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Option Zero (1997) Movie Review
I have to admit, Hong Kong really does cop movies well; they somehow manage to weave the personal lives of the cops seamlessly with the complications of being on the job. “Option Zero” is...
Read More »Just Married (2003) Movie Review
If you plan on watching “Just Married” for the comedy, then my suggestion is to not bother with the actual movie and to watch the film’s 2-minute trailer instead. Simply put, there isn’t any...
Read More »Final Destination (2000) Movie Review
Besides proving that cheating Death is easier said than done, the “Final Destination” movies (there have been 2 so far) rebuts the axiom that the sequel can’t be better than the original. While James...
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Star Trek 10: Nemesis (2002) Movie Review
Much to its own detriment, the “Star Trek” franchise has become so niche that it doesn’t allow room for the uninitiated or even the casual viewer anymore. Take “Star Trek: Nemesis” for example: the...
Read More »Legally Blonde (2001) Movie Review
Legally Blonde is a Fish out of Water movie, and as such it requires you to swallow its premise without batting an eyebrow. Anyone who has seen the movie’s trailers and went into the...
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The Pool (2001) Movie Review
“The Pool” joins the recent spate of German-made Teen Slasher movies to go international. Although the film is made by Germans and set in Prague, and most of the actors are German, the film’s...
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Forbidden (2002) Movie Review
“Forbidden” is one of many softcore films you’ll find littering the landscape of late-night cable, most notably on channels like Cinemax, also known as Skinmax for their penchant for showing cheap softcore sex films...
Read More »The Recruit (2003) Movie Review
The CIA is such a secretive organism that even when it honors its dead, it doesn’t acknowledge their existence. Roger Donaldson’s “The Recruit” is about the CIA and the nature of the beast that...
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The Dragon From Russia (1990) Movie Review
Clarence Ford’s “The Dragon from Russia”, essentially an adaptation of the Japanese manga “Crying Freeman”, makes Christophe Gans’ lackluster 1995 adaptation “Crying Freeman” look like a masterpiece without equal. I kid you not. There’s...
Read More »The World is Not Enough (1999) Movie Review
You may have noticed that there’s an exorbitant amount of elaborate action sequences in the James Bond movies. That’s because a single James Bond movie is essentially stitched together from the action sequences of...
Read More »The Breakfast Club (1985) Movie Review
My anthem through High School was Nirvana and “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and not John Hughes. But like another Teen Angst movie called “Pump Up the Volume”, Hughes’ 1985 movie “The Breakfast Club” is...
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Muscle Heat (aka Blood Heat, 2003) Movie Review
Despite sporting a terrible title, Kane Kosugi’s “Muscle Heat” wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be. My Bad Action B-Movie Radar perked right up when I read about the film’s bad...
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Yesterday (2002) Movie Review
“Yesterday” is a flashy and competently put-together South Korean take on futuristic sci-fi. It’s essentially about a group of lab experiments, led by the biggest and baddest lab experiment of them all, coming out...
Read More »Field of Dreams (1989) Movie Review
“Field of Dreams” is an illogical story told logically. In a nutshell, the movie is about an ex-hippie turned farmer who one day hears a voice telling him “if you build it, he will...
Read More »Darkwolf (2003) Movie Review
Here’s a rule of thumb for watching B movies. If a B-movie opens with a scene at a strip club where we’re treated to a generous amount of anonymous female flesh, then you’re in...
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Zipang (1992) Movie Review
Kaizo Hayasahi’s “Zipang” isn’t bad, it’s just irrelevant. There isn’t really much to say about “Zipang” other than that you will either like it or you won’t. It’s one of those movies that defies...
Read More »Dawn of the Dead (1978) Movie Review
After seeing Danny Boyle’s thievery/homage called “28 Days Later”, I thought I’d go back and revisit George Romero’s “Dead” trilogy. The first film was “Night of the Living Dead”, which was followed by “Dawn...
Read More »Day of the Dead (1985) Movie Review
In many respects, 1985′s “Day of the Dead” is a much better movie than its predecessor, 1978′s “Dawn of the Dead”. With “Day” series creator George Romero shows vast improvements in writing and directing...
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Phantasm 4: Oblivion (1998) Movie Review
A word of warning: The “Phantasm” franchise is not very friendly to newcomers; if you’ve never seen any of the previous 3 installments, then I recommend not even bothering with this fourth entry. If...
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