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For those of you who enjoyed the movies, you'll also find a taste for the series. Michael Gross has evolved in the role of Burt Gummer from paranoid survivalist to paranoid survivalist leader, of the now not so clueless residents of Perfection, Nevada. As with all the films, the cast changes but the humor is still intact.

Gummer's sidekick, Tyler Reed (Victor Browne), is sort of a combination of the original Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon characters, and he does a good job as action hero and comic relief. Reed and Gummer play off each other rather well and compensate for each other's shortcomings.

The supporting cast is also entertaining and keep the story lines moving. There's a few recurring characters who provide a few laughs and in some cases villainy, every few episodes, including a greedy land developer with no conscience and a classic geek, who collects action figures and comics, knows incredible depths of movie trivia, and comes close to being eaten pretty much every visit to Perfection.

Give the show a chance! The cast is very professional, the writing is witty, and the special effects are just hokey enough to make a 50s horror movie maker proud.

Where to begin? I first read Tolkien's trilogy about 30 years ago and I've been waiting patiently for this incredible odyssey to come to the screen ever since. This final installment was the icing on the cake. I can't heap enough praise on Peter Jackson's vision, and the ensemble of outstanding artists who helped him bring it to the screen for our viewing pleasure.

I beheld each scene as I remembered reading them unfold in the pages of Tolkien's written word, and I truly felt that I was once again experiencing a vision of genius that has again found a special place in my heart. Many of you will know what I mean as the journey comes to a climax in this masterpiece.

I felt such a terrible emptiness as well, as I saw the familiar tale winding down to it's inevitable ending, and realized with unexpected sorrow, that this was it. No more to come.

I can only hope that some enlightened soul will give Peter Jackson & Company an opportunity to bring The Hobbit to the cinema some time in the near future.

I'm not sure if this was supposed to be a horror drama or a comedy. They did so much editing - poorly - that it's hard to tell what they had in mind. In the version I saw on DVD, it appears there was a lot of stuff cut out which may have explained what the heck was going on. As one viewer said, it's hard to differentiate the heroes from one another as individuals. They also throw in way too much martial arts just for the sake of showing action. If you want to make a martial arts movie, than don't try to be a spooky picture at the same time. The two just don't blend well - at least this time!

I thought the oriental take on the vampire theme was interesting and had hopes that there would be some chilling moments, but when even the undead are flying through the air throwing kicks, it's just cheesy. Don't even get me started on the crappy monster designs. Go back to the drawing boards fellas, you've got potential. You've also got a whole other aspect of monsters in Asia that Americans are not familiar with from your own mythology. And I don't mean Godzilla.

I've seen many horror shows over the years, like Nightstalker, that dealt with the Wendigo legend, so I was looking forward to an angry spirit causing mayhem to add flavor to the Halloween season. Man was I mistaken. The whole movie creates this sense of events about to happen that will be scary and creepy, but then delivers a very simplistic tale of revenge and murder over the loss of some property. Ve-ery scary - not! This movie has a lot in common with Cold Creek Manor, another total loser.

It's getting harder and harder to believe anything Hollywood puts forward about scary movies, since they rarely come through with anything original and spooky anymore. What idiots pay for such a bogus movie to be made? Go back to the drawing board fellas, and do something useful with those millions of greenbacks you have to throw around.

Great movie! When I saw the trailer, I was thinking graphic novel come to life. While I have always enjoyed a good comic book, this film is way beyond any of that. Gothic grim at it's best! These were very hard people - undead people - who had been fighting a war for centuries, and were so preoccupied with killing each other that the living were actually the only winners here. The story also had a few subplots that worked well. Don't believe everything you see! The cast was brilliant and very believable. Visually, it was well thought out. Enjoy. 8 outta 10.

I avoided this film when it was in the theatre and then when it came out on DVD, perhaps because it appeared to me in the trailer to be just another Spielberg fairy tale with the usual light show. I regret now not having given it a chance. Osment was his usual brilliant self as the prodigy and Jude Law was incredible as Gigolo Joe. Their performances both deserved recognition by the academy.

It was a rather lengthy film, but I really never got tired of David's episodic adventures, particularly after he'd met his own capering Scarecrow. It was an interesting look at a society which had built in it's own obsolescence. Asimov's 'I, Robot' had a similar theme.

Give it a look! 8/10

I recall reading a review somewhere that described this film as being several different films edited together. I agree. King's story not only draws from some of his other outings but other's works as well - friends gather to beat the bad guy (It), isolation in the snow (The Shining), mammals as hosts for offspring (Alien) & etc. Still I did enjoy the flick, tho 6/10 stars is as far as I would go. I think the casting was a little off, Tom Sizemore looked like he was about to explode for lack of lines, a mistake with such a strong actor. Morgan Freeman is far too old to be playing a Colonel in the military, particularly one in special forces - and those eyebrows were cheesy. Another great actor in the wrong role. The four 'heroes' did a convincing job, tho I must say I grow weary of King jamming the personal habits of his characters down the viewer's throat. Beaver and his toothpick fetish - not to mention the peanut butter scene - were just lame. Using the toothpick as the catalyst that gets him killed was beyond lame. The uses of made up curses, which he does in every book, has really reached the point of being a childish gimmick. The aliens and Mr.Gray were, however, appropriately sinister. For all the nonsense I did enjoy the scarey parts and pray that a sequal will be written by someone else if they make one.

