Reviews by Gator MacReady

Order by: Date, A–Z

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  Futurama - Season 1 (1999)

  Review preview for Futurama - Season 1

  The Simpsons took about eight years to become crap, whereas Futurama began to really suck after only a few episodes.

  futuristic sci-fi TV animated series from the makers of The Simpsons
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  George A Romero's Land Of The Dead (2005)

  Review preview for George A Romero's Land Of The Dead

  There's nothing remotely scary about it. No constant sense of dread, or the threat of losing one's humanity.

  The creator of the zombie genre returns with an allegory of Bush's abuses in Iraq.
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  The Good Son (1993)

  Macaulay Culkin turns psychotic killer in family melodrama.
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  Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

  Review preview for Halloween: Resurrection

  Watching a killing machine kill got boring well over a decade ago.

  Michael Myers returns from the "dead" to murder a fresh batch of hapless teenagers.
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  Heartlands (2002)

  Review preview for Heartlands

  For an uplifting tale about an ordinary man, who is not a recovering alcoholic, or a typical British waster, then check this out.

  Big-time loser turns his life around when he travels to Blackpool in an effort to win back his estranged wife.
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  Here To Where (2001)

  Documentary (or mockumentary) about one man's life in an airport.
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  Halloween (1978)

  Review preview for Halloween

  It's too brainless and uncomplicated to make us think twice about the plot.

  Slasher shocker about a crazy guy who kills teenagers in a sleepy suburban town. On Halloween re-issue.
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  Harry And The Hendersons (1987)

  Review preview for Harry And The Hendersons

  You just don't get family movies like this anymore.

  Bigfoot is taken into a suburban Seattle home.
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  Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002)

  Harry enters the second year at Hogwarts... and it's even more perilous than the first.
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  Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (2005)

  Review preview for Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

  One of the most boring films I've had to sit through in a long time.

  It's darker now and Voldemort is close. Can Harry triumph at the Tri-wizard Tournament and save the world?
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  A History Of Violence (2005)

  Review preview for A History Of Violence

  This is not some PG-13 kiddie's movie. A film condemning violence only to not show it in its full, bloody, gory glory would be hypocritical.

  Violence begets violence in a study of retribution and small town defiance.
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  Hitch (2005)

  Review preview for Hitch

  Man alive! You have seen this film a hundred times before.

  Date doctor struggles to win the heart of a good lady.
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  Home Alone (1990)

  Review preview for Home Alone

  There are some movies that work best at Christmas and this is one of them

  Macaulay Culkin is left in a big house in Chicago at Christmas time to fend off comic burglars.
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  Hostage (2005)

  Review preview for Hostage

  Hostage is a brainless movie, masquerading as an intelligent thriller.

  Convoluted double hostage thriller with a skinny ex-action hero losing the plot.
• Hulk (2003)

  Review preview for Hulk

  One of the biggest disappointments in a summer of big disappointments.

  Ang Lee directs summer blockbuster of the Marvel Comics scientist who turns green with anger.
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  Hoodwinked (2005)

  The truth about Little Red Riding Hood.
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  Hoover Street Revival (2002)

  Review preview for Hoover Street Revival

  There is simply no audience for this film.

  The goings-on within the 'hood of South Central LA and their all-black gospel church.
• House (1986)

  Review preview for House

  Ethan Wiley's script is the tiniest bit loose, but is smarter than you would think.

  A horror novelist with writers blocks seeks inspiration at a log cabin... and finds monsters instead.
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  House Of The Dead (2003)

  Twentysomething ravers find the party gets nasty on a zombie island.
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  Howard The Duck (1986)

  Review preview for Howard The Duck

  Part of the appeal of Howard is the fact that he is actually physically there and not some ghost who has been photo-shopped in afterwards.

  The misadventures of a cigar-smoking duck after he becomes trapped on Earth.
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  Infernal Affairs (2002)

  Two men, working undercover for the police and Triads respectively, have to eliminate each other to save their jobs, and their lives.
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  I Spy (2002)

  Review preview for I Spy

  The script is weak and tackles the story with such superficial lightness that nothing makes an impact.

  Owen Wilson and Eddie Murphy team up is spoof action thriller, involving an invisible plane.
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  Jason X (2001)

  Review preview for Jason X

  It's a shame that nothing of real genius, or imagination, occurs within this unique environment.

  Friday 13th serial killer does it on a spaceship after being frozen solid for 400 years.
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  Kangaroo Jack (2003)

  Review preview for Kangaroo Jack

  Jerry Bruckheimer... has no experience with children's films and it really shows here.

  Two hapless friends chase a thieving kangaroo across make-believe Australia.
• Knight Rider: The Complete Third Series (1984)

  Review preview for Knight Rider: The Complete Third Series

  It's the coolness of K.I.T.T. (and the Hoff's MASSIVE hair) that made long-lasting impression on the world.

  The Hoff, wearing The Hair, kicks criminal ass, with the aid of his talking car.
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  Ladder 49 (2004)

  Review preview for Ladder 49

  There's no real involvement, or epic feel, though there is enough emotion to make it worthwhile.

