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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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Fight Club

Bleeder’s Digest Guest Review by Mike Flores When the movie Fight Club begins, you see human arteries and hear the pounding music of the Dust Brothers and your heart starts to pound and it will pretty much be pounding for … Continue reading

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Gamera vs. Guillon

Space adventure giant saucer turtle By the end of the 1960s, the audience for Japanese monster movies had changed dramatically. Monsters were showing up as villains on TV superhero shows — programs made specifically for children — and these shows … 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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Iron Giant

 Adam Link to robots past A major surprise in a summer already crowded with fun flicks is this under-hyped animated wonder. Disney has struck gold in recent years by swiping from classic Japanese anime, so it was inevitable that Warners … 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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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 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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The Matrix

One Pill Makes You Bigger, the Other Makes You Small As any SubGenius knows, the normal world is an illusion. Those with the gift can see through the veil and see the wondrous and horrifying reality lurking beneath the surface. … Continue reading

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