Category Archives: Review

The Strange Woman / Moon Over Harlem DVD

Double Ulmer The recently deceased Hedy Lamarr gave one of her best performances in the 1946 melodrama The Strange Woman as a woman who would not seem strange today, but certainly stood out in the 1840 boomtown that was Bangor, … Continue reading






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Mystery Men

All In Color for $5.25 (matinees) The Flaming Carrot is cartoonist Bob Burden’s most original and inspired creation, but that big carrot mask must’ve scared off facetime-loving Hollywood, so his second greatest creation gets the movie treatment instead.






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The Blair Witch Project

An Instant Classic I’m not trying to come off all macho or anything, but I watch a lot of horror movies, and I’m not scared by them easily. This one did the trick – I went to bed afterwards unnerved … Continue reading






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Deep Blue Sea

Deep Doo-Doo A shark movie?! In 1999?! Hollywood wisdom states that if something is worth doing well once, it’s worth doing poorly a thousand times, so Universal bought this story from virgin scripters Duncan Kennedy and Wayne Powers and threw … Continue reading






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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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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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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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Parasite DVD

Monsters unleeched They say that when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. Demi Moore is an actress who has seen her share of lemons throughout her career. After all, this is the actress who saw the scripts for … Continue reading






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The Dividing Hour VHS

Actually more like an hour and a half This independent feature is a little bit Reservoir Dogs, a little bit Carnival of Souls, and a little bit o’ soul thrown in. Four bickering slackers get together to rob a bank, … Continue reading






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Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

1969 Okay Unfrozen superspy leftover Powers makes his second appearance on the screen amid a deafening carnival of hype which leads one to believe that a let-down is inevitable. But our man Mike Myers saves the world again. Though many … Continue reading






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