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ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN
Release: Dec 80 - Review: 14 MAy 08

Any Which Way is a "Right turn, Clyde!"

There’s nothing deep here; crack a beer, strip down to your wife-beater and just enjoy it.
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DRACULA
Release: Feb 1931 - Review: 8 May 08

Evil's Fruity Face.

Dracula is a mediocre 1931 movie, but the concept of the undead, blood-craving supernatural demon is so mythically instilled in the planet’s – ahem - bloodstream...
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RED PLANET
Release: Nov 00 - Review: 5 May 08

Blue-Skying Salmon Sky.

Smart-mouthing their way to Mars like glibness is fueling their ship, one of them says, “The hope and survival of mankind rests on us.” Gee, I hope not.
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THE FOUNTAIN
Release: Nov 06 - Review: 1 May 08

Doubtin' The Fountain.

Raving beauty, rabid camera angling and startlingly somber performances almost save this movie from its own convoluted and ambitious storyline.
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KING KONG 1976
Release: Dec 76 - Review: 1 May 08

Ape-tastrophe!

... a guy in an ape suit walking around like a guy in an ape suit...
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STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
Release: Nov 96 - Review: 30 Apr 08

Camping in a Row of Future Tense.

I could say this movie was “a whale of a time” but it wasn’t really. Starting with a promising premise, as the story unfolded, it quickly lost its porpoise.
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BREACH
Release: Feb 07 - Review: 29 Apr 08

Scapegoat for a far more evil government.

George W. Bush’s and Dick Cheney’s Amerika offers absolutely zero moral high ground to crow about OTHER people selling secrets to enemies.
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ALIENS
Release: Jul 86 - Review: 28 Apr 08

The Warrior/Goddess Dichotomy and the Eternal Feminine.

Cameron creates a script that bluntly screams “More is Better” – more aliens, more victims, more explosions and incredible amounts of more mucus.
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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Release: Nov 07 - Review: 27 Apr 08

New Killer. Old Hairstyle.

The plot is almost secondary to the exceptional manner in which the story is told through movie MAKING; through the “art” of making the movie...
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COMING SOON to Poffy's Movie Mania...
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  Reviews in Progress: You can click on the pics to see the unfinished/rough writings that are surfing their way to their spot on this website even as you ogle them...don't expect them to be readable, or even to make any sense - they're just scribblings. Some are so unfinished they're not even posted here... d'oh! But you can see their pretty posters... ah, promises, promises.... hope was the greatest evil in Pandora's Jar....
 
PASSION OF THE CHRIST
SIGNS
INDEPENDENCE DAY
BAD SANTA
TOMBSTONE

16 BLOCKS
CRIMINAL
DIE HARD
THE PROPOSITION
RETURN OF THE JEDI
GOODFELLAS
GLADIATOR
           
           
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Chronological listing of reviews...
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CON AIR Release: Jun 97 - Review: 26 Apr 08
AMERICAN PSYCHO Release: Jan 00 - Review: 25 Apr 08
DEEP IMPACT Release: May 98 - Review: 21 Apr 08

HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER Release: Apr 73 - Review: 21 Apr 08
SWEENEY TODD: Release: Dec 07 - Review: 8 Jan 08
AMERICAN GANGSTER Release: Nov 07 - Review: 6 Jan 08
BEOWULF Release: Nov 07 - Review: 6 Jan 08

RENDITION Release: Oct 07 - Review: 5 Jan 08

DEATH SENTENCE
Release: Sep 07 - Review: 29 Dec 07
 
AMERICA: FREEDOM TO FASCISM Release: Jun 06 - Review: 31 Aug 07
THE U.S. VS JOHN LENNON Release: Sep 06 - Review: 28 Aug 07
 
 

RICHARD PRYOR LIVE IN CONCERT Release: Jan 79 - Review: 4 Aug 07
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
Release: Mar 75 - Review: 4 Aug 07

JARHEAD Release: Nov 05 - Review: 30 Jul 07

THE AVIATOR Release: Dec 04 - Review: 28 Jul 07

1408 Release: Jul 07 - Review: 27 Jul 07
LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD
Release: Jul 07 - Review: 23 Jul 07
 
