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Kung Fu Hustle

Another fun Chow masterpiece  Despite being the highest grossing Hong Kong film ever, Stephen Chow’s previous film Shoalin Soccer was badly bungled by U.S. distributor Miramax, who didn’t seem to know what to do with it. When news leaked out … Continue reading

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Killer Nun DVD

Un-convent-ional entertainment George W. Bush squeezed by John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential Election on the votes of millions of born again evangelical Bible-quotin’ churchified Christians. So how will we be celebrating in the first DVD review since Election Day? … Continue reading

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The Deadly Spawn DVD

Don’t go in the basement Ever since the advent of 16mm movie “home movie” film, and continuing on through until today with digital video, feature film production has been affordable for the average Joe and Josephine. Few adults had the … Continue reading

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The Card Player

A winning hand This 2004 Italian thriller represents both a step forward and a return to form for writer/director Dario Argento. In recent years, fans of the Poe of Cinema have been wanting him to return to the kind of … Continue reading

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Fahrenheit 9/11

Mondo Bush You might well wonder why Michael Moore’s new documentary feature should be reviewed here in Movie Madness. Well, in some ways, Fahrenheit 9/11 resembles the old Italian psychotronic documentaries like Mondo Cane and Africa Addio – See: A … Continue reading

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Godzilla (1954)

Bikini spawns monster  Guest Review by Mike Flores Let me begin by saying if you saw the 1956 American version of Godzilla with Raymond Burr, you have not seen Godzilla. Not by a long shot. Reflecting the U.S. superiority of … Continue reading

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Kill Bill Vol. 2

QT and UT are back for More Revenge  Imagine a friend invites you to hear his or her band play. You haven’t heard them play before, so you’re not sure what to expect, but from you’re friend’s music collection you … Continue reading

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Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Remake/Re-animate When I went to see Tom Savini’s 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead, I tried to do so without a chip on my shoulder, and I came away without being disappointed by what is a reasonably entertaining … Continue reading

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Dawn of the Dead DVD

Zombies in HD The back package copy on Anchor Bay’s new edition of Dawn of the Dead describes the new commentrak recorded for it “startling”, but what’s truly startling is their new High Definition transfer of the film itself. I’ve … Continue reading

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Crimson Pig

Plane Crazy Porky Japan’s anime master Hayoa Miyazaki loves airplanes, especially vintage aircraft. He showed this inclination in his earlier features Laputa and Kiki’s Delivery Service, but her he let’s his obsession take center stage.

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