That was an excellent one.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Spiderbabe (2003) * 1/2 (out of 4) Softcore take-off on Spiderman has Misty Mundae playing Patricia Porker, a social outcast who is bitten by a radioactive spider, which turns her into a crime fighter as well as lesbian lover. These low-budget softcore movies are usually good for a quick laugh and some cheap sex scenes and this here is really no different. Whereas Sam Raimi's films relied on special effects, this one here just needs constant lesbian scenes and the only effect is that our crime fighter can shoot spider webs from between her legs. For the most part this is a pretty silly movie that features some awful direction that really never adds any energy or excitement. I think the biggest problem with the film is that there's simply no good pacing and even though it runs just 88-miutes it feels twice as long. The story itself is a pretty silly one and the dialogue is horrible but you really can't blame the screenplay too much since it's obvious that the most important thing were the sex scenes. The sex scenes happen at least every three or four minutes and for the most part they are lesbians scenes. The only decent thing in the movie are a few of the sexual fantasies that our hero has while she's still playing the outcast. The sex scenes are clearly the best thing here with the standout being the one between Misty and Darian Caine who plays her best friend. SPIDERBABE is certainly going to mainly appeal to fans of Mundae but others might get a few cheap thrills out of its campy nature.

"Spiderbabe" was simply amazing. The deep undertones of racial tension reverberated throughout the film. My southern heritage was called into question, and I was persuaded to leave the Daughters of the Confederacy. I am now an advocate for the dissolving of the Mason-Dixon line. Not only that, but now I know the true beauty of lesbian love.The visual effects were so lifelike that at times my Acraphobia was agitated! My sexuality was aroused in an area that I never thought was possible: towards a woman. My roommate looks a little like Misty Mundae, and so I really became attracted to her. But, shhh, don't tell! The only thing that could have possibly made this Oscar-worthy film better was if they expanded on "Tender White: Grandma's Douche." I would give it a 69, but it only goes to 10.

*SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT* Holy cow. They actually spent some money on this one. Location shooting! Special effects! Lightning bolts! Spiderwebs! Massive explosions! Costumes! Misty Mundae actually looking hot! Wow. That was the best part.I got to admit. Misty Mundae looked good in this one. Her Spiderbabe costume worked wonders for her. Speaking of hot costumes, Julian Wells rides the Bi-Polar express in a tour de force performance as Femtilian/Lucinda Knoxx. I like her much more when she loosens up. Most movies she's in she has got some serious pouting going on. In "Spiderbabe", her dastardly experiment turns her into a lizard babe and lets her have some fun. We all win when that happens.So Spiderbabe runs around town and makes out with a lot of women. The citizens of New York are very grateful. I especially liked the Queen B wrestler scene. That was some good wrestling. The truly amazing thing about "Spiderbabe" is that it actually made me laugh! Misty Mundae made me chuckle with her various job fantasies, especially being the nurse. Overall, I was pleased with "Spiderbabe". It's worth a look.

I'll preface my review by stating that I am not a fan of the independent 'straight to video' genre that owes a great debt to the grindhouse films of the 60's. I don't own any, I've never rented any, so I might lack the appreciation for these tongue-in-cheek, low-budget stinkers that many other people have.I caught this movie on Cinemax late one Saturday evening with a lady friend. Please don't ask me why I was watching Cinemax late one Saturday evening with a lady friend. We were bored with World Championship Poker. Some atrociously bad acting courtesy of Misty Mundae (and I wish she wouldn't own up to being from Illinois, as we actually turn out some very bright thespians here) caught our attention. Now normally, the aim of some good soft-core porn would be to get you and your partner in the mood. Some good sex, tongue in cheek humor, and who know what could happen? After about 15 minutes, and a scene where the title character seduces a mugging victim, my lady friend said 'if you want to watch the rest of this fine, I am going to bed so I don't have to. Please turn the volume off.' Here is what I gather from the plot: Misty's character is a sexless nerd who gets bitten by a spider and turns into a super-sex kitten with super web slinging powers that don't come from her wrists. There is some sort of evil villainess involved, who didn't look particularly evil or sexy. Spiderbabe saves the day, has sex, M.J. (who is male in this film) constantly gets propositioned by stereotypically bad gay bikers, and somehow the evil villainess gets pushed off a building to her death.What was good about this film? It ended.What was bad about it? Acting to make a third grade pageant look like Oscar winners, a script turned out by people who I picture to be drunken, college-aged sex perverts who wouldn't know what sex is if they took a class taught by Dr. Ruth, special effects that were about as special as someone jumping off a trampoline, humor about as funny as… well, I have yet to encounter anything that is lamer. The sex scenes? If we were watching a video, the only thing those scenes would have turned on is the fast forward button. And the action scenes? Some of my old Atari VCS games had better choreography.Now I know this type of film is supposed to be enjoyed for it's inherent badness. Companies like EI don't set out to make good movies: they have a niche and they target it. My experience as a marketer tells me they are right on the money in servicing their audience. But after my brief exposure to 'Spiderbabe', I for one can say I am not delving into that world again any time soon. Maybe the problem with the filmmakers in this type of genre is this: they spend so much attention to making the films bad, that if they made an effort to try and focus on those things they do very well, they would turn out some very enjoyable 'le bad' Cinema, a la Troma films in the 80's. Sorry folks; the spirit is there, but the effort isn't.Though I have to admit that "Alice in Acidland" intrigues me