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Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Bulletspotting I hardly know where to start in singing the praises of this blood-soaked but hilarious British crime comedy. A promising first feature from writer/director Guy Ritchie, it’s a non-stop joy from start to finish.

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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

One Last Stab? Sequels to John Carpenter’s Halloween resemble cover versions of a classic hit tune churned out as misguided “tributes”. Any amount of stylistic innovation or fresh viewpoints are foredoomed to be taken as sacrilege. And sticking to the … Continue reading

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The Mask of Zorro

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Anthony Hopkins as Zorro? They’re not kidding, and the versatile star of such films as Silence of the Lambs and Howard’s End acquits himself surprisingly well as the Robin Hood of Old California. Wearing a thick layer of bronzer to … Continue reading

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Mulan

Disney’s Animated Transvestite A few short years ago, Disney ripped off Japanese animation god Osamu Tezuka’s character Leo (Kimba) the White Lion for their biggest hit ever, The Lion King. For their new animated feature, they mine Tezuka territory again, … Continue reading

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Her Name is Cat

Hisssss! You might think from the title of this Hong Kong action item that you’d found a new episode in the Jade Leung Black Cat series, but such is not the case.

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Godzilla (1998)

Pretender to the Throne Well, let me make this short and sweet: I’ve got one main problem with this movie. The title. Godzilla is a real fine monster movie. It’s fun. It’s got great special effects and some really clever … Continue reading

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Lost in Space

Space Family Values I was one of those kids who missed the first half of each week’s Batman episode because it was on up against CBS’s sci-fi/camp hit Lost In Space. As science fiction, the series wasn’t far above Captain Video – … Continue reading

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Mr. Nice Guy

Rumble in Oz Jackie Chan is back as a TV chef in Melbourne who gets deeper and deeper into troubler as a result of a good deed. When he sees gangsters attacking a TV journalist Diana (Gabrielle Fitzpatrick), he intervenes, … Continue reading

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Hard Rain

A Wetstern Christian Slater and Ed Asner are driving the Wells Fargo wagon on a routine run, when they’re bushwacked by Morgan Freeman and his gang of outlaws. Slater manages to get away with the loot long enough to hide … Continue reading

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Ozone VHS

Breaking burial ground This 1993 feature is somewhat important due to the fact that it was one of the first ShotOnVideo movies that actually tried to look like a real film through the use of computer effects and software processing. … Continue reading

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