Lollipop Magazine

The Matrix: Revolutions – Review

October 4, 2004

The Wachowski Brothers deserve credit for building a whole universe. Same unsettling feeling: This is just a better Johnny Mnemonic. Which s not exactly praise.

The Matrix Reloaded – Review

February 2, 2004

Watching this is like riding in a car with someone who’s learning how to drive stick: Go fast, stop dead, talk, go fast again, talk more, go fast, stop cold.

The Matrix – Review

September 1, 1999

Kind of like The Truman Show, except only a few dozen rebels are in on the gag. It’s not a complete paradise. It seems we need a certain amount of misery.

Hoodlum – Review

April 1, 1998

A powerful film and historical drama. For those who watch Dave Letterman and The Daily Show for our news, we need films like this, Casino, and Rage in Harlem.

Hoodlum – Review

November 1, 1997

The marginally true story of Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson from his release from Sing Sing, to his rise to the top of the 1930’s Harlem number’s racket empire.

Event Horizon – Review

November 1, 1997

Event Horizon bars itself from being a truly great movie because it’s still only recycling without adding any thematic twists to the material.