SYNOPSIS: An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that his father is sexually abusing Freddy. REVIEW: Back in the late 1990s or early 2000s MTV decided to give “comedian” (that term is being used a little too loosely here) Tom Green his own …
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Film Review: Intimacy (2001)
SYNOPSIS: Two people with bad marriages get together, trying to enjoy at least one part of their lives. What they find is more devastation and despair. REVIEW: Intimacy is a movie that is notorious for its real, unsimulated sex scenes. It’s starring Mark Rylance, a recent Oscar winner for Bridge of Spies, and Kerry Fox, a person who has given an on-screen …
Read More »Film Review: Pulse (2001)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Often referred to as one of the scariest films ever made PULSE tells the story of a group of young friends rocked by the sudden suicide of one of their own and his subsequent ghostly reappearance in grainy computer and video images. Is he trying to contact them from beyond the grave or is there something …
Read More »Film Review: Bizarre Lust of a Sexual Deviant (2001)
SYNOPSIS: A prowler is on the loose in the city. He stalks women, chloroforms them, and then molests their unconscious, naked bodies. Only Angie knows the secrets behind the masked intruder. Will Angie stop this deviant from molesting more women? Or will Angie herself become this man’s next slumbering victim? REVIEW: Bizarre Lust of a Sexual Deviant is a shot-on-video …
Read More »Film Review: Kannibal (2001)
SYNOPSIS: A rival mobster and the police enter the weird world of a beautiful female mob boss in order to do battle with her and bring her organization down. REVIEW: The plot of Richard Driscoll’s 2001 movie, Kannibal, is kind of all over the place. On one hand, we’ve got a serial killer on the loose, murdering women all over …
Read More »Film Review: Human Pork Chop (2001)
SYNOPSIS: Temporarily homeless after breaking up with her boyfriend, Grace needs a place to stay. A friend introduces Grace to her pimp, and soon after getting high she steals a few thousand dollars from his wallet while he is asleep. He sets his goons on her, and after getting tired of waiting for her to pay up, they abduct her. …
Read More »Film Review: Jeepers Creepers (2001)
SYNOPSIS: A brother and sister driving home for spring break encounter a flesh-eating creature in the isolated countryside that is on the last day of its ritualistic eating spree. REVIEW: Jeepers Creepers takes a welcome approach back to the old days of monster movies. It was this premise and presentation that made Jeepers Creepers 1 of my all time favorite …
Read More »Film Review: Le6ion of the Dead (2001)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Two guys, William and his side kick Luke have just started their trip through the beautiful California desert when they’re kidnapped by the notorious Psycho Mike, The Kern River Killer. Securing their escape through hilarious means and the aid of an old friend they soon stumble into a small desert town where unbeknownst to them a …
Read More »Film Review: Mulholland Dr. (2001) – Review 2
Synopsis: You’re joking, right?
Read More »Film Review: Wendigo (2001)
SYNOPSIS: A blue Volvo makes its way through the fading light this chilly winter evening in upstate New York. Kim (Patricia Clarkson), George (Jake Weber) and their 8-year-old son, Miles (Erik Per Sullivan), are city dwellers stealing a weekend away at a friend’s country farmhouse. But a fluke accident sets off a chain of events that alters their lives forever …
Read More »Film Review: Joe Dirt (2001)
SYNOPSIS: After being abandoned by his parents at the Grand Canyon, Joe Dirt tells the story of his journey to find his parents.
Read More »Film Review: Orozco the Embalmer (2001)
SYNOPSIS: A Documentary about the grim work of an embalmer in one of the poorest and most dangerous parts in Colombia.
Read More »Film Review: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
SYNOPSIS: “When the world is ruled by apes, one particular group discovers a mysterious rectangular monolith near their home, which imparts upon them the knowledge of tool use, and enables them to evolve into people. A similar monolith is discovered on the moon, and it is determined to have come from an area near Jupiter. Astronaut Dave Bowman, along with …
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