Tag Archives: comedy

Evolution

Are we not men? Coca-Cola saved the Independence Day. In Twister, Pepsi was the one to solve a problem. The James Bond series has become a catalogue of cool new toys. And didn’t a Dr. Pepper machine (in the Roman … Continue reading

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The Mummy Returns

Pyramid scheme Guest review by Michael Flores The last year has been an economic bloodbath for Hollywood. Serious dramas and adult topic movies have been critically applauded, and have died at the box office. The year before, psychotronic films brought … Continue reading

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Dungeons & Dragons

A game try Guest Review by Steve Sullivan In the interest of full disclosure, let me say I’ve been working on Dungeons & Dragons related products for over 20 years. I was hired onto TSR’s staff in 1980 and worked … Continue reading

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas

The real Grinch who stole Christmas Guest Review by Mike Flores The works of the late great Theodor Seuss Geisel translate well to animation. From the 1940s and 1950s cartoons, and the original The Grinch Who Stole Christmas with the … Continue reading

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Charlie’s Angels

Fox Force 3 Not long ago, the TVLand channel ran a ten day marathon, showing all 109 episodes of the fluffy 1970s series Charlie’s Angels at least once – two or three times if bikinis were involved. I didn’t think … Continue reading

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Drunken Master 2

The master returns – and he’s drunk! Every time Jackie Chan has a new hit movie, it means we get to see one of his old classics imported to America for a theatrical release (and a couple more on video). … Continue reading

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My Son the Vampire DVD

Old Mother Riley meets Bela Lugosi Bela Lugosi had seen better days. In the early 1930s, he was in all his glory, cruising on his amazing triumph in Dracula, both on the stage and screen. He threw lavish parties, smoked … Continue reading

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Fargo DVD

How many Paul Bunyan statues are there? A staple of the work of American pulp fiction writers is the doomed character: your everyday everyman, thrown into a set of circumstances either by his own flawed machinations, or merely by the … Continue reading

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Dinosaur Valley Girls DVD

Caves and curves Chain-smoking Hollywood action star Tony Markham may be losing his grip. His cigarette habit is slowing down his martial arts moves, which is starting to slow down the box office for his Feet of Fury series. His … Continue reading

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Cecil B. DeMented

Action! Tucked somewhere in my files is a stapled sheaf of Xeroxed pages I call The Reject Rules, which I found on the floor in the film department while attending college. No doubt dropped by an angry young film student, … Continue reading

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