| MOVIE & VIDEO REVIEWS (October 2006) |
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| ABIGAIL'S MERCY - TO HELL WITH ANGELS (DVD) 2006 This is actually a special edition box set that encludes the "SALVATION" album & DVD set. Check out the Music Reviews section for the CD review. This DVD contains 2 videos. The first video is for the song "To Hell With Angels" & the second video is for the song "Cloud Dancer". ABIGAIL'S MERCY play some Gothic sounding Metal music with some touches of Rock & Traditional Heavy Metal. I really like the mixture of the male & female vocals. The male vocals are done in a mid ranged Metal style, while the female vocals are done in a melodic Gothic style. Keep a watch for these guys, they will be big soon!!! info@ABIGAILSMERCY.co.uk / www.ABIGAILSMERCY.co.uk |
| BIKINI AIRWAYS (R) RETRO MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT (DVD) 2003 Starring: Regina Russell, Beverly Lynne, Kylie Biscayne, Amy Lindsay, Brad Bartram & more. In this soft core adult film disguised as a comedy A woman inherits an airline from a uncle. She has no clue what she is doing & doesn't know how to keep the airline from going under. No one wants to fly her company, then she comes up a with a great idea. She decides to cater stictly to bachlor parties & changes the name of the company to Bikini Airways. They have a great buisness & the flight attendents were bikini's & do some extra special service for their customers. This film was a bit boring & the acting was cheesy, the funny parts weren't funny. If it wasn't for all the nudity this film would have been worthless to watch!!! |
| BIKINI CHAIN GANG (R) RETRO MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT (DVD) 2005 Starring: Beverly Lynne, Jay Richardson, Kylie Biscayne & more. This is yet another adult soft core film disgused as a comedy. This film takes place in an all womans prison, where of course all the woman get it on with each other & the wardens. Some of the girls get taken out to do some work in the fields, but are chained together & forced to wear bikinis when doing so. The girls try to escape & when they meet people to help them, they of course have sex with them. They eventually escpae completely & run off to have sex with a bunch of people. This is just as bad as the film above except for all the nudity in it, there wouldn't be any other reason to watch this film!!! |
| BLOODLINE (R) LIONSGATE FILMS (DVD) 2004 Starring: Clay Adams, Jay Anthony, Aimee Barth, Keith Coulouris, Lauren Gibbs & more. This is a low budget horror movie that was a bit cheesy. The film follows a bunch of teens who are camping in the woods when some of the kids are attacked & slaughtered. The rest of them panic & are trying to find out who is doing it & trying to survive. They find out that the killer is a deformed guy who has a bloodline of crazies in his family. They all went pyscho & hacked up a bunch of people. This was a bad horror flick that pulls from a lot of other films & does a poor job of it. The acting, story & the special effects were pretty bad. This is maybe worth one viewing & that's it!!! |
| CRANK (R) LIONS GATE FILMS (Theater) 2006 Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efrone Ramirez, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Dwight Yoakam & more. This was a very cool action film about a hitman that gets in too deep. He wakes up in his bed after being attacked & drugged. They leave him a video to show him what they did to him. They injected him with some kind of drug that when he slows down his heart will stop. He has to keep his heart pumping as fast as posibble. He does anything he can that will be non stop action & give him an adrenaline rush. There was a good story, great action stuff & there was even a lot of comedy all through out. If you want to see a grreat action flick with a good story, this is the film to check out!!! www.CRANKfilm.com |
| E-A-G-L-E-S! THE MOVIE (UR) HART SHARP VIDEO (DVD) 2005 This movie is done in a documentary way & follows a few different Philadelphia Eagles fans through the 2004 footbal season. This is the season when we first got Terrell Owens & was probably the most talked about season in Eagles football for a long time. The movie follows the fans & shows how dedicated & obssessed some people are. They cover parking lot tailgaters, sports bar fans, home fans & fans that go to the games. They say the Eagles fans are the most dedicated, serious & emotional fans in the whole NFL. This film shows it very well. There are some things with players, coaches, owners & more in the film as well. Being I am a huge Eagles fan & have been since a baby, I really enjoyed this movie a lot. Football fans everywhere, except maybe Dallas, could appreciate this film, even if they are not an Eagles fan!!! |
| LOSER (PG-13) SONY PICTURES (DVD) 2000 Starring: Jason Biggs, Mena Savari, Zak Orth, Thomas Sadoski, Greg Kinnear & more. Jason Biggs is a small town teen who wants to get into college in New York. Once he is accepted he gets very nervous, cause he has never been outside his little town. He's affraid he won't fit in & not make any friends. He has three roomates who do nothing but party & get wasted. They treat him like crap & torture him. They eventually get him kicked out of the school dorms. He gets a job & new place, plus falls in love with a gilr in his class. She gets drugged at the party & almost dies. He takes care of her & they get really close. The film was ok, not the funniest film, but still an ok one to check out! www.sony.com/LOSER |
