Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall

A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)

Posted on May 21, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Hammer’s third go at the Robin Hood legend is something of a latecomer, there being a seven-year gap between this film, A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967), and their previous Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960). It’s what we would now … Continue reading →

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Piranha (1978)

Posted on May 18, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Even as a kid perusing the boxes at the video store, I knew that Piranha (1978) only existed because of Jaws (1975). It was easy to tell: the cover art was almost identical, and only the deadly fish was swapped … Continue reading →

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Posted on May 16, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Here in Madison we have a restaurant called the Tipsy Cow, and on the wall hangs a chalkboard that diagrams a key moment from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975): a cow being catapulted onto the heads of King … Continue reading →

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