Epinions Recent Reviews for robchip

Oh, Martin... what have you done??

Wed, 25 Dec 2002 23:40:38 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - THOSE WISHING TO AVOID SPOILERS PLEASE TURN BACK NOW.

"Gangs of New York" boasts perhaps the most attention-grabbing first ten minutes to a film epic since "Fellowship of The Ring's" war-scene opening last year...

In the deep...

Bob Reviews Comic Movies #3: "Batman Forever""

Sun, 3 Nov 2002 18:02:57 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - By the time this, the third "Batman" film in Warner Bros. 1990s series, came to be, the concept of comic-book-based multimedia franchises had reached a sort of zenith. Every major studio was still busy trying to turn any superhero-related concept they...

Bob Reviews Comic Movies #2: "Batman Returns"

Sun, 3 Nov 2002 06:04:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - Tim Burton's 1989 "Batman," (see previous review) was a bigger success than even it's major supporters had ever dreamed possible. Though it comes off as a little dated today, at the time of it's release it's visual style was so new that action fans...

Bob Reviews Comic Movies #1: "Batman (1989)"

Sun, 3 Nov 2002 03:00:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - Yes, yes. I'm back. No need to bore everyone with where I've been or why it's been so long or why you should care, suffice to say here's my first Epinions review since.. eh.. almost a year ago. In order to get "back into the swing," so to speak, I'll be...

Welcome back, Potter

Sat, 1 Dec 2001 04:36:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - Eventually, just about every major children's-entertainment franchise that becomes a "worldwide-phenomenon" becomes a movie eventually, and in that respect "Harry Potter" is no exception. No, the exception here is with the RECEPTION.. i.e. the way...

Ooooh, scary!

Sat, 3 Nov 2001 03:54:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - The relationship between the Walt Disney company and it's CGI-feature collaborator Pixar is starting to resemble the old "A Star Is Born" formula, whereby an old showbiz veteran's spotlight deteriorates at the same rate that it's apprentice rises to...

To Hell and Jack again

Fri, 2 Nov 2001 04:15:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - Most films about Jack the Ripper are staged like docudramas, obsessively recounting what facts are known as catalogued by the international collective of "Ripperologist" historians. While this approach has produced a few solid works here and there, the...

Men are from Mars, Ninjas are from Japan.

Wed, 31 Oct 2001 20:49:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - "Swordsman II" is a historical fantasy and morality play, set during a semi-specific time in medieval China and based around the conflicts of multiple characters belonging to competing clans and possessed of strange "signature" fighting techniques. In...

"Have you ever done this before?"

Mon, 22 Oct 2001 23:23:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - We all know that there are TWO distinct reasons for people to be scanning reviews for "Mulholland Drive." Either you're considering seeing the film and want to know how it is, or you've already seen it and are looking for other people's "interpretations"...

Armageddon in the hood.

Mon, 15 Oct 2001 03:19:34 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - Every once in awhile, one of those endless low-budget made-for-video action films that take up space at the local rental outlet actually turns out to be good. "Judgment Day" is such a film. Made at the height of the meteor-movie cycle, the film shifts...

"Your bargaining position is... highly dubious..."

Mon, 15 Oct 2001 01:49:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - I have a hard time answering the question of "what's your favorite type of movie." Firstly, because I can't really say I fully perfer one genre to another. Now, ask me what I think the "most interesting kind of movie" is and you'll get an answer.. but...

"A real man sheds blood before he sheds tears"

Sat, 13 Oct 2001 21:48:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - If you'd told me a two years ago that I'd one day soon be sitting in an American movie theater experiencing a subtitled wide-release of Yuen Wo Ping's 1993 action masterpiece "Iron Monkey," I'd have called you delirious. That, of course, would have been...

Hey! No Dueling in the no-Smokey section!

Thu, 11 Oct 2001 06:17:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - It's been a good rule of thumb for awhile now that if a film identifies itself as a "thriller" and features a principal cast all in their 20s, those looking for a good movie should immediately look elsewhere. Now we have "Joyride," a better-than-average...

