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First Strike

Posted on January 10, 1997 by Brian Thomas

Chan, Jackie Chan Although New line is trying to build excitement for their latest Jackie Chan film by using the tag line “Fighting for America for the first time”, the hype is only partly correct. Jackie’s by now familiar Hong … Continue reading →

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Michael

Posted on December 25, 1996 by Brian Thomas

Touched by a Hack Angels visiting Earth for satirical purposes (to coin a contradiction) is old stuff in the movie and TV business. But an Old Testament warrior angel, more akin to the carousing gods of Asgard than to the … Continue reading →

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Mars Attacks!

Posted on December 13, 1996 by Brian Thomas

Playing with a Full Deck? In 1964, two films were released with essentially the same plot: the United States accidentally sends the order to use atomic weapons against the Soviet Union and is unable to correct the mistake. While Sidney … Continue reading →

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David “The Rock” Nelson’s Video Shorts Vol. 1

Posted on December 9, 1996 by Brian Thomas

Short is Good Shot back in 1991, this collection of shorts were among the first made by Nelson, inspired by his attendance of Psychotronic Film Society shows, which reawakened his love of monster movies. In true Rocky fashion, Nelson begins … Continue reading →

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L5: First City in Space

Posted on October 11, 1996 by Brian Thomas

Space was Never Spacier The biggest science fiction film ever made – literally!

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Last Man Standing

Posted on September 20, 1996 by Brian Thomas

Last Remake You Can Stand Walter Hill tries his hand at Kurosawa’s Yojimbo (itself based on Hammett’s Red Harvest), with Bruce Willis playing a prohibition era American samurai.

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Maximum Risk

Posted on September 13, 1996 by Brian Thomas

Minimum Wage Better than average Jean-Claude Van Damme action fare, enlivened greatly by the veteran hand of director Ringo Lam (Full Contact) and location shooting in France and New York.

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Killer: A Journal of Murder

Posted on September 6, 1996 by Brian Thomas

Public Enemy Number 1 In the ‘20s, Leavenworth guard Henry Lesser (Robert Sean Leonard) befriended prisoner Carl Panzram (James Woods), who’d broken “every law known to God and man”. Lesser risked his job to allow Panzram to write down his … Continue reading →

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The Crow: City of Angels

Posted on August 30, 1996 by Brian Thomas

Tar & Feathers Why this unnecessary sequel is set in LA beats me. This poor retread looks the same as Detroit did in the great original. Good perfs by punk vets Iggy Pop and Ian Dury, but otherwise there’s really … Continue reading →

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The Island of Dr. Moreau

Posted on August 23, 1996 by Brian Thomas

Theater of Pain Why remake Island of Lost Souls, one of the most chilling horror classics of the ‘30s, which has already been remade at least twice? Two possibilities: public domain source material and modern creature f/x.

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