BRUNO MATTEI WEEK: Belle da Morire (2002)
Vincent Dawn is the name Bruno Mattei used to make this movie, which is seemingly shot all in the same two or three rooms and feels like an even lower rent Showgirls, which is exactly the kind of movie that I want to watch Mattei make. How do you know it’s Bruno Mattei? Because there’s an […]
BRUNO MATTEI WEEK: Capriccio Veneziano (2002)
You’d be forgiven if you think Venetian Capriccio is Desire, another Bruno Mattei — Vincent Dawn this time — softcore romp in which an American girl comes to Italy to learn the art of music and spends more time learning the language of the aardvark. Our lady this time is Roberta (Emily Crawford, an adult actress whose […]
BRUNO MATTEI WEEK: Privè (2002)
At this time in his career, it seemed like all Bruno Mattei was making — sorry, Vincent Dawn — was Cinemax After Dark fodder with interchangeable covers of women turning their backs to the camera. This time, we’re dealing with the dangerous liaisons of the rich and famous. Francesca (Dana Ceci, in her one and […]
LEE MAJORS WEEK: Big Fat Liar (2002)
Paul Giamatti, you have our respect. You’re arguably the best actor of our generation and here you are as the bad guy in a vehicle for Frankie Muniz, at the time a hot sitcom star on Malcolm In the Middle. Speaking of sitcom stars, this was written by Dan Schneider (who beyond being on Head of the Class […]
feardotcom (2002)
At one point, William Malone was on top of the horror world — well, of the 90’s and the less said about that era the better — thanks to his remake of House on Haunted Hill. And then came feardotcom. Wanting to make a movie that looked “basically like a nightmare,” this ended up being one of […]
Tomie: Forbidden Fruit (2002)
Even though the fourth installment of this series was called Tomie: The Final Chapter – Forbidden Fruit, we all know that any sequel happy series that promises a final chapter are always liars. Tomie Hashimoto writes vampire fiction and gets made fun of for being a Lolita by the other girls by day and lives alone […]
Graveyard of Honor (2002)
There are decades between the worlds of Kinji Fukasaku and Takeshi Miike, but this is the movie that unites both of their lengthy resumes. They’re very different filmmakers, so seeing them both tell the story of Goro Fujita’s book and the life of Rikio Ishikawa. The original film takes place in the years following World […]
Dog Soldiers (2002)
Neil Marshall has directed several Game of Thrones stories, as well as the remake of Hellboy. This movie is much better than that one by several dog hairs. It’s the story of a squad of six British soldiers who are on maneuvers when they meet an enemy even more deadly than they are — a werewolf. Private […]
Firestarter: Rekindled (2002)
Yes, there is a sequel to Firestarter. No, I didn’t know there was either, much less that I already owned it. Life is full of crazy moments, huh? Marguerite Moreau, who was in The Mighty Ducks series, plays the grown-up Charlie, who is still being chased by The Shop, represented here by the somehow still alive John […]
Die Another Day (2002)
All things come to an end with Bond, as this is the last Pierce Brosnan movie. It’s packed with product placement — even more than many Bond films — and was nearly the pilot for a series of films with Halle Berry’s Jinx Johnson character. MGM wanted to move on to a new series, to […]
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