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Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?
May 28, 2003
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Fandom is a tricky thing for Bruce Campbell. He's been referred to as a "man-god" by Ain't-It-Cool-News' Harry Knowles, able to fill the halls at Comic-Con based on his iconic role as the slapstick, deadpan hero Ash in Sam Raimi's…
by Luke Y. Thompson
December 24, 2008
Tags: Film Feature, Film, Bruce Campbell, SCI FI Channel, Harry Knowles, New Orleans
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Flying saucers just aren't that scary anymore. Especially after Ed Wood and Mars Attacks, it's hard to take a threat from a giant Frisbee all that seriously. So what's an update of the iconic 1951 sci-fi flick, The Day the…
by Luke Y. Thompson
December 10, 2008
Tags: Film, Film, Keanu Reeves, United Nations, Ed Wood, Frisbee
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It really shouldn't have been so hard to make a decent Punisher movie.The Marvel Comics character, who shot to prominence in the late '80s after Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns proved there was an appetite for psychotic and homicidal…
by Luke Y. Thompson
December 3, 2008
Tags: Film, Film, Frank Castle, Thomas Jane, Dolph Lundgren, Ray Stevenson
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Gleefully demonizing both the British “chav” working-class and the horror genre's usual target audience of mid-teen males, Eden Lake pits a well-to-do, soon-to-be-married couple (Kelly Reilly and Michael Fassbender) against a gang of obnoxious, bicycle-riding 14-year-olds. It's the epitomical rule…
by Luke Y. Thompson
October 29, 2008
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, Michael Fassbender, James Watkins, United Kingdom, Western Europe
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Uwe Boll isn't one to take criticism lying down. In 2006, the prolific German director, best known for his nearly annual output of poorly reviewed videogame adaptations, challenged his most vocal critics to meet him in a Vancouver boxing ring,…
by Luke Y. Thompson
May 28, 2008
Tags: Film, Film, Uwe Boll, Germany, Burt Reynolds, Dave Foley
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During George W. Bush’s fourth term as president, the administration’s desire for crises and predisposition toward fuck-ups leads to the creation of a zombie virus that the government hopes will help replenish troops for its various overseas conflicts. Infected women…
by Luke Y. Thompson
April 16, 2008
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, George W. Bush, Jay Lee, Jenna Jameson
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During George W. Bush's fourth term as president, the administration's desire for crises and predisposition toward fuck-ups leads to the creation of a zombie virus that the government hopes will help replenish troops for its various overseas conflicts. Infected women…
by Luke Y. Thompson
April 16, 2008
Tags: FilmCap, Column, George W. Bush, George Romero, Jay Lee, Jenna Jameson
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Rare is the star vehicle that is as poorly matched to its star as Drillbit Taylor, which casts Owen Wilson as a homeless army deserter and con man, able to fool people into believing he's both a substitute teacher and…
by Luke Y. Thompson
March 19, 2008
Tags: Film, Film, Owen Wilson, Drillbit Taylor, Judd Apatow, Alex Frost
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Perhaps the most oft-quoted line from Zack Snyder's cinematic adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel 300 is "Tonight we dine in hell!" Chowing down on a box of Butterfinger Minis during a screening of Meet the Spartans, you will…
by Luke Y. Thompson
January 30, 2008
Tags: Film, Film, Aaron Seltzer, Jason Friedberg, Leslie Nielsen, Carmen Electra
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Hey, Fox marketing people? If you have a cinematic franchise that you wish to keep vibrant, calling the latest installment Requiem is a bad idea. As is stealing the ending from Resident Evil: Apocalypse, of all things. But aside from…
by Luke Y. Thompson
January 2, 2008
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, Ian Whyte
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Oscar winner in hideous haircut? Check. Love interest with foreign accent? Yup. Insanely convoluted treasure hunt involving multiple ancient clues to solve historical mystery? You know it. But this ain't The Da Vinci Code, folks. How can we tell? National…
by Luke Y. Thompson
December 26, 2007
Tags: Night&Day, Highlights, Nicolas Cage, Academy Awards, Benjamin Gates, Ed Harris
