Lollipop Magazine

The Passion of the Christ – Review

March 7, 2005

If you love violence and are curious about how many times Jesus can topple over, bleed profusely, and be savagely crushed under his cross, rent this.

Signs – Review

April 18, 2003

Signs is about an alien invasion, but there are very few aliens. Like the classic Night of the Living Dead, we get a film about people in a bad situation.

Payback – Review

September 1, 1999

The return of the mean Mel Gibson from Road Warrior (his voice is deeper and gruffer than it has been in years), yet with the humor the man is famous for.

Conspiracy Theory – Review

March 1, 1998

Paranoia and puppy love mix about as well as oil and water. Same with wacky, over-verbal, giddiness and Bondian spy-guy action.

Ransom – Review

July 1, 1997

While the ending seems almost tacked on, the flip-flopping of who’s in control and the visible click in the mind’s of the two men keeps the action tense.