TheArchive: Reviewing the Rare, Retro, and Restored

Here at Multicom, we are saddened by the news of Joe Don Baker's passing on May 7th, 2025 . Baker was an important figure in American film and a familiar face in many beloved titles in our collection. His family announced last week that he passed away at the age of 89. Joe Don Baker made a mark on Hollywood with his unmistakable Texan presence and his commanding presence. Whether playing lawmen, outlaws, or something in between, he brought an intensity to his roles that audiences never forgot...including making memorable appearances in multiple James Bond films. He rose to fame in the early 1970s with back-to-back hit performances: first, in Junior Bonner (1972) , directed by Sam Peckinpah, where he starred as the ambitious younger brother of Steve McQueen’s aging rodeo rider. Then, in Don Siegel’s Charley Varrick (1973), he turned heads as Molly, a mob enforcer who chillingly stalks Walter Matthau’s character.  But Baker’s lead role in Walking Tall (1973) catapulted him to th...

Memory lane has brought us Super Mario Brothers and Dungeons & Dragons yet again and audiences the world over are all over it! From the beloved plumber navigating the Mushroom Kingdom to the immersive world of fantasy in Dungeons & Dragons, these iconic franchises have not only dominated the gaming landscape but now also the box office. TheArchive loves us some nostalgia too and so we uncovered our own video game treat from our favorite Roger Corman doppelganger Greydon Clark. O ver four decades, Clark brought films to the screen like the "sexy pep squad" in  Satan's Cheerleaders  and excelled at exploitation with diverse diddies like  Wacko ,  Black Shampoo , and Without Warning . But he also dug him some video games and rolled out  Joysticks  in 1983. Says Greydon Clark himself about the film that not only stars Leif Green but Jim Greenleaf (is that even possible?), " I started thinking about video games, teenagers, and sex…Seemed like a very logi...