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Category Archives: Movie
Metropolis
Anime vitae Osamu Tezuka was so taken with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis that he had to create his own version. In 1949, Tezuka was one of Japan’s favorite young cartoonists. His New Treasure Island series had been a big hit, and … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, animation, anime, explosions, future, gadgetry, Japan, Katsuhiro Otomo, mad laboratory, mad scientist, metropolis, Movie, mutants, Osamu Tezuka, Review, Rintaro, robot, sci-fi, zap guns
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Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Greatest Show on Middle Earth It’s been 30 years since I read J.R.R. Tolkien’s massive follow-up to The Hobbit, but Peter Jackson’s colossal screen adaptation of the first third of the novel makes it feel like only yesterday. Some details … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged action, adaptation, blood, Brad Dourif, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, demons, dwarf, Elijah Wood, elves, explosions, fantasy, giant monster, gore, heads roll, horror, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, magic, monster, Movie, mutants, mythical creatures, New Zealand, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, psychic phenomena, Review, Sean Astin, sequel, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, Viggo Mortenson, wizard
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Battle Royale
40 kids go in – only one comes out Ever watch a “reality” TV show like Survivor (or Big Brother or The Real World) and wonder what it would be like if, instead of getting voted off the island, contestants … Continue reading
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Tagged blood, explosions, gun fu, heads roll, Japan, Movie, Review, sci-fi, swordplay, Takeshi Kitano
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Jeepers Creepers
A new Boogeyman in town It may be a bit early to call this one a horror classic, but Jeepers Creepers has a lot of the same spirit of invention and old fashioned scare tactics as Halloween, if you can … Continue reading
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Tagged action, blood, demons, Gina Philips, gore, gun fu, heads roll, horror, Jonathan Breck, Justin Long, monster, Movie, murder, psychic phenomena, Review, road trip, sci-fi, supervillain, taxidermy, vehicle chase, Victor Salva
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Nutcracker: An American Nightmare VHS
Dance of the sugar plum psychosis The Nutcracker story has always been one of the more disturbing Christmas tales for me. The image of the madly staring figure in military dress is bad enough, but even worse is the focus … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review, VHS
Tagged backyard, David Hess, drugs, Glen Grefe, horror, Movie, murder, psycho killer, Review, VHS
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Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Dope Dealers The only characters to figure in all four of Kevin Smith’s previous pictures, Smith here gives the duo center stage in an effort to get them out of his system for good. Because of the weed references, most … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged Ali Larter, Ben Affleck, Carrie Fisher, comedy, Eliza Dushku, George Carlin, God, Hollywood Babylon, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Jon Stewart, Kevin Smith, kung fu, Mark Hamill, Sean William Scott, sequel, Shannon Elizabeth, superhero, supervillain, swordplay, wes craven, Will Ferrell
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Planet of the Apes DVD
Get your stinking paws on this DVD…. I’m not the kind of critic that likes to give away too much, but for once I’m not going to worry about it. In fact, I’ll go out of my way to type … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, Movie, Review
Tagged Charleton Heston, chimpanzee, DVD, Franklyn Schaffner, gorilla, gun fu, planet of apes, post-apoc world, Roddy MacDowall, sci-fi, space travel, spacemen, spaceship, talking animal, time travel
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes DVD
The monkeys strike back In the previous entry, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, the series was established as a vicious circle. Seemingly, the apes’ travel back in time was destined to make the future planet ruled by them … Continue reading
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Tagged DVD, future, gun fu, J. Lee Thompson, mind control, Movie, plague, Review, Ricardo Montalban, Roddy MacDowall, sci-fi
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The Others
Who else is in the house? No, it’s not a belated sequel to the 1972 Canadian horror hit The Other, but it explores similar edge-of-your-seat supernatural territory. Spanish director/writer/composer Alejandro Amenábar spent a few years developing this Cruise-Wagner Production. His … Continue reading
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Tagged ghosts, haunted house, horror, kids, Movie, Nicole Kidman, noir, Old Dark House, paranoia, psychic phenomena, Review, UK
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Monsters Crash the Pajama Party Spook Show Spectacular DVD
Ghosts-a-poppin’ at the midnight chasm of spasms! Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and witness something that few eyes have seen before: a true DVD masterpiece! On this slim disc you will find not only a collection of the craziest … Continue reading →