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Birth Rite (2006) Movie Review
About 40 minutes into “Birth Rite”, a school counselor mentions to a student that he knows what she’s going through. The student replies that he has no idea, to which the counselor responds: “I...
Read More »Head Over Heels (2001) Movie Review
I dislike movies like “Head Over Heels” not for reasons you might expect. I dislike it because it takes what could have been an interesting premise for a movie and turns it into crap....
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Batman: Dead End (2003) Movie Review
A reader sent me a copy of “Batman: Dead End”, which has been making the rounds of comic book conventions and the online fanboy community for the last month or so. Harry Knowles at...
Read More »Heroic Duo (2003) Movie Review
I’ve never been a big fan of Ekin Cheng. Whatever it is that the Hong Kong film industry sees that makes them give the guy 10 movies per year is a mystery to me....
Read More »Shaolin Soccer (2001) Movie Review
Computer effects have become a bane for many filmmakers. So many movies are so CGI-reliant these days that the movie themselves have lost any sense of personality. One effects-laden movie has begun to look...
Read More »Who is Cletis Tout? (2001) Movie Review
“Who is Cletis Tout?” is a breezy, fast-paced 85-minutes of comedy and mild action, and all of it is harmless. It stars Christian Slater as Finch, a career criminal in prison for fraud, who...
Read More »Legend of Zu (2001) Movie Review
I will first admit to not having followed the career of Tsui Hark, the writer/director of “Legend of Zu”, besides what I have seen of his work in such American fare as “Knock Off”...
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Clockstoppers (2002) Movie Review
I guess it’s no surprise that “Clockstoppers”, a movie produced by the fine folks over at Nickelodeon — a TV network that caters exclusively to kids — is filled with gaping plot holes and...
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Alone (2001) Movie Review
I am reasonably certain there was a good movie in the British Serial Killer film “Alone”, but the final product is, alas, not so good. Even if you could survive first-time director Philip Claydon’s...
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Absolon (2003) Movie Review
Movies like “Absolon” really try my patience. Like another Direct-to-Video victim about Corporate Conspiracy called “Power Play”, “Absolon” has it in its head that it’s important — or, at the very least, substantial. Of...
Read More »Forbidden City Cop (1996) Movie Review
Stephen Chow is, I am told, a pretty big star over in his native Hong Kong, although I’ve only seen him in “Shaolin Soccer” — and if he was in other movies I’ve seen,...
Read More »Hellraiser 6: Hellseeker (2002) Movie Review
I think “Hellraiser 6: Hellseeker” might have been a better movie had I not seen the previous sequel, but I doubt it. The fact is, “Hellseeker” is a duplicate of “Inferno”, employing the same...
Read More »Charly (2003) Movie Review
It’s no secret that the vast majority of filmmakers have a morbid and even twisted outlook on life. The same holds true for many film critics whose job it is to declare a movie...
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Peacemakers: Pilot (2003) TV Review
With the mammoth (and I think unexpected) success of TV Tech Cop show “C.S.I.” and its 20 other imitators spread across the 4 networks, it was inevitable that some clever writer would pitch this...
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Contract Killer (aka Hitman, 1998) Movie Review
This review of “Hitman” is based on the American version, which is dubbed in English and was re-released under the title “Contract Killer”, with an all-new poster (that is also a bit misleading) and,...
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Movie Review
The biggest problem with “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” (or “LXG” as the promos call it) is that it doesn’t offer anything new. Oh sure, the story takes place in 1899, and all of...
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Fortress (1993) Movie Review
If you can ignore the first 6 minutes or so of 1993′s “Fortress”, then the rest is relatively entertaining. In a nutshell: in the near future, the U.S. is a fascist country that limits...
Read More »Mu Sa Do (aka Las Vegas Warrior, 2002) Movie Review
Take this scene, which occurs around the hour mark in “Mu Sa Do”, and really epitomizes much of the film: our leading man and leading lady — an underground fighter and a reporter, respectively...
Read More »Colour of the Truth (2003) Movie Review
“Color of the Truth” sports such a dubious pedigree that I sat on it for nearly a month before finally taking a stab at it today. Yes, I’m talking about the presence of the...
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