I’m a White Zombie fan. (They’re...
Thank you Neil Simon for making me write about ‘70s movies… again
February 10, 2025
We are so back. After nearly two years, I have returned to Against the ‘70s to bring you opinionated overviews of 1970s films, plus some tabletop roleplaying...
We now return to Against the ‘70s, already in progress.
February 3, 2025
It me, Count Yorga. The Return of Count Yorga isn’t currently on my schedule, just wanted something with “return” in the title. But if I bring back Request...