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The Puppet Masters (1994) Movie Review
I liked “The Puppet Masters” when I first saw it many moons ago, while still at the age where the word “impressionable” can reasonably be used. But time has ways of shedding light on...
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Dead Birds (2004) Movie Review
In the arena of horror films, it’s not often you get a period piece, mostly because they’re expensive to make, and it’s a little hard to convince contemporary horror moviegoers (the vast majority of...
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Swing Girls (2004) Movie Review
You would have to be incredibly incompetent as a director, writer, and actor to go wrong with a movie like “Swing Girls”. This is the type of film that has equal combinations of fluff,...
Read More »Pit Fighter (2004) Movie Review
The Illegal Tournament Fighting movie is an old staple (and favorite) of ’80s and ’90 B movies for two very reasons: it’s cheap to make, and you don’t have to justify any of your...
Read More »Tower of Blood (2004) Movie Review
Even by the dreadfully low standards of no-budget Z horror movies, “Tower of Blood” is abysmal. With exactly just 70 minutes of actual movie time, the film dares to boast about 20 minutes of...
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Longinus (2004) Movie Review
If you look at “Longinus” as nothing more than a slight, “no need to bother” detour for Japanese filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura, there’s really nothing wrong with it. Of course that still doesn’t mean there’s...
Read More »Dark Town (2004) Movie Review
It’s probably for the best that Desi Scarpone didn’t have a large budget, otherwise his vampire movie would only end up looking like the recent “Dawn of the Dead” remake, and truthfully, we can...
Read More »The Woodsman (2004) Movie Review
Nicole Kassell’s debut film, “The Woodsman”, is about a pedophile recently released from prison who attempts to start over despite the odds stacked against him, some of his own making, others beyond his control....
Read More »Hide and Creep (2005) Movie Review
You would be forgiven for having lost all faith in the very niche genre that is no-budget zombie movie making. There hasn’t been anything good to emerge from the genre in recent memory, which...
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Shutter (2004) Movie Review
Ah, the dead. They’re just so vindictive and oh so predictable, aren’t they? Of course it’s probably not the fault of the angry spirits that they seem to always show up in exactly the...
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Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005) Movie Review
If you were to make a live-action anime, you couldn’t do any better than what director Shimoyama Ten (“Muscle Heat”) has done with “Shinobi: Heart Under Blade”, a film that is parts superhero comic...
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9 Songs (2004) Movie Review
Writer/director Michael Winterbottom’s “9 Songs” is about a 20-something couple who meets during a live concert, retires to the man’s apartment for a night of marathon sex, then decides to shack up for a...
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The Eliminator (2003) Movie Review
If you know the name Gary Daniels, Lorenzo Lamas, and Cynthia Rothrock off the top of your head, then you’re the prime target for “The Eliminator”. It’s a moderately budgeted straight-to-video action film that...
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Nin X Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun (2004) Movie Review
“Nin X Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun” belongs in the recent trend of Japanese cinema translating popular manga and anime properties to the big screen with a wink and a nod. Unlike their American counterparts, the...
Read More »Larva (2005) Movie Review
You couldn’t get anymore generic and predictable than the latest Creature Feature from the Sci Fi Channel, the only network in the world known most for their wholly illogical and plot hole-ridden movies. Got...
Read More »Seoul Raiders (2005) Movie Review
Jingle Ma’s “Seoul Raiders”, the sequel to his semi-hit “Tokyo Raiders”, is not so completely without merit that it finds itself tagged as a movie in search of a purpose. To be sure, it’s...
Read More »Night Corridor (2003) Movie Review
“Night Corridor” is a film which takes itself very seriously, striving for significance and desperately trying its best to convince the viewer of its intelligence and cunning. Unfortunately, although writer/director Julian Lee has created...
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Seduction of Maxine (aka The Stalker, 2000) Movie Review
There’s nothing so wrong about “The Seduction of Maxine” (aka “The Stalker”) that a more seasoned director couldn’t have fixed. Oh sure, it’s no great Oscar movie by any stretch, but the acting is...
Read More »Flight of the Phoenix (2004) Movie Review
The most dangerous enemy facing Dennis Quaid and crew isn’t surviving the harsh Gobi desert, or even the murderous indigenous raiders knocking at their doors, but rather the film’s ad campaign. If you’ve seen...
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