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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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Tagged Anita Mui, China, comedy, Hong Kong, Jackie Chan, kung fu, Movie, Review, sequel, Wong Fei-hung
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Mission: Impossible 2
Woo 2 I was disappointed in Mission: Impossible, mainly because it tossed aside most of what made the original TV series great, replacing it with an overcomplicated plot and action movie heroics. So I went into the sequel expecting little. … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, Anthony Hopkins, car chase, Dougray Scott, explosions, gadgetry, gun fu, helicopter, John Woo, kung fu, motorcycle, Movie, murder, Review, Richard Roxburgh, sequel, superhero, Thandie Newton, Tom Cruise, vehicle chase, Ving Rhames
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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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Tagged Baltimore, comedy, drive-in, gun fu, incineration, John Waters, kung fu, Melanie Griffith, Mink Stole, Moby, mondo Hollywood, Movie, Review, Stephen Dorff, theater
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The Ninth Gate
Rosemary’s Baby Book Johnny Depp, starring in his second straight horror film (Sleepy Hollow), here plays an unscrupulous book dealer who is hired by filthy rich collector Frank Langella to do a little job. Langella has procured one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, angel, blood, cult, demons, devil, Emmanuelle Seigner, France, Frank Langella, Jack Taylor, Johnny Depp, kung fu, Lena Olin, magic, murder, New York, nudity, psycho killer, Roman Polanski, Satan, Spain, succubus
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Don’t shoot me! Good thing they tacked on that subtitle, or else I would’ve been looking for the bicycle through the whole picture. Here’s the ex-husband-and-wife team of Luc Besson and Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element) with their latest epic, … Continue reading
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Tagged action, blood, explosions, France, God, gore, heads roll, John Malkovich, kung fu, Luc Besson, Milla Jovovich, Movie, murder, psychic phenomena, Review, swordplay
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Black Mask
Jet Black When Jackie Chan finally became a star in America, there was a rush to retool and release his back catalogue, with mixed results. Now that his role in Lethal Weapon 4 has raised awareness of Jet Li, we … Continue reading
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Tagged blood, corpses, Daniel Lee, explosions, gore, gun fu, heads roll, Hong Kong, Jet Li, kung fu, Movie, Review, sci-fi, super soldier, superhero, supervillain
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The Mummy
Ancient Tomb, Shallow Grave A strange twist of fate, but I like it. For years, Universal has been considering a remake of the classic Boris Karloff gothic horror romance, but couldn’t figure out what to do with it. Who’d ever … Continue reading
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Tagged action, airplane, Arnold Vosloo, blob, blood, Brendan Fraser, comedy, explosions, fantasy, gun fu, horror, insect, John Hannah, kung fu, magic, monster, Movie, mummy, murder, psychic phenomena, Rachel Weisz, reboot, remake, Review, sorcery, Stephen Sommers, supervillain, swordplay, vehicle chase
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Something Weird DVD
Psychotronic man Some time in the mid-1960s, Herschell Gordon Lewis met James F. Hurley, a teacher at Triton College and a firm believer in psychic phenomena. Hurley wanted to promote his theories via film, and convinced Lewis to use his … Continue reading →