Lollipop Magazine

Dark Cloud – 2 – Review

July 23, 2003

Dark Cloud 2 combines adventure beat-’em-ups, RPG, puzzle-solving, time traveling, and sports quests into a world where surprises never end.

Undercover Brother – Review

July 23, 2003

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is essentially Austin Powers for the Blaxploitation crowd. It’s better than that Mike Meyers trilogy.

The Young Idea – Review

July 23, 2003

Leave it to Chase of Supercult to videotape his model shoots, interview them, then set the whole thing to cool, hip music, and toss in a short movie that rules.

The Transporter – Review

July 23, 2003

There is a plot, theoretically. There are also lots of excuses for ridiculously spectacular car chases, karate fights, and explosions. Lots of explosions.

Ringu – Review

July 23, 2003

Dreamworks releases Ringu, the Japanese horror film from Hideo Nakata, in conjunction with the DVD of the American remake by Gore Verbinski, known as The Ring.

The Stranglers: The Video Collection 1977-1982 – Review

July 23, 2003

A collection of 16 (mostly) rarely-aired production videos from one of rock’s most mysterious bands of anti-musical hooligans.

Standing In The Shadows of Motown – Review

July 23, 2003

A documentary on the backing musicians (known as The Funk Brothers) who made Detroit’s premier soul label tick. The criticisms are small but glaring.

People From Space – Review

July 23, 2003

People From Space strikes me as a spoof on the Fox reality alien shows mixed with The Blair Witch Project.

Melvins – Salad of a Thousand Delights – Review

July 23, 2003

A DVD reissue of a damn-near-impossible-to-find VHS release. This one captures The Melvins in a tiny ass club in Olympia in 1991.

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter – Review

July 23, 2003

Jesus Christ knows kung fu! And battles vampires. Many of them lesbians, which is why they can walk around in daylight. Or something.