Month: April 2003

If this weirdly disturbing daddy-fantasy feels like a missing Hayley Mills Disney flick from the 60s, it’s no wonder: It’s based on a screenplay from 1958, and the contemporary updating it’s been subjected to only succeeds in adding a layer of ickiness. Seventeen-year-old Daphne Reynolds (Amanda Bynes: Big Fat Liar) escapes from her wacky childhood … more…

Ugh. Him Vin Diesel. Him big lug. *grunt* Him DEA. Him make big bust. Him wife killed by druglord. Him sad. Him vow vengeance. (sound of indecent scratching) Him no control self. Him go crazy. Him boss must ask for gun and badge, which him shames with him behavior. Ugh. Cars go fast. Zoom! Cars … more…

Terrorists blow up a tanker truck on a crowded city highway, spreading a deadly bioweapon… and that’s just their warm-up. Don’t worry — this isn’t breaking news, it’s just the movie version of the anime import TV series that runs here in the States on Cartoon Network. The “cowboys” are a band of bounty hunters … more…