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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
Posted in Review, VHS
Tagged action, alien world, blood, cannibalism, Christopher Murphy, explosions, gadgetry, Gamera, giant monster, heads roll, Japan, kaiju, monster, Movie, Reiko Kasahara, Review, sci-fi, sequel, space alien, spaceship, teleportation, VHS
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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.
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged action, adaptation, Ben Stiller, comedy, explosions, fantasy, gadgetry, Geoffrey Rush, ghosts, Greg Kinnear, Hank Azaria, invisible, Janeane Garofalo, Kinka Usher, mad laboratory, mad scientist, metropolis, Paul Reubens, superhero, supervillain, Tom Waits, Wes Studi, William H. Macy
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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
Posted in Movie
Tagged action, adaptation, animation, atomic bomb, beatnik, Brad Bird, Christopher McDonald, comedy, explosions, gadgetry, giant robot, Maine, Movie, Review, robot, sci-fi, space alien, zap guns
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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
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged blood, explosions, gore, heads roll, mad laboratory, mad scientist, Movie, mutants, Renny Harlin, Review, Samuel L. Jackson, shark
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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.
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged action, adaptation, comedy, cops & robbers, cyborg, Disney, evil twin, explosions, Fred Williamson, gadgetry, mad laboratory, mad scientist, Matthew Broderick, Movie, murder, Review, robot, Rupert Everett, sci-fi, superhero
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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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Tagged Charles Napier, Clint Howard, comedy, cryogenics, explosions, gun fu, mad scientist, Mike Myers, Movie, mutant clone, Review, robot, sequel, spaceship, spy, time travel, Woody Harrelson, zap gun
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Black Mask
Jet Black When Jackie Chan finally became a star in America, there was a rush to retool and release his back catalogue, with mixed results. Now that his role in Lethal Weapon 4 has raised awareness of Jet Li, we … Continue reading
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged blood, corpses, Daniel Lee, explosions, gore, gun fu, heads roll, Hong Kong, Jet Li, kung fu, Movie, Review, sci-fi, super soldier, superhero, supervillain
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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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Tagged action, airplane, Arnold Vosloo, blob, blood, Brendan Fraser, comedy, explosions, fantasy, gun fu, horror, insect, John Hannah, kung fu, magic, monster, Movie, mummy, murder, psychic phenomena, Rachel Weisz, reboot, remake, Review, sorcery, Stephen Sommers, supervillain, swordplay, vehicle chase
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Devil Girls
Wood Rises Again Mismatched scenes, loads of stock footage, cheap library music, bad acting – all are the hallmarks of the work of one of cinema’s most unique visionaries. Gotta hand it to independent writer/director Andre Perkowski. Nobody in the … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard, black & white, Ed Wood, explosions, Movie, psycho killer, Review, VHS
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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
Posted in Movie, Review
Tagged action, Carrie-Anne Moss, explosions, future, gadgetry, gun fu, hacker, helicopter, Hugo Weaving, Keanu Reeves, kung fu, Laurence Fishburne, metropolis, monster, Movie, psychic phenomena, Review, robot, sci-fi, superhero, supervillain, Wachowski, zap guns
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