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Embrace the Darkness (1998) Movie Review
I have very little use for a movie that not only fails to entertain me, but also fails to deliver on its promise. “Embrace the Darkness” is a softcore sex movie masquerading as an erotic vampire movie; that aside, it’s one heck of a guilty pleasure. The sexual situations (and there are a lot of [...]
December 10th, 2002 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreEmbrace the Darkness 2 (2001) Movie Review
I will try to keep this as simple as possible. Avoid this pathetic movie at all costs! Got that? Good.
But just to satisfy my own needs as a film reviewer, let’s delve into this pathetic sham of a movie anyway, shall we?
Plot: Naïve girl goes to big city, gets bitten by vampires, ends up [...]
So Close to Paradise (1998) Movie Review
I must admit that the Chinese film “So Close to Paradise” surprised me. At first I found the film to be lacking and uninteresting and its acting to be spotty at times. But as the film progressed, its story drew me in, and its characters became people I could believe in and feel for. The [...]
December 9th, 2002 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreCharlie’s Angels (2000) Movie Review
“Charlie’s Angels”, the feature length re-incarnation of the slightly popular (I suppose, I was never a big fan) of the 1970s TV show, is the kind of film that tests one’s ability to laugh at mediocrity. Which is to say “Charlie’s Angels” lacks any semblance of quality or worth, save for its ability to lunge [...]
December 9th, 2002 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe 6th Day (2000) Movie Review
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “The Sixth Day” is really a Comedy, and anyone who doesn’t want to be bored to death by its oh so routine action sequences should treat the film as such. The film deals with the subject of human cloning, but if you thought this was a serious dissertation on said subject, you’re hopelessly [...]
December 7th, 2002 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreTales of the Unusual (2001) Movie Review
“Tales of the Unusual” is essentially a “Twilight Zone”-inspired movie about 4 very different stories linked by a common sequence. But where other anthology movies usually have a constant theme (for example, horror or science fiction or mystery), “Unusual” goes for 4 distinctively different genres in its 4 story segments.
The film opens and closes [...]
Private Parts (1997) Movie Review
For those who do not live in the States, Howard Stern is a shock jock — that is, he is a radio DJ who, in the quest for better ratings (i.e. more listeners), will use anything and everything at his disposal to achieve his goal. Stern’s most commonly used ploy, and his most effective, is [...]
December 1st, 2002 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Truman Show (1998) Movie Review
Peter Weir’s “The Truman Show” was the first movie that former rubberface comedian Jim Carrey served notice to the world that he was more than his talking posterior. Besides satirizing the then-fledging concept of reality TV taken to its most ludicrous degree, “The Truman Show” combines comedy with human drama and a healthy dose of [...]
November 30th, 2002 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreDas Boot: The Director’s Cut (1981) Movie Review
I am told German Wolfgang Petersen’s movie “Das Boot” is the submarine movie by which all submarine movies are measured. It just so happens that the submarine in question is a German one, and in a movie set during World War II, this is quite an anomaly. Then again, I’m sure the Germans were getting [...]
November 30th, 2002 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MorePrincess Mononoke (1997) Movie Review
I should first say that I have nothing against nature, forests, and all that other good ecological stuff. Hey, plants keep us alive, right? It just so happens that whenever someone attempts to make a movie about how nature is good and how man is inherently evil since all they want to do is destroy [...]
November 30th, 2002 | 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!!!! 
