Enter the Dragon - 1973 (review)

Continuing with our Kung Fu-bruary series (which was picked by you, the listeners!), tonight's movie is Enter the Dragon.  While this movie is definitely more Westernized and almost feels more like a traditional James Bond film than it does a traditional kung fu film, it is undeniably a great action movie with one of the greatest martial artist of all time, Bruce Lee!  So, join The Gargyle and The Chimerican as we discuss why we love Enter the Dragon as much as we do (spoiler alert:  it might involve the fact that Bruce Lee smacks a cobra...)!!

Since February is both Black History Month as well as Women in Horror Month, each episode in our Kung Fu-bruary series will start with segments honoring African Americans in cinema, as well as women in horror.  For tonight's episode, we honor Blaxsploitation cinema for Black History Month.  While problematic on the surface (in large part due to the use of racial stereotypes), Blaxsploitation cinema was an an outlet for many African American writers, directors, and actors/actresses to address themes of social injustice, as well as present African American characters as powerful individuals rather than just relegated to comic relief or overlooked side-characters.  For Women in Horror Month, we honor all of the women who have been involved in the horror movies that we have seen in film festivals over the past few years (especially those who were able to attend the film fests as well).  We list as many as we can remember, but we know that it is not an exhaustive list.  We could have spent an entire month just talking about the women who have been involved in recent horror movies that we absolutely love!  So, if we left you off of the list, we deeply apologize and we want you to know that most certainly have not left you out of our hearts!!

Also, as we've done on the last few episodes, we continue to highlight the Chattanooga Film Festival - April 11-14.  Tonight, we specifically address the programming that has been announced so far:  Joe Bob Briggs, Everything is Terrible, Shock Waves Podcast, Junkfood Cinema Podcast, a screening of The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and a presentation by author Mallory O'Meara.  As Eric and I both posted as soon as the announcement was made last week - the programming is like it is being tailor made for us and we cannot even begin to explain how excited we are about the Chattanooga Film Festival this year (and this is before any of the movies, other than Creature from the Black Lagoon, have been announced)!!  

As a reminder, the CFF fundraiser to be able to provide classes and workshops for free during the festival is still going on!  To donate, click on the following link:  CFF Fundraiser

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