  BILLY MADISON Release: Feb 95 - Review: 21 Jul 07
SICKO Release: Jul 07 - Review: 18 Jul 07
FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER Release: Jul 07 - Review: 9 Jul 07
 
FANTASTIC FOUR Release: Jul 05 - Review: 5 Jul 07  
  GALLIPOLI Release: Aug 81 - Review: 4 Jul 07
ACCEPTED Release: Aug 06 - Review: 2 Jul 07  
OCEAN'S THIRTEEN Release: Jun 07 - Review: 29 Jun 07
SURF'S UP Release: Jun 07 - Review: 28 Jun 07
 
  LOVE AND SEX Release: Jul 00 - Review: 21 Jun 07
THE INCREDIBLES
Release: Nov 04 - Review: 20 Jun 07

STAR WARS V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Release: May 80 - Review: 18 Jun 07
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END Release: May 07 - Review: 16 Jun 07  
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND Release: Sep 06 - Review: 28 May 07  
THE HOAX Release: Apr 07 - Review: 24 May 07
SPIDER-MAN 3 Release: May 07 - Review: 20 May 07
 
  THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS Release: Apr 96 - Review: 18 May 07
BABEL Release: Oct 06 - Review: 18 May 07  
  STAR WARS IV: A NEW HOPE Release: May 77 - Review: 16 May 07
BATMAN Release: Jun 89 - Review: 12 May 07
HOT FUZZ Release: Apr 07 - Review: 10 May 07  
CASINO ROYALE Release: Nov 06 - Review: 8 May 07
TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY Release: Nov 06 - Review: 2 May 07
 
WAR OF THE WORLDS Release: Jun 05 - Review: 18 Apr 07
RED EYE
Release: Aug 05 - Review: 17 Apr 07
 
GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS Release: Aug 06 - Review: 17 Apr 07  
MADAGASCAR Release: May 05 - Review: 16 Apr 07  
  JURASSIC PARK Release: Jun 93 - Review: 10 Apr 07
INVINCIBLE Release: Aug 06 - Review: 5 Apr 07  
CAPOTE Release: Sep 05 - Review: 2 Apr 07  
SHOOTER Release: Mar 07 - Review: 2 Apr 7
BLACK SNAKE MOAN Release: Mar 07 - Review: 31 Mar 07

300 Release: Mar 07 - Review: 24 Mar 07
 
MONSTER HOUSE Release: Jun 06 - Review: 20 Feb 07
CHILDREN OF MEN Release: Dec 06 - Review: 16 Feb 07
 
SMOKIN' ACES Release: Jan 07 - Review: 11 Feb 07  
  NATIONAL TREASURE Release: Nov 04 - Review: 10 Feb 07
SPIDERMAN 2 Release: Jun 04 - Review: 6 Feb 07
HITCH Release: Feb 05 - Review: 4 Feb 07  
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA Release: Dec 06 - Review: 2 Feb 07
BLOOD DIAMOND Release: Dec 06 - Review: 24 Jan 07
 
  EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE Release: Dec 78 - Review: 20 Jan 07
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Release: Apr 05 - Review: 15 Jan 07  
  PHENOMENON Release: Jul 96 - Review: 5 Jan 07
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS Release: Dec 06 - Review: 4 Jan 07
APOCALYPTO Release: Dec 06 - Review: 3 Jan 07
 
  THE TRUMAN SHOW Release: Jun 98 - Review: 31 Dec 06
ROCKY BALBOA Release: Dec 06 - Review: 29 Dec 06  
  GIGLI Release: Aug 03 - Review: 13 Dec 06
BORAT! Release: Nov 06 - Review: 11 Dec 06  
  SUPERMAN II Release: Jul 81 - Review: 9 Dec 06
MAFIA Release: Jul 98 - Review: 7 Dec 06
THE PRESTIGE Release: Oct 06 - Review: 6 Dec 06  
  MEMENTO Release: Mar 01 - Review: 28 Nov 06
LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN Release: Apr 06 - Review: 25 Nov 06  
  SANDS OF IWO JIMA Release: Dec 49 - Review: 24 Nov 06
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT Release: Nov 95 - Review: 18 Nov 06
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS Release: Nov 06 - Review: 16 Nov 06
THE DEPARTED Release: Oct 06 - Review: 5 Nov 06
 
  LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS Release: Mar 99 - Review: 4 Nov 06
HOLLYWOODLAND Release: Sep 06 - Review: 25 Oct 06
ALL THE KING'S MEN Release: Sep 06 - Review: 2 Oct 06
 
  END OF DAYS Release: Nov 99 - Review: 22 Sep 06
VELVET GOLDMINE Release: Oct 98 - Review: 18 Sep 06
CRANK Release: Sep 06 - Review: 13 Sep 06
THE ILLUSIONIST Release: Aug 06 - Review: 7 Sep 06
 
  SNATCH Release: Jan 01- Review: 5 Sep 06
MATCH POINT Release: Jan 06 - Review: 2 Sep 06  
  PLAY MISTY FOR ME Release: Nov 71 - Review: 25 Aug 06
WORLD TRADE CENTER Release: Aug 06 - Review: 25 Aug 06
LADY IN THE WATER Release: Aug 06 - Review: 18 Aug 06
 
  CROCODILE DUNDEE II Release: May 88 - Review: 13 Aug 06
BIG DADDY Release: Jun 99 - Review: 5 Aug 06
TOMMY Release: Mar 75 - Review: 29 Jul 0
THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN Release: Sep 05 - Review: 27 Jul 06  
  A PERFECT WORLD Release: Nov 93 - Review: 24 Jul 06
PEOPLE I KNOW Release: Apr 03 - Review: 22 Jul 06
NACHO LIBRE Release: Jun 06 - Review: 22 Jul 06
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST Release: Jun 06 - Review: 17 Jul 06
 
  THE FIFTH ELEMENT Release: May 97 - Review: 11 Jul 06
SUPERMAN Release: Dec 78 - Review: 11 Jul 06
FLIGHT 93 Release: Jan 06 - Review: 5 Jul 06
SUPERMAN RETURNS Release: Jun 06 - Review: 4 Jul 06
X-MEN: THE LAST STAND Release: May 06 - Review: 25 Jun 06
 
  KING OF KINGS Release: Oct 61 - Review: 24 Jun 06
KICKING AND SCREAMING Release: May 05 - Review: 17 Jun 06  
  BEING JOHN MALKOVICH Release: Sep 99 - Review: 17 Jun 06
ELF Release: Nov 03 - Review: 14 Jun 06
ROMEO AND JULIET Release: Nov 96 - Review: 13 Jun 06
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH Release: May 06 - Review: 12 Jun 06
THE DA VINCI CODE Release: May 06 - Review: 6 Jun 06
 
  ALONG CAME POLLY Release: Jan 04 - Review: 6 Jun 06
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND Release: Mar 04 - Review: 3 Jun 06
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Release: Apr 68 - Review: 31 May 06
GALAXY QUEST Release: Dec 99 - Review: 30 May 06
MISSION TO MARS Release: Mar 00 - Review: 29 May 06
SURVIVING CHRISTMAS Release: Oct 04 - Review: 28 May 06
OVER THE HEDGE Release: May 06 - Review: 27 May 06
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING Release: Mar 06 - Review: 26 May 06
 
