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Ninja III: The Domination

Don't ask why Ninja III: The Domination begins with a ninja assault on a municipal golf course. Just be grateful it does. You also may wonder why its sex scene employs a can of V8: Don't question it. Just lie back and enjoy it.
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Lifeforce

Tobe Hooper got a raw deal. The director of horror hits The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Poltergeist didn't deserve to be sent to movie jail for 1985's Lifeforce. It's a well-crafted, well-intentioned work that was mismarketed and misunderstood, losing a bundle of money and soon sending Hooper into the lands of episodic television and direct-to-video features.
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Dead Souls

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The Philadelphia Experiment

There's a theory about remakes that perhaps Hollywood should stop remaking good movies and instead remake the bad ones, so that they may be improved. The problem with that theory is one runs the risk of the remake being bad, too. Case in point: The Philadelphia Experiment.
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

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• is produced by Will Ferrell,
• and is as fun as its title is dumb.
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The Last Legion


None August 23rd, 2007

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Reviewer's grade: C

 

"The Last Legion" follows the fortunes of a fifth-century Roman boy named Romulus Augustus (young Thomas Sangster), the last of Julius Caesar's bloodline and the last Caesar of Rome. After the Goths conquer the city-state, the last loyal remnants of the empire (including Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley) are forced north to Britannia on a quest involving the magic sword Excalibur (which, it turns out in this version, was forged for Julius Caesar himself).

 

Yelling, chopping and inspirational political oratory ensue. Directed by Doug Lefler, a guy who spent a lot of his career working on "Xena: Warrior Princess," "Legion" has a similar feel of pasted-together, slightly modified formulaic clich

 
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