Action

Spider-Man 2

November 29, 2004 // 0 Comments

Our friendly neighborhood Spider-man swings back into town and onto DVD with the absolutely fantastic "Spider-man 2." Sam Raimi returns to direct the sequel to the 2002 smash hit. And in one of those rare instances creates a film that surpasses [...]

The Chronicles of Riddick

November 16, 2004 // 0 Comments

Note: This review is based on the Unrated Director’s Cut of the film. The Theatrical Cut is also sold separately. "The Chronicles of Riddick" is the direct sequel to the smaller cult science fiction hit "Pitch Black." 5 years prior, [...]

Hero

November 15, 2004 // 0 Comments

Director Yimou Zhang is probably best known to American audiences for his 1991 film "Raise The Red Lantern, " and he is back with an incredible period piece that is a sweeping movie full of cinematic poetry and staggering imagery, called [...]

Van Helsing

October 11, 2004 // 0 Comments

Earlier this year "Van Helsing" was the film that started off the yearly summer blockbusters. Opening on May 7th, "Van Helsing" didn’t quite bring in the box office that was expected in the domestic market, but internationally it was [...]

The Day After Tomorrow

September 29, 2004 // 0 Comments

It’s been some time since the last really big disaster movie, if memory serves me right, and it is truly refreshing to see that we have a real treat again here. It also seems evident that German ex-patriot Roland Emmerich has a faible for these kinds of [...]

The Punisher

September 7, 2004 // 0 Comments

"Those who do evil to others – the killers, the rapists, psychos, sadists, will come to know me well. Frank Castle is dead. Call me the Punisher." Those who are familiar with the hit Marvel Comics series will know Frank Castle very well [...]

Walking Tall

September 1, 2004 // 0 Comments

Based on the real-life exploits of Sheriff Buford Pusser, The Rock stars in a remake of the popular 1973 original. Upon arriving home to work at the local wood mill, U.S Army Special Forces Chris Vaughn finds that his home town is very different from that [...]

Duel

August 17, 2004 // 0 Comments

Steven Spielberg’s "Duel" is widely regarded and promoted as the wunderkind’s directorial debut, though that is not entirely true. He directed a series of TV episodes before and "Duel" was his first feature-length film that he [...]

Kill Bill: Volume 2

August 9, 2004 // 0 Comments

Pablo Picasso once set out to find out with how little he would get away with, meaning he wondered if people would still pay fortunes for his paintings, even if he put nothing but a single one brush stroke on a canvas wihout a deeper purpose – and they [...]

The Bourne Identity: Extended Edition

July 27, 2004 // 0 Comments

Just in time for the theatrical release of the sequel, Universal has re-released "The Bourne Identity" as what they call and Extended Edition. Mimicking even the look of the theatrical posters of the sequel one can’t help but wonder if [...]
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