"Dawn of the Dead" goes Eastern.

Sat, 29 Sep 2001 03:13:38 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - "BioZombie" is the latest off-beat Asian horror/exploitation flick to hit U.S. DVD thanks to Media Blasters, the quirky little distributor that previously blessed American audiences with "Reborn From Hell: Samurai Armageddon" and "The Story of Ricky."...

Requiem for "Boston George."

Tue, 11 Sep 2001 03:38:59 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - It's interesting to make movies about the world of crime, and even more interesting to make movies about the criminals themselves. Since the glory-days of "Film Noir" in the 40s, right up through the McCarthy 50s, the free spirited 60s and 70s, the "Just...

Just what ARE "swashes?" And why must they be buckled?

Sat, 8 Sep 2001 23:18:54 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - Ever since Mel Gibson's genuinely entertaining "medieval-warfare-as-pep-rally" epic "Braveheart" won the Oscar AND managed to score huge with young audiences despite being longer than 90 minutes and set during a time period that pre-dated 1987, the movie...

Want to see a Dragon movie unlike any other?

Sun, 2 Sep 2001 04:53:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - Somewhere, in some form, dragons MUST have existed. Every culture has some version of them, some kind of massive reptilian/serpentine creature more terrifying than any other that usually flies and/or breathes fire. The differences seem only minor on the...

Hey kid, you think your tough?

Sat, 1 Sep 2001 02:17:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - Hey, you! Yeah, you. On your way to the checkout counter with the armload of Ultimate Fighting tapes and unrated Italian gore movies. I betcha you think your pretty hard-core when it comes to your choice of entertainment. I'll bet you've made it through...

Y'see THESE, Mrs. Rice? THESE are vampires!

Fri, 31 Aug 2001 22:10:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - Okay, people. Show of hands. Am I the only person SICK of Anne Rice vampires? These sorry whiny, self-involved, Victorian fashion model excuses for the bloodsuckers that have been dragging the horror genre down into the sad depths of romance novel...

Yongarry, we hardly knew ye.

Thu, 30 Aug 2001 07:08:47 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - Back in 1998, the marketing department at Tristar Pictures was doing it's darndest to convince us all that we were about to enter "The Year of Godzilla." This event, they were quite sure, was to begin officially when American filmgoers turned out in...

The Angrier Red Planet

Tue, 28 Aug 2001 02:23:28 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - John Carpenter is on my short list of filmakers who's presence as director instantly places any film on my must-see roster even if it looks like something I might have skipped otherwise. (In case you're wondering, the rest of the list includes Sam Raimi,...

I'll take "sequels that don't live up for 200," Alex.

Sun, 26 Aug 2001 03:02:47 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - What a crushing dissapointment this movie is.

I saw the first "Guyver" movie years ago, and was so infected by it's goofy, gory energy that I went right out the next day and rented the sequel. Words cannot accurately describe how let down I...

Ewww... it's all gooey....

Sun, 26 Aug 2001 02:17:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - The success rate for live-action adaptions of Japanese Anime franchises isn't especially high. The best I've ever seen was probably "City Hunter," which isn't in itself a remarkable filmmaking achievement anyway. "The Guyver," which is not only a...

What's the wackiest movie you've seen lately?

Thu, 23 Aug 2001 03:54:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - Genre-hopping is par for the course in the Hong Kong cinema, but "I Love Maria" surely must hold some kind of record for the most movie-types used in a single film. It's the sort of film you can't classify without liberal use of forward-slashes, and even...

Now, once more with feeling.

Sun, 19 Aug 2001 19:17:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robchip - writer/director/actor Kevin Smith first appeared on the scene back in the mid-90s (God... has it already been so long?) in the midst of the now-legendary boom in American "independent" film spawned by the rise of Quentin Tarrantino. Smith's film was a...