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Deep Impact

Posted on May 8, 1998 by Brian Thomas

Coming Soon to a Crater Near You The dramatic story of a brave dentist’s struggle with a life-threatening wisdom tooth extraction…. No, no, no. This is the shocking story of an event that may happen in the very near future … Continue reading →

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Lost in Space

Posted on April 3, 1998 by Brian Thomas

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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Burn Hollywood Burn

Posted on February 20, 1998 by Brian Thomas

A Wet Match Very likely Allan Smithee’s worst film ever. Erratic scripter Joe Esterhaus decided to somehow get some bile out of his system by churning out a script about a first-time director (Eric Idle) who, outraged when his $200 … Continue reading →

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Desperate Measures

Posted on January 30, 1998 by Brian Thomas

Doesn’t Measure Up Sony checks off another item from their list of generic thriller titles with this somewhat generic thriller from director Barbet Schroeder (Single White Female).

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Deep Rising

Posted on January 30, 1998 by Brian Thomas

Not Too Deep A gang of pirates with a cargo of missiles hires Treat Williams’ ship to rob a ridiculously luxurious new passenger ship. Before they can get to it, the cruise ship is attacked by monstrous, slimy Graboids from … Continue reading →

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Ozone VHS

Posted on September 23, 1997 by Brian Thomas

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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Mimic

Posted on August 20, 1997 by Brian Thomas

Gooshy big bug bash This new horror thriller promises quite a bit. It’s director, Gulliermo Del Toro, gave us the brilliant sleeper Cronos, and the script bears the names John Sayles, Steven Soderbergh, and Matthew Robbins. It also has an … Continue reading →

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Event Horizon

Posted on August 15, 1997 by Brian Thomas

An Event Picture – from Hell It’s got the necessary psychotronic bait: great f/x, oceans of blood and gore, spaceships, monsters, cult actors Sam Neill and Larry Fishbourne – even a bit of nudity. But director Paul Anderson’s follow-up to … Continue reading →

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Air Force One

Posted on July 25, 1997 by Brian Thomas

The President and his Machine Gun Harrison Ford now joins the rapidly growing list of actors that have played the President of the United States. Ford usually provides a certain amount of presence to his roles, but here he gives … Continue reading →

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Operation Condor

Posted on July 17, 1997 by Brian Thomas

High Flying Chan The latest in a series of four (so far) Jackie Chan vehicles to be released in American theaters – and the second from Miramax’s Dimension Films – is also the earliest and purest example of his work, … Continue reading →

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