  ROCK STAR Release: Sep 01 - Review: 22 May 06
THE INTERPRETER Release: Apr 05 - Review: 20 May 06  
  CROCODILE DUNDEE Release: Sep 86 - Review: 20 May 06
MONSTER-IN-LAW Release: May 05 - Review: 18 May 06  
  THE GODFATHER Release: Mar 72 - Review: 13 May 06
UNITED 93 Release: Apr 06 - Review: 7 May 06  
  TITANIC Release: Dec 97 - Review: 3 May 06
TOY STORY Release: Nov 95 - Review: 1 May 06
Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN Release: Oct 01 - Review: 29 Apr 06
THE SENTINEL Release: Apr 06 - Review: 26 Apr 06  
  UNFORGIVEN Release: Aug 92 - Review: 22 Apr 06
BARB WIRE Release: May 96 - Review: 21 Apr 06
CONSTANTINE Release: Feb 05 - Review: 21 Apr 06  
  THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT Release: Jan 04 - Review: 13 Apr 06
V FOR VENDETTA Release: Mar 06 - Review: 12 Apr 06  
  2010: ODYSSEY TWO Release: Dec 84 - Review: 9 Apr 06
MEET THE FOCKERS Release: Dec 04 - Review: 9 Apr 06
INSIDE MAN Release: Mar 06 - Review:7 Apr 06  
  KINSEY Release: Nov 04 - Review: 4 Apr 06
EMILY'S REASONS WHY NOT Release: Jan 06 - Review: 2 Apr 06  
  THE LAST SAMURAI Release: Dec 03 - Review: 2 Apr 06
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET Release: Nov 94 - Review: 30 Mar 06
THE SOPRANOS: SEASON 3 Release: Feb 2001
KELLY'S HEROES Release: Jun 70 - Review: 1 Mar 06
TREKKIES 2 Release: Apr 04 - Review: 26 Feb 06
ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY Release: Jul 04 - Review: 22 Feb 06
DAVE Release: May 1993 - Review: 18 Feb 06
JACKASS: THE MOVIE Release: Oct 02 - Review: 23 Jan 06
FUN WITH DICK AND JANE Release: Dec 05 - Review: 22 Jan 06
QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS: RETURN OF THE CHAMPIONS Release: Sep 05 - Review: 21 Jan 06
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Release: Dec 05 - Review: 19 Jan 2006
 
  SPACE COWBOYS Release: Aug 2000 - Review: 17 Jan 06
MUNICH Release: Dec 05 - Review: 8 Jan 06
WHITE NOISE Release: Jan 05 - Review: 5 Jan 06
 
  IN GOOD COMPANY Release: Dec 04 - Review: 4 Jan 06
SPANGLISH Release: Dec 04 - Review: 1 Jan 2006
SYRIANA Release: Dec 05 - Review: 31 Dec 05  
  JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Release: Aug 1973 - Review: 28 Dec 05
KING KONG Release: Apr 1933 - Review: 26 Dec 05
KING KONG 2005 Release: Dec 05 - Review: 23 Dec 05
DERAILED Release: Nov 05 - Review: 18 Dec 05
 