  In praise of the firefighter, post 9/11.
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  The Last Great Wilderness (2002)

  Review preview for The Last Great Wilderness

  Just what this film is supposed to be is beyond me.

  Two men take refuge in a retreat for lost souls in the countryside.
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  The Last Horror Movie (2003)

  Review preview for The Last Horror Movie

  The convoluted narrative constantly conflicts with itself and could never actually add up in real life.

  Confessions of a childish, middle-class, self-confident, English serial killer.
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  The Lease (2002)

  Review preview for The Lease

  Not one second of this film has any point to it.

  A divorced Lithuanian woman leases an apartment and is miserable.
• 
  The Lives Of The Saints (2006)

  Review preview for The Lives Of The Saints

  It takes ages to get going and there are loads of repetitive scenes.

  A small boy grants wishes, but what should people wish for?
• 
  Lost Highway (1997)

  Review preview for Lost Highway

  Lynch is a master of space and sound and the world of Lost Highway is at once beautiful and downright evil.

  A mysterious murder is only the beginning of the strangest story ever told.
• 
  Magnum P.I: The Complete Fourth Series (1983)

  Review preview for Magnum P.I: The Complete Fourth Series

  PUH-LEASE Tom, buy some new shorts.

  From the Eighties comes Mr Moustache as an iconic Miami private eye in desperately short shorts
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  Man Of The Year (2002)

  Review preview for Man Of The Year

  The killings are too abundant, with no emotion or drama attached.

  mass murderer runs amok in the dusty streets of Brazil
• 
  Miami Vice: Season Two (1985)

  Review preview for Miami Vice: Season Two

  If you're a nostalgic fan, then go for it.

  Eighties vice cops turn on the style.
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  The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

  Review preview for The Manchurian Candidate

  Jonathan Demme directs with utter simplicity.

  Gulf War soldiers are brainwashed.
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  A Man Apart (2003)

  Review preview for A Man Apart

  F Gary Gray does what he can with a poor script, but cannot hide the fact that the material is soggy and weak.

  An undercover DEA agent turns vigilante after a jailed gang boss has his wife killed.
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  Mission: Impossible (1996)

  Review preview for Mission: Impossible

  For those who cannot follow the plot there are some really good set pieces, with enough tension and excitement to carry the movie.

  Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt, Special Agent, in the first of his TV spin off action extravaganzas.
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  Mullet (2001)

  Review preview for Mullet

  None of the events hold the slightest iota of interest.

  A man returns to his hometown... and regrets it.
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  My Summer Of Love (2004)

  Review preview for My Summer Of Love

  Overall, the ride is fun.

  Sad, lonely girl finds happy, lovely girl and has a cuddly, kissy time.
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  National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

  Review preview for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

  What stops it from being just another generic Christmas movie is a brilliant script by John Hughes, packed full of hilarious set pieces and perfect comic timing from Chevy Chase.

  The Griswolds try to stop their Christmas turning into a Turkey.
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  National Treasure (2004)

  Review preview for National Treasure

  National Treasure is just plain boring. There is no mystery, or sense of discovery.

  Treaure hunt for kids and soft-centred adults who like watching Nicolas Cage sleep walking.
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  No Man's Land (2001)

  Review preview for No Man's Land

  If you thought Bosnia was a frozen, miserable dump, then the green and sunny valley of No Man's Land will surely open your eyes.

  Black comedy about the Bosnian conflict told from the viewpoint of a trench between warring factions.
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  Out Of Control (2002)

  Review preview for Out Of Control

  It's awful, yet is so well directed and acted that you can't take your eyes off it, no matter how much you want to.

  Gritty drama about boys in borstal.
• Overnight (2003)

  Review preview for Overnight

  A bit biased.

  How to be the next big thing in Hollwood and screw up.
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  Phantasm (1979)

  Review preview for Phantasm

  You can turn it upside down, inside out and back-to-front and you might be able to work most of it out, but there will always be one thing that doesn't fit.

  Baffling Seventies horror flick about a scary tall mortician, killer dwarfs and sci-fi spheres
• The Phantasm 5 Disc Boxset (2005)

  The five disc set of spooky adventures with the Tall Man.
• Phantasm II (1988)

  Review preview for Phantasm II

  Angus Scrimm is so wonderfully silent and unholy that no matter how slick and entertaining the rest of the film might be, he comes out on top.

  The continuing horror of the Tall Man who empties graves
• Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead (1994)

  Review preview for Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead

  I don't feel that Coscarelli has found the perfect mix of action, sci-fi and horror with this third outing to best suit the series, but it is entertaining.

  The franchise becomes increasingly weird and bloody, with intriguing sci-fi bits.
• Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)

  Review preview for Phantasm IV: Oblivion

  The answers are hinted at rather than announced and the dialogue is sparse without being empty.

  Not the end quite yet, but the chase goes on, and the atmosphere is darker and the Tall Man more iconic
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  Pleasant Days (2002)

  Review preview for Pleasant Days

  If you are turned off by European arthouse movies then this is more likely to confirm your dispassion rather than change your beliefs.

  Newly paroled timewaster Peter wanders aimlessly from scene to scene as he continues to squander his life.