Case in point: Proud Mary, a rip-roaring and inexplicably under-promoted new thriller starring Taraji P. Henson as a lethal contract killer, in theaters this weekend.
During the height of the blaxploitation micro-genre’s popularity in the 1970s, actress Pam Grier reigned as its unchallenged queen.
In the weekly column Extra Credit, Charles Bramesco recommends supplemental viewing for moviegoers whose interests have been piqued by a given week’s big new release.
Give Tarantino’s blaxploitation homage Jackie Brown a rest (even though it rules) and go back to the source with these five highlights you can stream right now.