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Third Time’s a DISMEMBERING Charm…
October 3rd, 2007
A Review of “Resident Evil: Extinction” (R) There is nothing new about the third installment in the Resident Evil series… though, for avid readers of Cinemagogue, you know that’s not necessarily harsh criticism. Still, while the film is enjoyable for fans of the genre, even I was surprised how unabashedly it borrowed from the themes [...]
Read More...More than Meets the Eye…
July 5th, 2007
More than two decades after Hasbro, Takara, Sunbow and Marvel Comics combined forces, to unleash the most successful, holistic, cartoon/comic/vehicle/puzzle/robot marketing campaigns ever known to man, creating a towering titan of revenue that has ebbed and flowed for decades, Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg have taken the steel-reinforced franchise one step further with a crowd-pleasing, comedic [...]
Read More...Fantastic Chore
June 17th, 2007
In 2005, I subjected myself to the Fantastic Bore… watching Jessica Alba failing to act intelligent, while Ioan Gruffudd and Michael Chiklis looked around nervously, hoping no one would notice them as they collected a nice paycheck; the charming Julian McMahon smirked his way through a doomed role that was both poorly written and miscast, appearing [...]
Read More...Come and Get Them…
March 11th, 2007
In 480 B.C., Leonidas and his 300 Spartans sacrificed themselves to buy time for the Greeks as an army of Persians beyond count sought to conquer the lands. Over time, the story has become legend; I actually passed through Thermopylae Pass on a trip through Greece, where the Spartans fell in battle for their families, [...]
Read More...Spider-man 2 has legs (and arms)
January 1st, 2007
Peter Parker spins another web of comedy, drama and spandex as he wrestles with a tentacled villain and his own self-doubt, in what may be the most faithful adaptation of a comic book character to date… battling with Batman Begins for the best comic adapted film to date. The comic, the character, and his narrative [...]
Read More...X-Men: The Last Stand has legs
May 25th, 2006
When a cure for the mutant gene is announced by a corporation working with the government, the militant Magneto rallies his mutant brotherhood for a decisive strike against Homo sapiens humanity. Charles Xavier and his school of X-Men prepare to respond in kind, but the return of a former teammate, thought to be dead, upsets [...]
Read More...ZOMBIE MOVIES RISE AGAIN
September 29th, 2002
A review of “Resident Evil“ Starring Milla Jovovich Michelle Rodriguez Eric Mabius James Purefoy Martin Crewes Directed by Paul Anderson Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes Rated R Nothing on film scares me quite like Zombies. Frankenstein, Dracula, werewolves and even stories about demons rarely tickle the hair on the back of my neck like [...]
Read More...Fight Makes Right…
December 18th, 1999
A review of “FIGHT CLUB” by James Harleman Starring Brad Pitt Edward Norton Helena Bonham Carter Directed by David Fincher Based on the book by Chuck Palahniuk 139 minutes, Rated R Tyler Durden is right… For those who’ve already seen “Fight Club”, (the latest cinematic offering from the man who brought us the horrific mystery “Seven” and [...]
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