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Jeepers Creepers 2 (2004) Movie Review
To fully appreciate “Jeepers Creepers 2″ I believe one must first endure a lot of really, really bad Teen Slashers. Otherwise the film may seem a bit…underwhelming. “JC 2″ is the sequel to 2001′s...
Read More »Vlad (2003) Movie Review
I’m certain that, once upon a time, it must have seem like a novel idea to make a movie about the “real” Vlad the Impaler, aka Dracula, aka the original source behind all the...
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February (2003) Movie Review
I’ve been meaning to watch more Thai films, mostly because the industry has obviously improved in recent years. The quality of films has increased and so has the level of competence in regards to...
Read More »Flesh for the Beast (2003) Movie Review
What can I say about “Flesh for the Beast” except, well, it has a pretty nice title. And the movie poster is definitely a classy act. Unfortunately the film is neither classy nor nice,...
Read More »Mind Games (2003) Movie Review
Note to Hollywood, filmmakers, and the vast sea of untalented actors out there: What you think as “Texan” is not actually Texan, but is in fact the warped idea of “Texan” that you created...
Read More »Shiver (2003) Movie Review
Although 2003′s “Shiver” is more Serial Killer/Murder Mystery than Horror movie, that doesn’t stop the distributors from trying to lure audiences in with false advertisement. Even the movie’s poster, showcasing severed heads inside body...
Read More »Falling Down (1993) Movie Review
It is my contention that Joel Schumacher’s 1993 movie “Falling Down” is this (pinching two fingers together) close to being a very good film. As it stands, it’s just a good movie that overplays...
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24: Season 3, Pilot (2003) TV Review
Jack Bauer is having the longest day of his life — again. Tis time around the brother of an incarcerated Mexican drug lord has threatened to unleash a deadly virus on the populace of...
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24: Season 3 – Premiere (2003) TV Review
Jack Bauer is having the longest day of his life — again. This time around the brother of an incarcerated Mexican drug lord has threatened to unleash a deadly virus on the populace of...
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Kopps (2003) Movie Review
If the premise of the Swedish comedy “Kopps” sounds familiar, it might be because it’s similar to the recent American comedy “Super Troopers”. The latter movie was about a group of tight-knit State Troopers...
Read More »New Blood (2002) Movie Review
I would be curious to learn who was it that decided that all Hong Kong horror films must be shot with a somber green tint. I would also be curious to learn who made...
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Meat Market 2 (2001) Movie Review
Paul Pedrosa, who plays the improbably named Shahrokh, gets a bullet in the head ala Fulci’s “Zombie” in “Meat Market 2′s”opening scene, thus depriving the viewer of the only actor in the whole “Meat...
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Moon Child (2003) Movie Review
Takahisa Zeze’s “Moon Child” is artistically very satisfying, but is unfortunately very generic. Gackt Camui, a big pop star in his native Japan, stars as Sho, a Japanese street urchin making a tough living...
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I.K.U. (2000) Movie Review
“I.K.U.” is written and directed by Shu Lea Cheang — who, if my name recognition skills is correct, is Chinese — but declares itself to be “a Japanese Sci-Fi Porn Feature.” The film is...
Read More »Mimic 3: Sentinel (2003) Movie Review
Calling “Mimic 3: Sentinel” the third installment in the “Mimic” franchise is a bit of a cheat. It’s really nothing more than a 70-minute detour that offers nothing to the series besides taking up...
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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...
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...
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...
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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...
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