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Tag Archives: Review
Mimic
Gooshy big bug bash This new horror thriller promises quite a bit. It’s director, Gulliermo Del Toro, gave us the brilliant sleeper Cronos, and the script bears the names John Sayles, Steven Soderbergh, and Matthew Robbins. It also has an … Continue reading
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Tagged blood, bug, explosions, giant monster, gore, Gulliermo Del Toro, horror, insect, Mira Sorvino, monster, Movie, Review, sci-fi, sewer, subway
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Event Horizon
An Event Picture – from Hell It’s got the necessary psychotronic bait: great f/x, oceans of blood and gore, spaceships, monsters, cult actors Sam Neill and Larry Fishbourne – even a bit of nudity. But director Paul Anderson’s follow-up to … Continue reading
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Tagged action, blood, demons, explosions, gadgetry, ghosts, gore, horror, Laurence Fishburne, Movie, Paul Anderson, Review, Sam Neill, sci-fi, space alien, spaceship
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Air Force One
The President and his Machine Gun Harrison Ford now joins the rapidly growing list of actors that have played the President of the United States. Ford usually provides a certain amount of presence to his roles, but here he gives … Continue reading
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Tagged action, airplane, explosions, gadgetry, gun fu, Harrison Ford, Movie, Review, Wolfgang Petersen
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Operation Condor
High Flying Chan The latest in a series of four (so far) Jackie Chan vehicles to be released in American theaters – and the second from Miramax’s Dimension Films – is also the earliest and purest example of his work, … Continue reading
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Tagged action, comedy, corpses, explosions, gun fu, Hong Kong, Jackie Chan, kung fu, Movie, Nazi, Review, sequel, vehicle chase
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George of the Jungle
What Tooki-tooki So Long? I dreaded seeing this one. Of course like most folks my age, I adored the Jay Ward television cartoons from which this film is adapted – but most folks only remember the crowd-pleasing theme song, and … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, Brendan Fraser, comedy, Jay Ward, John Cleese, Leslie Mann, Mickey Mouse, Movie, Review, talking animal
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Contact
Listening Movies about contact with extraterrestrial aren’t all that unusual these days. It seems like every week there’s another bunch of E.T.s, Aliens, and Bug Eyed Monsters from outer space running, gliding or oozing across our multiplex screens. However, there’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Bassett, explosions, gadgetry, Geraldo Rivera, Jake Busey, James Woods, Jodie Foster, John Hurt, Movie, Review, Robert Zemeckis, sci-fi, space alien, space travel, teleportation, Tom Skerritt
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Hercules
The Legendary Drawings The movie musical is alive and well – but only in animated form. Over the past decade, the Disney animation department has been carefully honing their entertainment formula – a well-balanced story, likable characters, some Broadway style … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, animation, comedy, demons, Disney, dragon, fantasy, giant monster, God, Hell, Hercules, James Woods, magic, Matt Frewer, monster, Movie, mythical creatures, peplum, Review, Rip Torn, superhero, supervillain
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Batman and Robin
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah. It’s really a shame that Evita did not bring about the predicted resurgence of interest in big budget Hollywood musicals. Joel Schumacher should really be directing elaborate song and dance numbers, because … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Arnold Schwarzenegger, explosions, gadgetry, George Clooney, kung fu, Michael Gough, monster, Movie, Review, sequel, superhero, supervillain, Uma Thurman, weird gadgets
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Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World
The T Rex that ate San Diego The first film bearing the title The Lost World was made in 1925, and it represented the cutting edge in cinematic special effects for that year. 1997’s The Lost World, both a quasi-remake … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, dinosaur, explosions, giant monster, gore, horror, Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Michael Crichton, monster, Movie, Peter Stormare, Review, sci-fi, sequel, Spielberg, Stan Winston, Vince Vaughn
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Gamera, Guardian of the Universe
Giant Turtle to the Rescue! With 1998’s Godzilla getting so much attention, surely there’ll be wise guys in the crowd shouting out, “Hey! What about Gamera?!” Ah, yes. Gamera, the giant prehistoric jet-propelled fire-breathing flying turtle – friend to all … Continue reading
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Tagged action, Akira Kubo, destruction of city, explosions, gadgetry, Gamera, giant monster, Japan, Kojiro Hongo, monster, Movie, mutants, psychic phenomena, Review, sci-fi, Shûsuke Kaneko, superhero
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