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Galaxy Quest (1999) Movie Review
“Galaxy Quest” is a fanboy’s wet dream, and one hell of a movie concept. Its concept is so good I have to ask myself why no one has thought of it before. It’s just...
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Wing Commander (1999) Movie Review
I wouldn’t go so far as to say that “Wing Commander” is a bad movie; it’s just not as good as it could have been. The script is uninteresting, which is saying a lot...
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2009: Lost Memories (2001) Movie Review
Si-myung Lee’s “2009: Lost Memories” is a science fiction movie in the guise of an action flick. Its main premise hangs on a Time Travel concept of altering past events in order to shape...
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Starship Troopers (1997) Movie Review
The most interesting thing about a Paul Verhoeven film is that, for the most part, they’re satire about human society dressed up as mindless entertainment. Take the bloodbath that was “Robocop,” about media saturation...
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Total Recall (1990) Movie Review
“Total Recall” is a 1990 futuristic actioner about Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger), an Everyman construction worker on Earth who begins to think he’s a super secret agent for a government agency on the (recently...
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Star Wars 2: Attack of the Clones (2002) Movie Review
If you’ve seen any one of the “Star Wars” movies, then you’ve seen “Star Wars: Episode 2 — Attack of the Clones.” Every movie in the series is plotted exactly the same, with approximately...
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V: The Original Mini-Series (1983) TV Review
I should probably preface this review of Kenneth Johnson’s “V” by saying that “V” made me love science fiction. In fact, while I had seen science fiction movies and TV before, I never really...
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V: The Final Battle (1984) Mini-Series TV Review
Besides being a sequel to the immensely popular (back in 1983, that is) mini series “V”, and being blessed with an extra hour and a half of running time over the original (sans commercials),...
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Frequency (2000) Movie Review
“Frequency” is what you would call a high-concept film: it has the ability to sell itself in a single descriptive sentence. In this case: “A son somehow makes contact with his father 30 years...
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Signs (2002) Movie Review
M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, “Signs,” is about an invasion of Earth by aliens. Or at least that’s what the movie’s ads would have you believe. It’s actually about a fallen holy man (Mel...
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Independence Day (1996) Movie Review
Filmmaking duo Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich have built their inseparable careers by making big-budget Hollywood summer event films. For those who don’t know, “summer event films” are Hollywood big budget movies that arrives...
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Time Machine (2002) Movie Review
My enthusiasm for time travel movies is unending. Even after watching Simon Wells’ adaptation of novelist H.G. Wells’ famous novel, “The Time Machine,” I am still enthusiastic about the genre and look forward to...
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Impostor (2002) Movie Review
Consider the evolution of “futuristic” sci-fi movies. Just a scant decade ago filmmakers would be thankful if they could just render a futuristic cityscape that looks something like their vision. Models and matte painting...
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Rollerball (2002) Movie Review
Rollerball stars Chris Klein as Jonathan Cross, an extreme sportsman who achieves superstar status in Rollerball, a futuristic game where people skate and motorbike around a small arena throwing steel balls at a target...
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Avenging Fist (2001) Movie Review
Hong Kong actor Ekin Cheng (Second Time Around) is prolific, but unfortunately it’s the kind of prolific that goes for quantity over quality. I can scarcely sit down to watch a Hong Kong film...
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Alien 4: Resurrection (1997) Movie Review
Alien: Resurrection is the 4th installment in the Alien franchise, which began in 1979 as a Last Stand in a Haunted House movie set in space. The first sequel, James Cameron’s Aliens, did blockbuster...
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The Thing (1982) Movie Review
There are essentially two types of Last Stand in a Haunted House movie, ones made for teens and ones made for adults. Much of the conventions of a Last Stand in a Haunted House...
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) Movie Review
I will first grant you that I find the main premise behind Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within to be just a little silly, with its focus on the Earth as a “living being” with...
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Soldier (1997) Movie Review
Soldier is not a deep movie. It’s a sometimes too-violent film, but it’s never boring. At least, I never found it to be boring. The plot is a simple one: old supersoldier Todd and...
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Avalon (2001) Movie Review
Pointless. That’s how I feel after finally finishing a First Person Shooter (FPS) game. It doesn’t matter if the FPS was a good game, a bad game, or if it was too hard, too...
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