Heathers (1989)
A prescient, blackly comic satire on the effect that school cliques have on youth that can’t seem to fit in, Heathers would jokingly refer to teen angst having a body count. At the time of the...
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Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
Following Jaws 3D, which had begun as a National Lampoon project to make the third Jaws film a tongue-in-cheek comedy named Jaws 3, People 0.”, the idea came around again for a humorous effort for the fourth...
Fist of Legend (1994)
Fist of Legend is the updated remake of the classic Bruce Lee film, The Chinese Connection, this time starring Hong Kong superstar Jet Li. Lee’s are big shoes to fill for the diminutive Li, but if anyone...
Batman & Robin (1997)
“Batman smells — Robin laid an egg.” I couldn’t get these words to the famous “Jingle Bells” parody out of my head while watching what might be the worst mega-budget fiasco of the decade. By...
Enduring Love (2004)
In Roger Ebert’s Glossary of Movie Terms, which comes from his annual movie guide, “Roger Ebert’s Video Companion”, he lists a term called the Balloon Rule, which states, “Good movies rarely contain a hot-air...
Foxy Brown (1974)
A staple in any blaxploitation cinema lover’s diet, Foxy Brown is perhaps Pam Grier’s most popular in the genre. Grier is Foxy Brown personified — sexy, tough, and able to alternatively seduce or throw down...
Man on Fire (2004)
Man on Fire is the second time A.J. Quinnell’s novel has been adapted for the big screen, with the first time coming back in 1987 in an unsuccessful version starring Scott Glenn. This 2004...
The Punisher (2004)
While I am a comic book fan, and I have collected many issues of Marvel’s “The Punisher” and some of its offshoot titles, I do feel that the character’s limitations make it a weak...
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Coming into Kill Bill, many people will have a good deal of negative feelings stored up for the egotistical filmmaker responsible, as well as the fact that Miramax is going to make us pay twice...
Thunderbolt (1995)
If you watch Jackie Chan’s films only for the two or three lengthy, well-choreographed fight scenes, and are able to sit patiently through ninety more minutes of bad drama in between, perhaps you will...