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Tag Archives: adaptation
Inspector Gadget
Go Go to Hell In essence, Disney kid flicks haven’t changed that much. Films like Inspector Gadget aren’t much different than Million Dollar Duck or The Monkey’s Uncle with several million bucks of special effects thrown in.
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Tagged action, adaptation, comedy, cops & robbers, cyborg, Disney, evil twin, explosions, Fred Williamson, gadgetry, mad laboratory, mad scientist, Matthew Broderick, Movie, murder, Review, robot, Rupert Everett, sci-fi, superhero
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The Haunting
Boo! The first half of Jan DeBont’s remake of Robert Wise’ The Haunting, based on Shirley Jackson’s novel, does a pretty righteous job of honoring its source. The characters are lively and colorful, with some cute and pertinent new twists. … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, blood, Bruce Dern, Catherine Zeta-Jones, ghosts, haunted house, heads roll, horror, Jan DeBont, Liam Neeson, Lili Taylor, Movie, Owen Wilson, psychic phenomena, psycho killer, remake, Review, skeleton, Virginia Madsen
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Eyes Wide Shut
Erotic Sex Dreams Guest Review by Kelly Cutler The thin line between reality and fantasy becomes even thinner in Stanley Kubrick’s final cinematic journey, Eyes Wide Shut. The director, who died just 4 days after the film’s completion had the … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Movie, Nicole Kidman, paranoia, Review, secret society, Stanley Kubrick, Tom Cruise
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My Favorite Martian
Not MY Favorite That would of course be Devil Girl From Mars. Well, I’ll be darned, another so-so TV Land retread from Disney. How do they come up with these crazy ideas? Oh, that’s right – they just check the … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, cannibalism, Christopher Lloyd, comedy, Darryl Hannah, Elizabeth Hurley, fantasy, invisible, Jeff Daniels, monster, Movie, murder, psychic phenomena, Review, sci-fi, space alien, spaceship, TV
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Blade
Cutting Edge The curse is broken! Until now, every film based on a Marvel Comics character has turned out mediochre at best. Some of them have been downright horrible. Here at last we have one that’s not just decent – … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, blood, explosions, gun fu, heads roll, horror, kung fu, mad laboratory, monster, Movie, psycho killer, Review, Stephen Norrington, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, Tracy Lords, Udo Kier, vampire, Wesley Snipes
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Perfect Blue
Otomo’s blue period Guest Review by Mike Flores I have just seen one of the finest adult animated films ever made. It is also one of the best films of 1999. Perfect Blue is the name of the film, which opens around … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, animation, anime, explosions, horror, injury to eye, Japan, Katsuhiro Otomo, Movie, murder, mystery, Review, Satoshi Kon, stab
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The Avengers
How Now Brown Cow? Well, not so good, if you’re a dedicated fan of the Avengers TV series. Watching it on television 30 years ago, we all had the benefit of discovering a show that’s main virtue was charm, wrapped … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, explosions, killer robot bees, killer teddy bears, kung fu, mad scientist, Movie, mutant clone, Patrick Macnee, Ralph Fiennes, Review, robot, Sean Connery, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, Uma Thurman
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The Mask of Zorro
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Anthony Hopkins as Zorro? They’re not kidding, and the versatile star of such films as Silence of the Lambs and Howard’s End acquits himself surprisingly well as the Robin Hood of Old California. Wearing a thick layer of bronzer to … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, explosions, heads roll, kung fu, L.Q. Jones, Martin Campbell, Movie, Review, superhero, swordplay, vehicle chase, whip
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Nightwatch
From the Movie Morgue Here’s an alleged thriller that Miramax and Dimension Films previously announced for release last winter. They also announced it last fall, summer and spring. Most often, when a studio feels it has a sure-fire hit, they … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, blood, bone saw, Brad Dourif, corpses, Ewan McGregor, gore, horror, injury to eye, Josh Brolin, Lauren Graham, morgue, Movie, murder, Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette, psycho killer, Review, stab
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Lost in Space
Space Family Values I was one of those kids who missed the first half of each week’s Batman episode because it was on up against CBS’s sci-fi/camp hit Lost In Space. As science fiction, the series wasn’t far above Captain Video – … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, Billy Mumy, explosions, gadgetry, Gary Oldman, Heather Graham, Irwin Allen, mad scientist, Matt LeBlanc, Mimi Rogers, monster, Movie, psycho killer, reboot, Review, robot, sci-fi, space alien, spaceship, Stephen Hopkins, TV, William Hurt
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