To paraphrase Calvin Candie from Django Unchained, with Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino had our curiosity, but with the release of Pulp Fiction in 1994, he
Tag: 1990s
Clear And Present Danger (1994) – Review
Having not been all that familiar with Tom Clancy creation and all round CIA boy-scout, Jack Ryan, I have to admit that Patriot Games had
Terror Firmer (1999) – Review
You know, it’s easy to write off filmmakers like Lloyd Kaufman simply because the guy decides to load his movies with more smut and bloodshed
The Green Mile (1999) – Review
I always get a little nervous when proven directors start pigeonholing themselves. I’m not necessarily talking about an auteur investing six or seven years of
Patriot Games (1992) – Review
It’s actually pretty easy to forget that Harrison Ford has played played a returning character other than Indiana Jones, Han Solo and Deckard from Blade
Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) – Review
The bittersweet nature of the direct to video sequels that assaulted movie fans during the 90’s was the very epitome of a double-edged blade –
Tromeo And Juliet (1997) – Review
It’s not every Shakespearean adaption you see that starts with the immortal form of Lemmy from Motorhead standing in the middle of Times Square, impassively
Tremors (1990) – Review
Sometimes there’s nothing more reassuring than settling down and watching a good old homage. Call it nostalgia, or possibly my rapidly advancing age, but watching
Volcano (1997) – Review
During that mad rush in the 90’s where filmmakers rushed to take advantage of state of the art digital technology to realise every cinematic wet
The Wicked City (1992) – Review
One of the most fascinating ways to compare the differences in the way American movies approach their storytelling when put alongside their global counterparts is
Three Kings (1999) – Review
By 1999, movies involving the Persian Gulf war were usually ramrod straight dramas that treated the still-fresh struggle against Saddam Hussein with a grave respect
Fist Of The North Star (1995) – Review
You have to give the independent movie scene credit for trying to ride the wave of Anime’s global popularity during the 90’s. Attacking us with
Street Fighter (1994) – Review
Anyone who has even a passing knowledge of the glorious maelstrom of chaos that could described as the making of Street Fighter must know that
Reservoir Dogs (1992) – Review
While, for a moment there, it seemed that Quentin Tarantino’s incendiary debut was destined to be forever claimed by the legions of film school students
Twister (1996) – Review
When’s the last time you last heard anyone mention Twister? Not the weirdly erotic game that forces people to become aspiring contortionists after a couple
Super Mario Bros. (1993) – Review
I may have mentioned this somewhere before, but I truly believe there’s a special breed of blockbuster that’s considered so bad, that I reckon they
The Relic (1997) – Review
Sometimes, nothing warms my cockles more than a good, old fashioned monster movie, and in the dying years of the 20th century I guess a
Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996) – Review
If the noticably immature Hellraiser III was a timely portent that the franchise was already tipping over the edge of the abyss into the realms
Double Dragon (1994) – Review
Looming out of the gloom like that character tower you have to ascend while playing Mortal Kombat is the ascending list of all time awful
Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth (1992) – Review
It happens to the best of them – that moment where a burgeoning horror icon becomes the main character in their own franchise to the
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