It was about prejudice and racism. The British kingdom has undertaken the harsh policy of one hundred percent enforcement of immigration laws. It was about religion and spirituality. A woman, roughly being deported, is immediately executed after she begins praying to a patron saint. It was about life and death. No babies had been born [...]
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British Dystopia
April 25th, 2007 richard_spann · No Comments
Tags: Issue 17 · Movie Reviews · Reviews · Volume 4
Glam Narcs
April 25th, 2007 richard_spann · No Comments
Pair up Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx as legendary partners Crockett and Tubbs; Cast baby-faced Barry Shabaka Henley as Castillo; add Gong Li as a hot little drug warlord. The result is Miami Vice, the feature film version of the 80′s TV show. There was a lot going on in this latest incarnation by original [...]
Tags: Issue 17 · Movie Reviews · Reviews · Volume 4
Murder, Mayhem and Lots of Dialogue
April 18th, 2007 richard_spann · No Comments
The film Grindhouse is a collaboration between Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. The format is unusual in that the movie is actually a double feature, including ‘trailers’ for several other features allegedly coming soon to a theater near you. After an initial trailer for an effort that includes Danny Trejo as a vengeful hitman and [...]
Tags: Issue 16 · Movie Reviews · Reviews · Volume 4
Got Rifles?
April 11th, 2007 richard_spann · No Comments
Based on the novel Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter, Shooter stars Mark Wahlberg as Bob Lee Swagger, a Marine sniper who gets caught up in a government conspiracy after being recruited for a special mission. Swagger gets double-crossed and framed for murder after being manipulated into creating evidence that is used to link him [...]
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