Archive for September, 2002

Quiz Show

Growing up, movies and television were my best friend. I couldn’t wait to get home from school and watch “Dark Shadows,” and found myself glued to the television during school breaks watching game shows. I had favorites, but I just enjoyed watching people win. Read the rest of this entry »

Films Review October

BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF (R)
(Universal)

THE LADY AND THE DUKE (PG-13)
(Columbia-TriStar)

NINE QUEENS (R)
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Mystery Men

As “Mystery Men” begins, Champion City super hero Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear) is facing tough times. The problem is, Amazing is so good at cleaning up crime that there aren’t any decent super villains to defend the city from anymore. Read the rest of this entry »

The Haunting

Watching the remake of “The Haunting” is the equivalent of going to a Halloween party you’ve really been looking forward to only to find out that the turd in the punch bowl is real. Forget things that go bump in the night, be afraid of things that go dump in the night.
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Films Review September

COMIC BOOK VILLAINS (R)Writer-director James Robinson has brought together a gaggle of familiar faces to tell his tale of rival comic book store owners who engage in a dark and deadly battle over a collection of valuable comics. Read the rest of this entry »

Domestic Disturbance

You want to feel sorry for Danny Morrison (Matt O’Leary), a 12-year old going through the pangs of divorce. As if the divorce weren’t enough of a jolt, Danny’s situation goes from bad to worse when his mother remarries. Top that off with the realization that Danny’s new stepfather is actually a killer and you have the makings of a made-for-television melodrama. Read the rest of this entry »

Final Fantasy

A lot has been written about “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within,” a computer generated science-fiction adventure that attempts to duplicate photo realistic people. A lot of time and money, reportedly a lot of money, went into the development and production of “Final Fantasy.” Read the rest of this entry »

Bare witness

Exasperating direct-to-video sex thriller stars Angie Everhart and Daniel Baldwin, and contains the usual array of dumb dialogue, dumb direction and dumb logic. Everhart plays a call girl who wants to go straight, but finds herself trapped in a world of hired killers and political cover-ups. Everhart showed more in Playboy than she does here, which would have been the film’s only calling card. Instead, fans of the ravishing beauty will get a disconnect. (Columbia-TriStar) Read the rest of this entry »

You, Me, and Dupree

Anyone with a couch, a spare room or a basement knows a Dupree. Dupree, as played by the always likeable Owen Wilson, is that carefree, throw caution-to-the-wind friend who passed puberty but never grew up. There have been a lot of man-child movies lately, perfect excuses for juvenile behavior. If these characters weren’t so earnest they would be pathetic. Wilson is extremely earnest as Dupree, but his situation is just as pathetic. Read the rest of this entry »

Alone in the Dark

If you want to be alone while watching Alone In The Dark, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is you will get your wish. The bad news is that misery loves company.

Being dangled by red hot nipple clamps over a pit of cactus and scorpions would be less painful than sitting through this menage a trash about aliens, monsters, nefarious scientists, abducted children, a paranormal putz and Tara Reid as a museum curator. Pinch me, I must be dreaming. Read the rest of this entry »