Bring It On (2000)
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The Toro cheerleading squad has spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them...
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
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Sarah Michelle Gellar takes on the role of Buffy Summers in this TV version of "Buffy the Vampire...
David McK (3162 KP) rated True Lies (1994) in Movies
Mar 29, 2020 (Updated Apr 10, 2022)
Cliffhanger. Speed. And this.
Starring a pre-Governator Arnold Schwarzenneger, Jamie Lee Curtis, and a pre-TVs-Faith-from-Buffy Eliza Dushku, this basically posits the question "What if James Bond was a family man? And what if his wife doesn't know he's a spy?"
When he then discovers that said wife is - he thinks - having an affair (but is in reality falling victim to a scam artist), he then decides to 'give her a bit of excitement', which leads to her getting caught up in his 'real' job and finding out more about his life!
With a rarely-looking-hotter Tia Carrere, those tango scenes (and *that* striptease) alongside plenty of stunts and gunplay (and the Harrier jump jets) - and, of course, the one-liners! - this is a pretty enjoyable big budget action movie
(Edit: I've just discovered it's directed by a pre-Titanic James Cameron, which helps!)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 7
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Sarah Michelle Gellar takes on the role of Buffy Summers in this TV version of "Buffy the Vampire...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 4
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Sarah Michelle Gellar takes on the role of Buffy Summers in this TV version of "Buffy the Vampire...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 3
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Sarah Michelle Gellar takes on the role of Buffy Summers in this TV version of "Buffy the Vampire...
LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated Wrong Turn (2003) in Movies
Mar 4, 2021
The cannon fodder teenagers in this are also pretty standard, with the exception of the two leads played by Eliza Dushku and Desmond Harrington. They don't come across as the usual empty headed victims that make stupid decisions, and as a result, it's easy to become invested in their fight for survival.
This first entry in the franchise is a far cry from the more digital looking, torture porn leaning sequels, and boasts some decent practical gore. The designs of the mountain men are suitably unsettling, thanks to Shane Mahan and Stan Winston, and it's easy to see why Thee Finger became something of a horror icon following this film's release.
Wrong Turn won't set your world aflame, but it's a competent and watchable horror that stands well on its own, and is a pretty fun, especially when compared to it's plethora of shitty sequels (the second one isn't too bad to be fair...)