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Beyond Re-Animator (2003) Movie Review

According to Brian Yuzna and company, getting one’s ear bitten off doesn’t mean one becomes instantly uncomfortable with the thought of, say, getting oral sex a minute later. Or at least that’s what “Beyond Re-Animator” would have us think. Part insanity, part gross-out,...

October 13th, 2003 | Read More

Infernal Affairs 2 (2003) Movie Review

“Infernal Affairs 2″ comes to us a quick one year after the critical and commercial success of the original. The sequel — or prequel, actually — returns almost all of the same faces behind and in front of the cameras, including young bucks Edison Chen (“The Twins Effect”)...

October 12th, 2003 | Read More

Mindhunters (2004) Movie Review

“Mindhunters” has one of those irresistible premise that begs to be made into a movie: FBI trainees, trained in the art of profiling serial killers, go on one last “simulation” on a small island in the middle of nowhere before graduation, when they discover there is a serial killer...

October 11th, 2003 | Read More

Undead (2003) Movie Review

Is it possible to make a movie with only 6 main characters, and yet imbue all 6 with the most irritating, irrational, and annoying personality traits ever? Why yes! “Undead”, the new zombie picture from Australia, has a cast that not only tries your patience, but makes you wish they would...

October 9th, 2003 | Read More

Peace Hotel (1995) Movie Review

Instead of reviewing “Peace Hotel”, I find it more interesting to talk about the people who made this movie. The film itself is not worth an entire review; and while it is not atrocious in the same way that “Ichi the Killer” and “National Security” are atrocious, it...

October 9th, 2003 | Read More

Sex is Zero (2002) Movie Review

It’s inevitable that filmmakers around the world would look at the phenomenon of the “American Pie” movies and think, “Eureka! I’ll remake it, only I’ll use gags from my own culture, that way I won’t have to pay re-make rights!” Such is the case with “Sex...

October 6th, 2003 | Read More

The Italian Job (2003) Movie Review

The only real mark of a successful Heist Film is rather there are two ingenious robberies to savor. If there are, then all is forgiven. “The Italian Job”, a not-really-a-remake of the Michael Caine original of the same name, gives the audience one and a half ingenious robberies. It’s...

October 5th, 2003 | Read More

Running on Karma (2003) Movie Review

I was anxious to see “Running on Karma”. No, it’s not the idea of seeing yet another Johnnie To movie in 2003, since this is Johnnie To Lite we’re dealing with, not Johnnie To Heavy. The latter is the man behind “The Mission” and “PTU”, and the former is...

October 5th, 2003 | Read More

Wonderful Days (aka Sky Blue, 2003) Movie Review

Visually startling, with a haunting soundtrack that hits you right in the soul, “Wonderful Days” nevertheless falters badly when it comes to story. Narratively speaking, the South Korean animation moves well, and there are few, if any, dead spots. Running at just 85 minutes, “Days”...

October 3rd, 2003 | Read More

Curse of the Forty-Niner (aka Miner’s Massacre, 2002) Movie Review

I have a soft spot for Teen Slasher movies like “Curse of the Forty-Niner” (aka “Miner’s Massacre”). The genre is a guilty pleasure, indulged by my lazy side because these films are inherently mindless. All you need is a new and novel origin for your killer and everything...

October 1st, 2003 | Read More

Anatomy 2 (2002) Movie Review

Despite everything you may have heard, “Anatomy 2″ is not a Teen Slasher film — and in this case, that’s a bad thing. Not having seen the original, I can’t tell if the whole point of the “Anatomy” series is to be goofy and not to be taken seriously. The biggest...

September 29th, 2003 | Read More

10-8: Pilot (2003) TV Review

Cop shows. I swear Hollywood can’t get enough of them. As soon as one cop show fails (and the vast majority of them invariably does), there are 10 more to jump in and give it a shot (only to invariably fail just like the one they tried to replace). It’s probably not too much of an exaggeration...

September 28th, 2003 | Read More

10-9: Officers on Duty: Pilot (2003) TV Review

Cop shows. I swear Hollywood can’t get enough of them. As soon as one cop show fails (and the vast majority of them invariably does), there are 10 more to jump in and give it a shot (only to invariably fail just like the one they tried to replace). It’s probably not too much of an exaggeration...

September 28th, 2003 | Read More

Hangman’s Curse (2003) Movie Review

The first thing you’ll notice about “Hangman’s Curse” isn’t that it’s a tad corny or that it’s a mixture of “X-Files”-lite and one of those R.L. Stine novels. It’s this: The teens are actually teens! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I am not telling...

September 27th, 2003 | Read More

Air Marshal (2003) Movie Review

Die Hard In a … movies [with your elective mode of transportation, or location, in place of the ellipsis] are inherently problematic. For one, if you choose the wrong mode of transportation or location then your storyline is limited (see the South Korean actioner “Tube” for an example)....

September 24th, 2003 | Read More

I Capture the Castle (2003) Movie Review

It’s probably just as well that the English film “I Capture the Castle” never states what time period its story is taking place in. The film, about an eccentric family that themselves itself living in a rundown castle in the English countryside, could have taken place anywhere and in...

September 23rd, 2003 | Read More

Warlock III: The End of Innocence (1999) Movie Review

I actually saw both previous “Warlock” films in the theaters, back when moderately budgeted B-Horror films were still allowed to grace the multiplexes. Now, you couldn’t get into the theaters unless your films had a big budget, is being distributed by a big studio, or has a named cast....

September 22nd, 2003 | Read More

Visible Secret (2001) Movie Review

Don’t let “Visible Secret” fool you — it’s less of a horror movie than it is a clever comedy and touching human drama. Qi Shu, last seen seeing ghosts in 2002’s “Haunted Office”, was actually seeing ghosts a year earlier in 2001’s “Visible Secret”....

September 21st, 2003 | Read More

Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) Movie Review

Leave it to Disney, a company that’s never passed up the chance to squeeze every single dollar out of a property, to make a movie out of an amusement park ride. Normally it’s the other way around. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl”, besides having the most unnecessarily...

September 20th, 2003 | Read More

Threat Matrix: Pilot (2003) TV Review

More “CSI” than “The Agency”, the new ABC show “Threat Matrix” is based on an actual document of the same name that details all threats against America in any given day. The show revolves around a small group of experts from various intelligence agencies; their job...

September 18th, 2003 | Read More