There was just too much left out or made up on this one. The acting was fairly descent given the stunted script, but history went right out the window. Example: When the King died, Attila allowed his brother to rule for 13 years, before he came to power. You need drama, agreed, tension, absolutely, but there's an old adage that goes, 'Truth is stranger than fiction.' It seems they couldn't decide how much of a hero or villain to portray the main character as in the show. I never really cared about Attila and his personal problems but rather was more interested in the doings of the diabolical Roman. They should have called it 'Flavius' since he had all the good lines and was portrayed by an aggressive Powers Boothe. He took over every scene. I liked Reg Rogers as the quirky Emperor Valentinian as well. Typically, the battle scenes depicting the Roman army devolved into a massive one on one brawl, rather than the disciplined tactics that gave Rome their empire. I was not pleased at the end of the four hours - they killed you with commercials - and regretted the time wasted.

I don't even know where to begin with this one. No wonder it took so much post production to get it on the screen. I thought the CGI Scooby Doo was well done and the actors tried their best to make you believe they were those 'meddling kids', but what a crappy story. Even the cartoon, which was formulaic and predictable, was way better than this crap. Those full length animated films they made like 'Scooby Doo On Zombie Island' and such, were a lot better, and perhaps they should have employed those writers for the big screen. If you're going to tackle an American icon, Hollywood, do it well or leave it alone.

I notice this film is highly regarded by a lot of viewers. I, on the other hand, was not impressed with the story, pace, acting among these heavyweights or most anything else. I liked the little surprise ending - but I knew damn well that he was going to pull that trigger. Who wouldn't? It's just another serial killer flick, and not a very interesting one. Sorry.

I really enjoyed this film! It's a masterpiece in its own way. Great acting from the main players with some terrific character actors along the way. I actually found myself feeling sympathetic towards the pagans by the time it ended. Christopher Lee played his role brilliantly as the carefree Lord of the island, which keeps the puritanical Howie off balance until the finale. I really enjoyed the music as well, save for the 'Corn Rig' tune, a 60s-style movie music piece which cropped up far too often. It screwed up the pace of the film in it's insipidness. Get the limited addition version to get a better idea of Howie's background.

A simple if improbable plot that gives Modine a chance to show his own shadowy side. I thought he did an excellent job for a guy who usually portrays the grinning, likeable, young quasi-hero. Here he has a lot of baggage as a mob hit man who is more mechanical than actually living, until he meets Joey Lauren Adams, who gives another lovable performance. It's always great to see James Caan as well, as he reminds me of an actor like Burt Lancaster. I enjoy every moment he is in a scene and how quickly he tends to dominate the moment. I thought the ending was a little surprising, but in the tradition of the classical Greek tragic-hero, it was appropriate.

I don't know if any simple words I could come up with to describe the brilliance of this film would live up to the work itself. It was the best of the second book come to life with what I thought were appropriate changes for the purpose of cinematography. The actors really stepped up to their roles and the CGI was incredible. I remember feeling a little let down when I walked out of FotR wanting more, but now, I can't wait to see the conclusion. 12 months?! N000000000000000!!

This movie is so unique, it may be as difficult for some to understand as it is to figure out Pootie's language. I was captivated from the first scene right up to the end. Kudos to Lance Crouther for his truly inspired performance as the hero. His physical comedy while combatting his foes or even just interacting with everyone else was brilliant and quirky. You really find yourself focusing on him in every scene, just to see what he was going to do next. There is also the ensemble of actors that inhabit Pootie's world, all of whom did a great job. I often read critics making comparisons between the modern charactor actors and how they pale before those of the distant past - razzz - wrong! These people hammed it up with style and flair. "I'm Dirty Dee, dammit!"

Sah da tay, my brothers.

Excellent version of a book I also thoroughly enjoyed. Steve McQueen plays a lifer in the US Navy between the wars, who gets assigned to a small gunboat on the Yangtze River in China. At the time, the country is in turmoil and a civil war is spreading. McQueen's character, Jake Holman, is a top notch mechanic who is more at home in the engine room with his boilers than with his shipmates. His experience with women is limited to the prostitutes of the various Asian ports he has been to, such that when he is faced with a real relationship, the daughter of a Missionary played by Candice Bergen, he is not able to let her into his private little world, easily. There is a well-done combat scene late in the movie when the gunboat, the San Pablo - hence Sand Pebbles - is forced to fight it's way through a line of Chinese junks blocking the river with a thick hemp cable. Holman and his shipmates are transformed from sailors to infantrymen when they are forced to board one of the junks to cut the cable. The ending, as in the book, was very touching.