Epinions Recent Reviews for deadmilkboy

It's stick time once again with the debut season of RENO 911!

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:57:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - A couple of years after both MTV and CBS networks gave up on the 11-stone comedy troupe known as The State, a small network called Comedy Central came to the rescue by allowing a few of its members a new sketch-oriented program called Viva...

Chicken and cheese, Troma style (Eggs-clusive 3-disc collector's edition review).

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:59:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - Like KFC before them, it seems Troma has done right by chicken, or at least by their own standards. We are talking about the 30-year-old independent studio that has specialized in schlock that has capitalized on popular genre trends, delivering ample...

Arrested development in Reno's fourth season.

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:26:11 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - The fourth season of RENO 911!, Comedy Central's long-running COPS parody/sketch program, was particularly crucial because in between the cycle, the feature-length Reno 911! Miami spin-off was released theatrically. Despite having...

Know your rights, they don't.

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:47:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - The long arm of the law is here, but it's on fire, as you'll notice as watching the opening credits on the third season of RENO 911!I not only decided to play catch-up with this Comedy Central show as it prepares to launch a sixth run of...

"From the heart comes a warning filled with bloody good cheer..."

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:01:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - The slasher film may have existed prior to Halloween, but it wasn't until the success of John Carpenter's independently-made scarefest that it seemed horror was the new industry standard. By 1980, when Friday the 13th turned a...

Foxy Chocolat is back, and this time it's personal!

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:08:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - If you judge the worth of a performer solely by his or her filmography, then chances are you wouldn't exactly be familiar with Aisha Tyler. Or maybe, like me, you just might feel flat out disappointed. The best work she's done this far has...

Rub-a-dub-dub, thanks for Paul Rudd.

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:10:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - My one semester of drive-in horror education during the mid-1990s did yield one surprising revelation. It was when Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers opened, and I was reacquainted with the character of Tommy Doyle, the young tyke...

Bill Hicks is spitting mad in SANE MAN.

Sun, 8 Mar 2009 03:24:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - Not too many stand-up comedians are considered prophets based upon their material, but there's something about Bill Hicks which is bracing and alarmingly honest even to this day. Although raised in the South, Hicks was a candidly free speaker and railed...

The second MST3k set in four months offers four more fantastic voyages.

Fri, 6 Mar 2009 03:55:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - In October of 2008, Shout! Factory picked up the distribution rights to the cult series Mystery Science Theater 3000 to celebrate its 20th anniversary (...

My Bloody Valentine 3-D: Not quite heartlessly in love with you, MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D.

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:22:24 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - Patrick Lussier's remake of My Bloody Valentine harkens back to an unsung golden age of horror, the kind which needed three dimensions because everything else was merely 1-D, from the acting down to the story. Even though I...

"Oh Manchester, so much to answer for" (Deluxe Edition review).

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:06:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - If you go to Amazon.com to look up albums by the Smiths, you might discover that two of their albums are not in stock: 1987's U.S. only rarities compilation Louder Than Bombs and 1995's Singles, which was for over a decade the only decent...

"I just might die with a smile on my face after all."

Thu, 4 Dec 2008 20:05:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - But first, a couple questions to determine your personality. Have you ever spent a sunny July day indoors slaving away at an upsetting letter to some buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg? And if you're more of a night person, did you ever grieve the fact that...

The original "Bosom Buddies" plus Marilyn Monroe (Collector's Edition DVD review).

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:55:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - This is my last submission to Captain D's The Good Movies Epi Guide 2 write-off. Special thanks to everyone who submitted and congrats to the Captain for getting over 200 contributions, and I was happy to be in the top five:...

"I guess that this must be the place."

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:22:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - In the commentary track for STOP MAKING SENSE, Jonathan Demme talks about how he found something inherently cinematic upon watching a Talking Heads concert at the Greek Theatre. Working with conceptual designer/band member David...

Isn't this the one with the donkey and the chambermaid?

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:03:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - Before he got the chance to helm a multi-million dollar update of King Kong, Peter Jackson paid tribute to Skull Island by exporting a creature greater than any ape: the Sumatran Rat Monkey. A victim of interspecies rape used in voodoo...

"Let's you and me go for a ride, Otis" (20th Anniversary DVD review),

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:05:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - Otis: "Where you going?"Henry: "Nowhere - you wanna come?"This review is an entry in Captain D's The Good Movies Epi Guide 2 write-off: http://www.epinions.com/conten
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something to...

Don't just be a man, be a Melon! (Extra-Curricular Edition DVD review)

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:38:34 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - Here's an entry in Captain D's The Good Movies Epi Guide 2 write-off: http://www.epinions.com/conten
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ten highest grossing movies of 1986 included Aliens and Ferris Bueller's Day Off,...

"Come with me, my love..." (Collector's Edition DVD review)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:09:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - This is a submission to Captain D's Good Movies Epi Guide 2 write-off: http://www.epinions.com/conten
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women, like my ex-wife Denise, for example...you step out of line a little, she'd like to...

Never mind the bollocks...HERE'S the Sex Pistols.

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:39:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - No past: Literally in the case of the lead singer and lyricist, he got meningitis when he was seven years old. The past years of his life escaped his mind and he had to start life all over again with the help of his Irish immigrant mother.No...

The Lord will find work for idle hands to do (Midnite Movies DVD review).

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:15:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - This is another entry in captaind's The Good Movies Epi Guide 2 write off: http://www.epinions.com/conten
t_5245804676.Having
been properly restored for its Region 1 DVD debut to make up for years of...

"I don't think I've ever been this happy" (Extended Cut DVD review).

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:49:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - This is an entry in captaind's The Good Movies Epi Guide Write-Off 2: http://www.epinions.com/conten
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If I could use only one phrase to describe STRIPES, the classic 1981 Army caper directed by...

Celebrating 20 years of cheesy movies and wisecracking puppets.

Sun, 9 Nov 2008 17:39:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - Twenty years have passed since a prop comic and his friends memorably took advantage of the acquisition of cheap movie packages by their local UHF station, KTMA, in Minneapolis. Reality television and syndicated network sitcom reruns had yet to clutter...

Pink may be pretty, but it doesn't get more "Wonderful" than this.

Fri, 7 Nov 2008 03:04:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - Here's another submission to captaind's The Good Movies EpiGuide 2 Write-Off: http://www.epinions.com/conten
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the pantheon of John Hughes teen flicks, there is no single greater character to...

"This guy walks into a talent agent's office..."

Thu, 6 Nov 2008 15:54:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - A legendary dirty joke that was heretofore a trade secret amongst stand-up comedians and humor writers, "The Aristocrats" is no mere "Why did the chicken cross the road?" throwaway. The set-up and the punch line are etched into stone, beginning with the...

SpongeBob and Patrick on the road to manhood and an ice cream bender.

Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:05:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author deadmilkboy - This review is part of captaind's The Good Movies EpiGuide 2 write-off (http://www.epinions.com/conte
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the seaUnder the seaThere'll be no accusationsJust friendly...