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Secret Agents (2004) Movie Review

Secret Agents (2004) Movie Review

Nix October 10, 2004

The French don’t generally do a lot of straight action movies, or if they do, you don’t hear a lot about them. “Crimson Rivers” (which starred “Secret Agents’” Vincent Cassel) was a stab at...

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Dead Man’s Shoes (2004) Movie Review

Dead Man’s Shoes (2004) Movie Review

James Mudge September 30, 2004

“Dead Man’s Shoes” has been playing at various international festivals, and has been described as revitalizing the slasher film in much the same way that “28 Days Later” recently did to the zombie genre....

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Cannibal Holocaust (1980) Movie Review

Cannibal Holocaust (1980) Movie Review

James Mudge September 22, 2004

With all the recent hype and furor surrounding Asian gore films such as “Ichi the Killer” and more extreme fare like the “Guinea Pig” series, it’s sometimes easy to forget the wave of splatter...

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Cronos (1993) Movie Review

Cronos (1993) Movie Review

James Mudge September 2, 2004

The Mexican movie “Cronos” is undoubtedly one of the better horror films of the 1990s. At times unsettling, at other times moving and compassionate, this is a vampire film that never conforms to any...

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Death Machine (1995) Movie Review

Death Machine (1995) Movie Review

Nix August 22, 2004

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...

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Ranarna (aka At Point Blank, 2004) Movie Review

Ranarna (aka At Point Blank, 2004) Movie Review

Nix July 27, 2004

It’s a mystery why the Swedes don’t make more action films like “Ranarna” or “Executive Protection”, when they seem to do it just as well as everyone else. Maybe it’s because the locals don’t...

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Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death (1999) Movie Review

Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death (1999) Movie Review

Joseph Savitski July 8, 2004

The Doctor Who series has been many things over the past few decades, but funny has never been one of them. And while director John Henderson and writer Steven Moffat may have only a...

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Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993) Movie Review

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993) Movie Review

Joseph Savitski July 8, 2004

After a few years of no new Doctor Who, fans of the show would have been tickled to watch Tom Baker read from the Gallifrey dictionary for 2 hours. Instead, they got a 15-minute...

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Lighthouse (1999) Movie Review

Lighthouse (1999) Movie Review

Nix June 19, 2004

There’s no doubt the British Slasher “Lighthouse” (aka “Dead of Night”) could have been much better. It has an interesting premise, but the execution lacks proficiency and there’s a dullness about the whole thing...

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Doctor Who: The Movie (1996) Movie Review

Doctor Who: The Movie (1996) Movie Review

Joseph Savitski June 14, 2004

Ever since “Doctor Who” had its final sign-off in 1989, fans have been clamoring for its resurrection. They got their wish in May of 1996, when a joint BBC/Universal Films production was released on...

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LD 50 Lethal Dose (2003) Movie Review

LD 50 Lethal Dose (2003) Movie Review

Nix May 31, 2004

For about 30 minutes, one almost believed “Lethal Dose” was going to become something great. Alas, an uninteresting Act 1 and a laughably absurd (not to mention wholly clich’d) Act 3 ruined the day....

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The Alzheimer Case (aka The Memory of a Killer, 2003) Movie Review

The Alzheimer Case (aka The Memory of a Killer, 2003) Movie Review

Nix May 23, 2004

Cop films are cop films regardless of the accents of the cops. Rather it’s Dutch, as in the case of “The Alzheimer Case”, or an American product, you can expect the usual conventions of...

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The Locals (2003) Movie Review

The Locals (2003) Movie Review

Nix April 30, 2004

The first thing you notice about Greg Page’s “The Locals” is this: cinematographer Bret Nichols has no idea how to light a movie, much less a horror film. Our New Zealand film opens with...

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Shaun of the Dead (2003) Movie Review

Shaun of the Dead (2003) Movie Review

Nix March 24, 2004

Who knew the Brits cared about making anything other than quirky romantic comedies, quirky gangster comedies, and quirky period comedies? Apparently there’s more to the British movie industry than yet another — and yet...

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Dead End (2001) Movie Review

Dead End (2001) Movie Review

Nix March 17, 2004

“Dead End”, a French production by French filmmakers with an all-American cast, is all geared toward “getting” the audience with a slick Twist Ending. So, knowing that, your only recourse is to sit through...

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Fureur (2003) Movie Review

Fureur (2003) Movie Review

Nix March 13, 2004

“Fureur” is one strange movie. It’s mostly in French, shot around the Chinatown community in France, and it counts among its cast members a variety of Asians, including but not limited to Chinese, Thai,...

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In America (2003) Movie Review

In America (2003) Movie Review

Nix March 11, 2004

Irish writer/director Jim Sheridan’s “In America” is about a family haunted by a tragedy that seeks an unfamiliar environment with which to get lost in. As it so happens, Sheridan and his two daughters...

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High Tension (2003) Movie Review

High Tension (2003) Movie Review

Nix February 16, 2004

The French Slasher movie “Haute Tension” has been re-titled “Switchblade Romance” for its North American release. Why? I don’t know. I suppose movie execs are talentless hacks whether they are in France or America....

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The Old Fairy Tale: When the Sun Was God (2003) Movie Review

The Old Fairy Tale: When the Sun Was God (2003) Movie Review

Nix February 13, 2004

The Polish movie “The Old Tale” reminds me not to take things for granted — although not in the way you might be thinking. Here’s why: the film’s script is oddly unconcern with imparting...

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Book of Fate (2003) Movie Review

Book of Fate (2003) Movie Review

Nix February 6, 2004

Movie anthologies are very hard to critique. With some, like the Japanese “Twilight Zone”-esque “Tales of the Unusual”, I reviewed each segment as individuals, and that seemed to work. And so, with that in...

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