  THE PEACEMAKER Release: Sep 97 - Review: 18 Dec 05
INHERIT THE WIND Release: Nov 1960 - Review: 9 Dec 05
I, ROBOT Release: Jul 04 - Review: 7 Dec 05
WALK THE LINE Release: Sep 05 - Review: 5 Dec 05  
  JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR 2000 Release: Mar 01 - Review: 26 Nov 05
ENVY Release: Apr 04 - Review: 26 Nov 05
INTERSECTION
Release: Jan 94 - Review: 24 Nov 05
JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO Release: Mar 90 - Review: 23 Nov 05
CATWOMAN Release: Jul 04 - Review: 22 Nov 05
OCEAN'S TWELVE Release: Dec 04 - Review: 22 Nov 05
WRONG TURN Release: May 03 - Review: 21 Nov 05
INTOLERABLE CRUELTY Release: Oct 03 - Review: 20 Nov 05
THE CREEPING TERROR Release: 1964 - Review: 18 Nov
FLIGHTPLAN Release: Sep 05 - Review: 17 Nov 05  
  DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY Release: Jun 04 - Review: 15 Nov 05
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN Release: Dec 03 - Review: 7 Nov 05
THE BIG CHILL Release: Sep 1983 - Review: 6 Nov 05
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE Release: Oct 05 - Review: Nov 05  
  CONTACT Release: Jul 1997 - Review: 31 Oct 05
CAST AWAY Release: Dec 00 - Review: 20 Oct 05
TROY Release: May 04 - Review: 19 Oct 05
ACE VENTURA PET DETECTIVE Release: Feb 1994 - Review: 19 Oct 05
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY Release: 1965 - Review: 19 Oct 05
OCEAN'S ELEVEN Release: Dec 01 - Review: 8 Oct 05
THE IMPOSTORS Release: 1998 - Review: 7 Oct 05
HULK Release: Jun 03 - Review: 6 Oct 05
CAPRICORN ONE Release: 1978 - Review: 4 Oct 05
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Release: 1951 - Review: 3 Oct 05
SKY HIGH Release: Jul 05 - Review: 2 Oct 05  
  GARFIELD Release: Jun 04 - Review: 29 Sep 05
THE TERMINAL Release: Jun 04 - Review: 11 Sep 05
BATMAN AND ROBIN Release: Jun 1997 - Review: 10 Sep 05
APOLLO 13 Release: Jun 1995 - Review: 6 Sep 05
FAHRENHEIT 9/11 Release: Jun 04 - Review: 4 Sep 05
AVP: ALIEN VS. PREDATOR Release: Aug 04 - Review: 2 Sep 05
HIGHLANDER Release: 1986 - Review: 24 Aug 05
HOUSE OF THE DEAD Release: Feb 03 - Review: 23 Aug 05
WEREWOLF Release: 1996 - Review: 22 Aug 05
TENACIOUS D: THE COMPLETE MASTERWORKS Release: Nov 03 - Review: 20 Aug 05
HIGHLANDER III: THE SORCERER Release: Jan 1995 - Review: 19 Aug 05
THE PERFECT SCORE Release: Jan 04 - Review: 14 Aug 05
THE CORE Release: Mar 03 - Review: 14 Aug 05
THE SCHOOL OF ROCK Release: Sep 03 - Review: 12 Aug 05
HELLBOY Release: Mar 04 - Review: 8 Aug 05
THE VALLEY OF GWANGI Release: 1969 - Review: 7 Aug 05
APACHE Release: Jul 1954 - Review: 7 Aug 05
BATMAN BEGINS Release: Jun 05 - Review: 2 Aug 05  
  IDENTITY Release: Apr 03- Review: 29 Jul 05
THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS Release: Jun 1953 - Review: 28 Jul 05
DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT Release: Dec 1995 - Review: 22 Jul 05
TIMELINE Release: Nov 03 - Review: 21 Jul 05
SHALLOW HAL Release: Nov 01 - Review: Jul 05
DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY Release: 1993 - Review: 24 Jun 05
THE STAND Release: May 1994 - Review: 9 Jun 05
STAR WARS III: REVENGE OF THE SITH Release: May 05 - Review: May 05  
  CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE Release: Jun 03 - Review: Dec 04
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING Release: Dec 03 - Review: 18 Dec 04
X2: X-MEN UNITED Release: May 03 - Review: 4 Dec 04
GANGS OF NEW YORK Release: Dec 02 - Review: 2 Dec 04
THE TV WHEEL Release: 1995 - Review: 24 Apr 04
THE CABLE GUY Release: Jun 1996 - Review: 10 Apr 04
KISS: SYMPHONY Release: Apr 03 - Review: 8 Apr 04
THE SUM OF ALL FEARS Release: May 02 - Review: 30 Jan 04
SPACE COWBOYS Release: 2000 - Review: 26 Dec 03
EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS II: EDDIE LIVES! Release: Aug 1989 - Review: Nov 03
3000 MILES TO GRACELAND Release: Feb 01 - Review: Oct 03
THAT THING YOU DO! Release: Oct 1996 - Review: 30 Sep 03
WE WERE SOLDIERS Release: Feb 02 - Review: 2 Sep 03
STAR WARS II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES Release: May 02 - Review: Jul 02
HANNIBAL Release: Feb 01 - Review: Jul 02
SPIDERMAN 2002 Release: May 02 - Review: Jun 02
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING Release: Dec 01 - Review: Feb 02
THE LAST CASTLE Release: Oct 01 - Review: Nov 01
ME MYSELF AND IRENE Release: Jun 00 - Review: Oct 01
ENTERPRISE Release: Sep 01 - Review: Sep 01
PLANET OF THE APES 2001 Release: Jul 01 - Review: Aug 01


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