| MULVA ZOMBIE ASSKICKER / FILTHY MCNASTY (R) LOW BUDGET FILMS (DVD) 2001/2002 Starring: Missy Donatuti, Chris Seaver, Debbie Rochon, Doug Sakmann, Lloyd Kaufman & more. This DVd contains two of the cheesist & some what horrible low budget horror films I have ever seen. The first film follows a really disturbing looking girl on halloween night. As she & her friend go out they start getting attacked by terrible looking zombies. The second film follows two girls who are outcast in their school & want nothing more than to be part of the cool crowd. They make a deal with the devil to become beautiful & cool. The only thing is that all the people they wanted to be like are being killed off by the devil. These films were really bad & reminded me of some ones home made movies. |
| MUNICH (R) UNIVERSAL PICTURES (DVD) 2005 Starring: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciaran Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler & more. This film is about the the murder of Israel athletes @ the 1972 Olympics in Munich Germany. The movie starts out a bit slow, but kicks in very quickly after & is non stop suspense all through out. The government sets up a special task force to go after these terrorist & other know terrorist that they are connected to. It follows these guys & how they set them up to kill them. The movie is three hours long, but it moves very quickly & there is a lot of action with a great story, so you never realize it. This is one that is definatly worth watching a few times!!! www.MUNICHmovie.com |
| SCARY MOVIE 4 (UR) DIMENSION FILMS / MIRAMAX FILMS (DVD) 2006 Starring: Anna Faris, Craig Bierko, Anthony Anderson, Regina Hall, Carmen Electra & more. This is the 4th installment of this film franchise that spoofs the latest films that have been out. This time they spoof WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE GRUDGE, BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN & SAW. Sometimes these movies are hit or miss, I think this one missed more than it hit. There were some funny parts in the films, but most of the stuff wasn't that funny or just was plain stupid. This wasn't as good as the past films, but I didn't think they had good films to spoof this time around as well. This one could go either way depending on what type of films you like! I would pass on this one though. www.SCARYMOVIE.com |
| SHIRI (R) SAMSUNG ENTERTAINMENT (DVD) 1999 Starring:Suk-Kyu Han, Min Sik Choi, Yoon-Jin Kim, Kang-Ho Sung, Johnny Kim & more. A young couple own & run a small fish store in the heart of Japan. When people start turning up dead around them they get a little suspicious of what is going on. A special government hitman is sent in to take control of these things. When they get in a little too deep the man of the couple finds out some other secrets he wasn't expecting. He uncovers somethings about his girlfriend he was a little taking back by. She is a special agent for the government who takes out people as a special hitman! This was a decent movie, but a little slow at times! http://SHIRI.film.ru |
| SPIDER FOREST (R) TARTAN VIDEO (DVD) 2004 Satrring: Woo-Seong Kam, Jung Suh, Kyeong-Heon Kang, Hyeong-Seong Jang, Byung-Ho Son & more. A man discovers his wife has been cheating on him & takes revenge. He follows them & finds them deep in the spider forest in a small house. Once he goes in he begins to slaughter them & butcher them. He then wonders from the house & is attcked by some one, he doesn't recognize. He ends up walking through a road tunnel & gets hit by a truck. He wakes up in a hospital & tries to piece things together & figure out what has happened. This was a little bizarre at times & a great film. I really dig these strange, off beat Asian films a lot & this is defantely one of those that I will always remember!!! Well worth watching!!! www.gumisus.co.kr |
| SURVIVAL ISLAND (R) FUTURE FILMS LTD (Showtime) 2005 Starring: Billy Zane, Kelly Brook, Juan Pablo Pi Place, Todd Collins, Victoria Diace & more. Two couples rent a yacht & go out on the ocean. When the hired help & captain of the ship get into a fight, the help jumps ship, but not before he accidentally sets the ship on fire. The ship goes down & so does evryone on board. The help finds himself on an island & rescues the one female passanger. A few days later they find her husband on the other side of the island. Of course things get heated between the two guys, because the woman has grown some feelings for the other guy & has lost interest in her husband. The film was bit slow at times, but was still good enough to hold my interest. The beautiful Kelly Brook in a bikini the whole time helped out a lot too. Maybe worth a few viewings, but not a huge favorite!!! |
| THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC (R) SONY PICTURES (DVD) 1999 Starring: Milla Jovavich, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, John Malkovich, Vincent Casser & more. This is the best role I have ever seen Milla Jovaich in. She is a great actress & did an amazing job portraying Joan Of Arc. This story follows her as a poor peasant girl to a huge leader of the people. She lead the armies in battle against the enemies. The people looked at her as first being crazy, then a prophet, then a warrior, then a witch & ultimately as a legend. This story was done so well & Milla was so great as the lead role I am disapointed that I never saw this movie until now. I will buying this DVD & watching it a lot. This is a great film & should have more respect of everyone involved than it gets. A highly recommended movie!!! |
| ULTIMATE AVENGERS 2 (PG) LIONS GATE FILMS / MARVEL ENTERPRISES (DVD) 2006 Starring: Justin Gross, Olivia D'abo, Grey Delisle, Marc Worden, David Boat & more. This is the second installment in the ULTIMATE AVENGERS animated films. In this film the Avengers travel to Wakanda in Africa to help out the Black Panther & his people. They are being attacked by some alien creatures that can shape shift. They are the same creatures that killed the Black Panthers father. The elders of Wakanda don't like outsiders in their city, but when they realize the ultimate danger of the attacks, they accept the help of the Avengers. This one was a bit better than the first film & I think the characters were better developed & the story was much better written. This is for fans of animation even if your not into the ULTIMATE AVENGERS comics of characters!!! www.ULTIMATEAVENGERS2.com |
| UNITED 93 (R) UNIVERSAL PICTURES (DVD) 2006 Starring: J.J. Johnson, Gary Commolk, David Plan Basche, Opal Alladin, Starla Benford & more. This movie is a retelling of what is expected to have happened on the hijacked flight of United Airlines Flight 93 that went down in Pennsylvania on September 11th, 2001. The movie starts out with the people getting to the airport & arriving for their plane. It follows the passangers of that flight on that day. Once they get in the air the film follows other people in the airport, the workers, the people in the control towers, government people & military people as the events of September 11th 2001 unfolded. After the hits in New York & the Pentagon, the film focuses on the passengers taking over the plane from the terrorist. This was a very well done film, but extremely sad & unsettling, because it really happened. Everyone should watch this just for the respect of those people & their families. www.UNITED9Smovie.com |
| URBAN LEGENDS: BLODDY MARY (R) SONY PICTURES (DVD) 2005 Starring: Kate Mara, Roberto Vito, Tina Lifford, Ed Marinaro, Michael Coe & more. This is the newest addition to the URBAN LEGENDS films. This one is about a girl from the 60's that was treated like a crap by a football player. He drugs her & then attacks her. When he chases after her he hits her & she falls & hits her head on a table. He thinks he kills her & hides the body in a trunk. In presnt day kids from the same school start dying some bizarre & gashly deaths. They can't explain it until they figure out it's the ghost of Mary coming back to kill the children of those who had anything to do with the fatfal night. The story was adecent common one, but the acting was a bit cheesy, as well as some of the special effects. Maybe worth one viewing, but there are better flicks out there! Not the best one in this series! |
| VAMP (R) ANCHOR BAY (DVD) 1986 Starring: Dedee Pfeifer, Grace Jones, Billy Drago, Brad Logan, Robert Rusler & more. Two college buddies are trying to get get into a specific fraternity & tell them they will get a stripper to come to the house & put on a show. They don't have any money or a car, so they go to the rich Asian kid at the school. He says he will give them what they want if they will be is friend & let him tag along. They find some out of town strip club in the middle of no where. The club isn't your typical strip club though. What they soon come to realize is that everyone that works at the club is a Vampire. When one of the friends is bitten, they need to figure out to help him & to survive through the night & get home. This is a campy horror comedy that is a little before it's time! |
| VULGAR (R) LIONS GATE FILMS / VIEW ASKEW (DVD) 2000 Starring: Brian O'Halloran, Bryan Johnson, Jerry Lewkowitz, Ethan Suplee, Kevin Smith & more. The main character of this film is a low budget party clown who hires himself out for birthday parties. When he arrives at a party where the father has abused the mother & taken away to jail by the police, he decides to take his clown act in another direction. He decides to be a bachlor S&M clown. On his first job he gets attacked, beaten up & sexually molested by three guys. He goes into a crazy depression & doesn't care about life anymore. He saves a little girl from her psycho father & becomes famous. He gets his own TV show & more. Then his past comes back to haunt him, when the 3 guys try to black mail him with a video tape of that night. He then tries to get his revenge & kill those bastards! This is a little bit of a dark, bizarre & some what disturbing film at times, but it's a VIEW ASKEW film & I knew it would be this way!!! www.viewaskew.com/VULGAR |