I'm late on this one, and probably forgetting more than a few, oh well...

Grindhouse: I liked it. Surprised by how entertaining Planet Terror was, though truth be told I probably preferred Death Proof. Fun time in the theater, even Eli Roth made good.

3 Extremes: Dumplings was the best part. Really creepy, and touched a lot of nerves. The second one was OK, not great, and I can barely remember Miike's. Not too bad for a modern horror anthology, though. I'd say I should check out the longer version of Dumplings, but I doubt I could stomach it.

The Cheerleaders: I waited how many years for this? Cute movie, almost charming today, though definitely very risque for its time. I wish I had just rented the damn thing though, can't believe I wasted so much thought on this damn movie. Since 8th grade!

Phantasm: Great movie that I didn't pay half the attention it deserves. I've seen it before but need to watch it again. There is so much to love between the Tall Man, the dwarves, the spheres, Reg, the other dimension, etc. that it's really not worth me reiterating what's been said on internets a million times before.

Phantasm 2: Decent sequel. I got to admit I found Legros kind of hot in this one, but not nearly as awesome as Reggie. Not great, the opening seems kind of prolonged and the stuff at the house seems kind of routine. Lots of cool moments, though. Good ending.

Phantasm 3: More-or-less on par with the 2nd one. Zombie Mike was a pretty cool idea, as was Jody-sphere. I gotta be honest and say I liked the chick and I liked the kid. I can see where some might see them as trying to pander to a broader audience but I felt the characters were well constructed and the movie needed something like them to keep it from being so much rehash.

Phantasm 4: Honestly don't remember this one all that well, except that it was really trippy. Kind of going back to the first one, I suppose. The integration of all the old material worked in some places but was a little grating in others. To me it honestly seems that, as awesome as Reggie is, with this one the Phantasm well's pretty much dried up. Coscarelli's free to prove me wrong, though.

Night of the Creeps: Alright. Tom Atkins was pretty badass in his scenes, but the movie as a whole didn't make a huge impression. I definitely enjoyed it, but feel that it didn't quite live up to the hype.

The Monster Squad: Better. I liked this quite a bit more than Night of the Creeps, happy as fuck to see Leonard Cimino back fighting evil some more, he was the best part of V. Lot of cool jokes/lines, wonder how much of the script was written by Shane Black anyway. Need to see it in widescreen, though.

The Marine: Great ridiculous opening, mundane bullshit thereafter. Rock Candy.

The Condemned: Better than The Marine, but not by much. They pretty much stole this directly from Battle Royale, which would've been fine if they hadn't also stolen a bunch of shit from that dumb Rollerball remake. Why the hell'd they do that? I enjoyed it for what it's worth, no No Holds Barred, though. There are some holds barred.

Perfect Strangers: Yay, Larry Cohen movie! Not his best, though it's a good watch. The rad fem bashing is a bit much, I was kind of surprised to see that used as a target. Of course the script was great as always, lots of intricate weavings between the characters.

Spiderman 3: I liked it, mostly because the filmmakers made such strange choices on such an important and expensive movie. The special effects/fight scenes were so amazing, actually scared me a little, in as much as the lengths to which films might be asked to go to meet them. It seems that they're largely being overlooked though, which is nice. The butler stuff is really inexcusable, but I liked the hell out of most everything else, reminded me of reading those damn terrible X-Men comics last year.

Inside Man: More great shit from Spike Lee. Yet to see a bad Spike Lee movie, and this must be some of his most accessible work. His personality is still there, but I was kind of wishing he had made it a little more provocative. Still a great heist movie, Clive Owen on his game again.

Friday the 13th Part 3: Another Friday movie. The formula's really falling into place here. Lots of kills, a somewhat more restrained 'gaze' (less of the camera just ogling the female leads). I liked it more than 1, 2, 8 and X, but I've still got to see a few more to declare it a favorite.

Nightwatch: A lot things in this movie didn't make sense, and it was not totally original in a lot of places, but it was pretty entertaining for the most part. Some interesting story twists at the end. Not enough sexy vampire action (female or male). I'll probably watch the sequel, but I won't go out of my way for it.

Hearts and Souls: Robert Downey Jr., Charles Grodin, and the Closer. It was okay, nothing I'll watch again. Seeing Downey act 'woman' (and later 'black woman') was a little telling, though, on stereotypes and such... maybe? I dunno.

Maid of Honor: Yeah. I'm a sucker. Lionsgate sells a Lifetime movie as a horror movie and I buy it. To be honest it probably wasn't even necessary. It had some melodramatic highs, but it moved a little too slowly, and none of the characters were quite developed enough to hold my attention away from hoping for the next outburst.

I think I'm going to make some kind of post about buying cheap shitty DVDs just because they're cheap in the future. See above.

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