The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Two-Disc Deluxe Edition (2008)

"Stephen Sommers’ 1999 retread of Universal’s The Mummy was a surprise hit, a surprise not least to me, old skool purist that I am, and even a surprise to Roger Ebert. The sequel, not so much. This second sequel? Check into the User Comments section of the IMDb entry, and you’ll see entry after entry of spittle-spewing prose opining everyone connected with the movie should be stoned.

Good Lord, these people have never seen a truly bad movie, have they? " More...

Punisher: War Zone (2008)

"2008 was a very good year for Marvel Enterprises. Their fledgling movie production arm scored big with the summer opener Iron Man and kept going with The Incredible Hulk; how odd, then, to open the darkly violent Punisher: War Zone in December with so little fanfare, there to be lost in the publicity shuffle for movies like Valkyrie, Benjamin Button and The Spirit. Too bad, as this movie does the comic character as proud as Marvel’s other two, higher-budgeted celluloid reincarnations." More...

Death Race (Unrated) (2008)

"Given Hollywood’s current inclination to remake anything from the 60s-80s that had been even moderately successful, it’s no surprise that Death Race 2000 eventually found itself being updated and, um, grittified (especially since the year 2000 has come and gone), but sadly it is similarly unsurprising that the new version lacks everything that made its progenitor special." More...

American Scary (2007)

"I think one of the things that I miss the most from childhood is the concept of independent television stations.  It seemed every summer there were at least two or three popping up on my UHF dial, in various stages of acceptable reception, from snowy static to crystal clear.  The really fun thing about these broadcasters was the sheer amount of inventiveness that substituted for production budgets and, in most cases, talent.  This is where I learned to love three things:  cheezy local kid shows, crazy syndicated television packages... and the truly oddball: late-night horror movie hosts." More...