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Nemesis Game (2003) Movie Review
Writer/director Jesse Warn’s “Nemesis Game” is a mild diversion. It’s not bad enough to be useless, but it’s also not quite good enough to surpass average. Wait, does that make sense? Well yes, if...
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The Hunted (2003) Movie Review
Director William Friedkin’s “The Hunted” is one of those movies that would benefit greatly from a longer running length, instead of having been chopped to hell and back until all that’s left resembles one...
Read More »Dark Walker (2003) Movie Review
A movie like “Dark Walker” usually prompts me to make mention of its lack of originality. But I won’t do that this time, mostly because I’m convinced director Danny Draven and his writers know...
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The Twins Effect (2003) Movie Review
Using manipulative music in movies is nothing new. Steven Spielberg used to make a living off it. Such is the case with “The Twins Effect”, the new “it” movie from Hong Kong starring two...
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Now and Again (1999-2000) TV Series Review
“Now and Again” is a wonderful TV show that was unfortunately cancelled after only one season. But at least it got to last for a full season, with a full 22 episodes to its...
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Biker Boyz (2003) Movie Review
Apparently director Reggie Rock Bythewood, the man behind “Biker Boyz”, doesn’t quite understand that he’s making a movie that’s meant to appeal to adrenaline junkies. The final result is a movie devoid of excitement,...
Read More »Deadly Species (2003) Movie Review
Ah, the stray piece of hair stuck in the film camera’s loading gate, the first sign of trouble for “Deadly Species” (not that there weren’t any before, natch). When you see a whole sequence...
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Garage Days (2002) Movie Review
The biggest problem I can find with Alex Proyas’ 2002 effort, “Garage Days”, is that it’s completely superfluous and, perhaps worst of all (at least according to all aspiring filmmakers out there who would...
Read More »What a Girl Wants (2003) Movie Review
Entirely predictable, mostly silly, and wholly unbelievable. Then again, it’s a Teen Comedy and it’s called “What A Girl Wants”, so what did you expect? Amanda Bynes, who I believe is a teen TV...
Read More »Killer (2000) Movie Review
Movies like Billy Chung’s “Killer” makes me break out that old standby: It ain’t bad, but it ain’t all that good, either. “Killer”, not to be confused with John Woo’s “The Killer”, stars Jordan...
Read More »Demon Slayer (2003) Movie Review
It probably comes as no surprise that the best thing about “Demon Slayer” is the movie poster, which promises plenty of lovely young women for us to gawk at. The movie itself has a...
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2004) Movie Review
If 2003′s “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” proves anything, it’s that James Cameron was way ahead of the curve in 1991, when he stormed into theaters with “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”. Twelve years...
Read More »Extreme Crisis (1998) Movie Review
Movies like “Extreme Crisis” have inspired me to create a new terminology. I’m going to call it Because the Script Says So, or BSSS. In short, BSSS means this: movies have situations or characters...
Read More »Basic (2003) Movie Review
I think the primary reason why “Basic”, the new military thriller by John McTiernan (“Rollerball”), doesn’t make me angry as it seems to have made a lot of movie critics, is because I don’t...
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Epoch (2000) Movie Review
UFO Films, the production company that made “Epoch”, has done some of the worst movies I’ve ever had the misfortune to see. They count “Dragon Fighter” and “Python 2″ among their cheapo failures, although...
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Eternal Blood (2002) Movie Review
I will give co-writer/director Jorge Olguin points for ingenuity and creativity. As to originality — well, there isn’t much of that here in “Eternal Blood”. The Chilean movie is about a group of Goth...
Read More »Webs (2003) Movie Review
There’s nothing wrong with “Webs”, an original Sci-Fi network movie, that another round of rewrites couldn’t fix. For instance, the Crane character played by David Nerman would be written as human instead of just...
Read More »Tortilla Soup (2001) Movie Review
“Tortilla Soup”, a remake of Ang Lee’s “Eat Drink Man Woman”, seems more concern with giving its characters smart-ass things to say rather than actually giving them something believable to do. Perhaps the writers...
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Scarfies (1999) Movie Review
The New Zealand movie “Scarfies” is a good movie only if you can forgive its farcical and truly terrible ending. The film, about 5 college students who discover an elaborate marijuana stash growing in...
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