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John Adams (2008) TV Mini-Series Review
Historians have, for two centuries, portrayed the men who signed America’s Declaration of Independence as proud figures standing alone in their greatness and grand ideals. Many of the documentaries about history spend a great deal of time on the momentous events that defined the course of history but few accurately depict the lives that [...]
June 9th, 2008 | Jodie Bass | 4 Comments | Read MoreHeroes of the East (1979) Movie Review
Have you ever visited a home where the décor wildly differs from room to room? There is the main living room, usually reserved for guests, decked out in something vaguely similar to Victorian style. You move to the kitchen, which is 90’s glass and wood panel. Turn left down the hall and you go face-to-face [...]
June 5th, 2008 | Kevin Nickelson | 4 Comments | Read MoreThe Strangers (2008) Movie Review
(May contain spoilers) Following a friend’s wedding reception, Kristen (Liv Tyler) and James (Scott Speedman) return to the latter’s family vacation home. This was also supposed to be their big night as James proposes to Kristen. But she rejects him, saying that she isn’t “ready.” Still aching, from rejection and a collapsed engagement, he calls [...]
June 4th, 2008 | Bodhi Grrl | 12 Comments | Read MoreThe Echo (2008) Movie Review
Guest Movie Review by Lance Curtis — Twitch.com says it is the most “art-house oriented film” to come out of Vertigo Entertainment, the producers behind horror films The Ring, The Grudge, and now The Echo.
The Echo, directed by young filmmaker Yam Laranas, certainly comes as a surprise to even those horror fans who claim to [...]
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (2008) Movie Review
Zohan is Israel’s greatest commando and not-so secret weapon, and in-between capturing his nemesis The Phantom and other assorted scumbag villains of Israel, he vacations in Brazil, where he cooks fish in the nude and likes to shove things into his butt crack. And although dispatching of bad guys is as easy as breathing for [...]
June 1st, 2008 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Andromeda Strain (2008) TV Mini-Series Review
Science-fiction movies have a few rules they generally must adhere to in order to be considered “science” fiction. First, they must revolve around a science, whether that’s physics, astronomy, biology, quantuum mechanics, geology or any of a multitude of fields of study. Really good science fiction includes more than one of the sciences. [...]
May 28th, 2008 | Jodie Bass | 0 Comments | Read MoreIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Movie Review #2
So who is Indy battling in the new Indiana Jones movie? The Nazis? The Russians? No — it’s fan expectations. There are two Indiana Jones movies in theaters right now — there’s the film that has received bad web buzz and negative reviews and then there’s the actual movie. Which one you see when the [...]
May 27th, 2008 | Dustin | 4 Comments | Read MoreDiary of the Dead (2007) Movie Review
During his 40-year career, George A. Romero has made 17 films, five of which have been about the “living dead.” His last film, the 2005 “Land of the Dead,” had an uncharacteristically large budget, $15 million; a wide theatrical release; and starred several big names, including John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Simon Baker, and Asia Argento. [...]
May 26th, 2008 | Bodhi Grrl | 3 Comments | Read MoreIron Man (2008) Movie Review #2
“Iron Man” has the distinction of being the first in Marvel’s new line of Marvel Studios-produced movies to make it to the big screen. It will soon be followed by the reboot of the “Incredible Hulk” with Edward Norton. Marvel has already announced a slew of other comic book properties following in their footsteps, including [...]
May 24th, 2008 | Nix | 5 Comments | Read MoreThe Forbidden Kingdom (2008) Movie Review
According to Jackie Chan, he had talked with Jet Li about the two of them making a movie together many years ago when both were in Hong Kong, but the opportunity never presented itself. Fast-forward to 2007, when Hollywood comes calling. “The Forbidden Kingdom” is that long-awaited collaboration between two of Chinese cinema’s most famous [...]
May 24th, 2008 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read More
It looks like a dud. I saw the trailer. Tom is the only person speaking with an American news network ...
nothing they payed fox.... 
OMG!!!! 
