12/6/2009
This game delivers for most GTA fans so I have to give a solid eight.
Imagine my surprise when I walked into my local video game store and the kid behind the counter tells me, 'Hey, we are taking pre-orders on GTA.''Wow, already?' I responded.'Yeah, with Vice City, the people were lined up around the block, so you better do it now but it won't be out until October.'...
1/27/2005
Mamet delivers up and down thriller/
Val Kilmer stars as a super secret service agent Robert Scott in this sometimes interesting, sometimes under whelming tale of finding the kidnapped daughter of the President of the United States. Fans of David Mamet's (House Of Games, Glengarry Glen Ross) style and pacing will be used to the...
1/24/2005
A little Misery," a little "Fatal Attraction," but all Takashi Miike
Wow ? what a great movie. Seven years after losing his wife, lonely widower Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) finally decides its time to find a new wife. A friend suggests holding a fake audition to find the right girl and that's exactly what they do, but something isn't right in Whoville when...
1/24/2005
Sequel to the anime sensation Ghost In The Shell
Having not seen the first Ghost In The Shell, I can't compare this sequel to the original. With that said, this film as absolutely stunning visually. The combination of 2-D animation with 3-D CGI is absolutely amazing and it sucked me in right from the start. The story is of Bato, a cyborg...
1/24/2005
The man, the myth, the legend of Ron Jeremy/
Even though this is about porn legend Ron Jeremy the content is done less to titillate than to inform in its own quirky way. In this documentary, we learn about the lovable hedgehog's (Ron's nickname) personal life and his dogged determination to make it in the legitimate film industry. Ron is an...
1/17/2005
Unfinished business gets taken care of...
If you want pulse-pounding, adrenaline-pumping, man-against-man action, then the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) are for you. In UFC 49, you get plenty of mixed martial arts bang for your buck. An excellent technical fight prevails in the first bout from lightweights Diaz and Parysian. In...
1/17/2005
Another title that follows in the foot steps of the "eerily atmospheric"
Along with other Asian horror films that were highly touted, Ju-on: The Grudge had terms like "sheer unrelenting terror", "most horrific in cinematic history" and "creates an atmosphere of extreme dread" attached to it. I can't agree with any of those statements. This is another one of those movies...
1/11/2005
Heeeeeeeere
Script? Plot? Acting? Are you kidding me? This is a movie about a serial killer doll, his serial killer wife and their child. Yes, Chucky (Brad Dourif) is back and so is Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly). Add to the mix - a sexually confused son/daughter - Glen/Glenda (Billy Boyd), the self-parody of Tilly...
12/22/2004
The jet flyin', limousine ridin', kiss stealin', wheelin' dealin' son of a gun writes a book. Whooooooooooooo!!!
“To Be the Man” chronicles the life and times of Ric Flair, multi-time heavyweight champion and legend of the squared circle. The book also gives a brief glimpse into the private life of man that is Richard Fliehr. It is a fast read, with writing on a par with the best of the wrestling biographies.
12/16/2004
Washing up on cable with good ratings...
Once again, the Sci-fi channel scores big in December with a miniseries. "Legend Of Earthsea," a story based on two books by Ursula K. Le Guin drew an average rating of 3.68 over its two nights according to zap2it.com. The four-hour miniseries debuted Monday night Dec 13th with a 3.44 rating, which...
