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Trekkies 2 (2004) Movie Review
Want to know if you’ll be interested in “Trekkies 2″? Here’s a question: Did you like the first “Trekkies”? If so, then you’ll be happy with the sequel, which is more of the same....
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Star Wars 6: Return of the Jedi (1983) Movie Review
Of the three original trilogies, “Return of the Jedi” has always been considered acceptable, but not overly good. Made in 1983, just three years after the superlative “Empire Strikes Back”, the final installment in...
Read More »Spin Kick (2004) Movie Review
The Korean action-comedy “Spin Kick” is what you would call a safe bet. It’s highly predictable, formulaic, and there are few people who don’t know how it’ll all end, or even how it’ll get...
Read More »Star Wars 5: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Movie Review
The first thing you notice about “The Empire Strikes Back” is just how sophisticated everything is. From the direction right down to the smallest props, “Empire” marks a giant leap in narrative as well...
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McDull, Prince de la Bun (2004) Movie Review
One is almost inclined to forgive “McDull, Prince de la Bun” if it had been anything other than pretty good. After all, the original was such a good film, and its epic telling of...
Read More »Star Wars 4: A New Hope (1977) Movie Review
At the risk of offending every fanboy across the globe, let me just say that I liked “Star Wars” when I first saw it, when I was in middle school ages ago. Having said...
Read More »The Alamo (2004) Movie Review
Contrary to popular opinion, we Texans don’t spend our time commiserating about the Alamo. Oh sure, we know what happened there, or at least the gist of it. Then again, so does your average...
Read More »The Doll Master (2004) Movie Review
“Can you believe this? It’s already been 40 minutes and no one’s dead yet. What kind of a horror film is this?” That was the thought that kept going through my head as I...
Read More »Love Battlefield (2004) Movie Review
“Love Battlefield” is one of those movies, along with Johnnie To’s crime thrillers, that you wish Hong Kong would do more of instead of indulging in 500 moronic slapstick comedies a year starring the...
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Trekkies (1997) Movie Review
Here’s the thing: Trekkies (or Trekkers, as some of them likes to be called) freaks me out. I’ve seen every episode of “Star Trek: Voyager”, but I’ve never, ever entertained the thought of wearing...
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The Hollow (2004) Movie Review
As far as modern Teen Horror flicks go, “The Hollow” has a rather novel premise, even if its execution proves to be sorely lacking. The script by Hans Rodionoff posits the question: what if...
Read More »House of Flying Daggers (2004) Movie Review
Zhang Yimou, coming off “Hero”, his most internationally acclaimed and successful film to date, now brings us another martial arts epic set in ancient China. “House of Flying Daggers” stars Andy Lau (“Infernal Affairs”)...
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Arahan (2004) Movie Review
Have you noticed that in Korean comedies the main characters (usually the male) tend to give the impression that he is, shall we say, not “all there”? Take, for example, the hero of “My...
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Night Watch (2004) Movie Review
It’s interesting to see a movie like Timur Bekmambetov’s “Night Watch”, especially considering that my only exposure to Russian genre films has been two movies by Aleksei Balabanov. “Night Watch” is not like Balabanov’s...
Read More »Dead Friend (aka The Ghost, 2004) Movie Review
If you’re not too hung up on originality, “The Ghost” isn’t too much a waste of time. Oh sure, it’s yet another Dark Hair Ghost Story, where the ghost at hand is a vengeful...
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Death Machine (1995) Movie Review
When you get right down to it, Stephen Norrington’s debut film, “Death Machine”, is pretty stupid. And I don’t even mean that in a disparaging way, because although it is without a doubt a...
Read More »The Twins Effect 2 (2004) Movie Review
“The Twins Effect 2″ comes to us a year after the box office success of the “The Twins Effect”, a movie about vampires; the sequel, set in ancient China, is a sequel in name...
Read More »Elf (2003) Movie Review
“Elf”, as most people who have seen it will tell you, is pretty funny. And to make a long story short, it’s all due to Will Ferrell, who gives such an endearing and all-out...
Read More »Alien vs Predator (2004) Movie Review
For the sake of brevity, I won’t regurgitate the plot of “Alien Vs Predator” too much. The story itself is simple enough: Predators trick humans to a pyramid in the Antarctica to be “impregnated”...
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