If you ever needed an example of how truly brilliant Steven Spielberg is you would have to look no further than 1993.Why is that year
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Scream 2 (1997) – Review
With the rousing success of Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson’s Scream, a film that attached jumper cables to the nascent slasher genre and juiced it
Jurassic Park (1993) – Review
Steven Spielberg is rightly credited as birthing the modern blockbuster with the release of his toothy masterpiece Jaws, a film I personally hold as the
Scream (1996) – Review
By the mid nineties the horror genre was practically dead on it’s feet. Not shuffling around zombie dead you understand, but bleeding out, stabbed multiple
Independence Day (1996) – Review
There’s a wave of nostalgia that envelops certain movies that really fail to hold up when the cold, cruel light of modern day is shone
Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1991) – Review
The many and varied grotesque gallery of characters that populate the horror exploitation genre is ever growing and anyone who’s anyone manages to wring multiple
Basket Case 2 (1990) – Review
80’s trash overlord Frank Henenlotter made his name in the realms of insanely low budget horror with the gloriously deranged Basket Case, the twisted tale
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) – Review
There are a fair few genres that the Oscars have routinely turned their nose up, with Fantasy, Action and Horror rarely getting the nod when
Boyz N The Hood (1991) – Review
In these divisive times in which we live it’s incredibly distressing that John Singleton’s 1991 classic Boyz N The Hood is still as fiercely relevant
A Bug’s Life (1997) – Review
Sandwiched between the impressive, plaything-themed one-two punch of the first two Toy Story movies, it’s fair to say that 1998’s A Bug’s Life has become
The Matrix (1999) – Review
The year was 1999 and the world was focused on the fact that George Lucas’ Star Wars saga was about to make it’s return to
Men In Black (1997) – Review
It’s a fairly accurate comment to say that the summer season of 1997 was somewhat bloated, but when you dig into the list of offenders
Rocky V (1990) – Review
After the fist pumping, USA chanting, cartoony foolishness of his fourth outing, the powers that be decided that maybe it was time to reign Rocky
Jumanji (1995) – Review
When it comes to fantasy movies of the 80’s and 90’s, you have to believe that nostalgia plays a massive hand when it comes to
Darkman (1990) – Review
Seen these days as somewhat of an eccentric weirdo upon it’s release in 1990 Darkman could also be seen as a hyper-active dry run for
Armageddon (1998) – Review
Michael Bay, Hollywood’s unrepentant purveyor of blowing shit up real good, had pretty much detonated a fair chunk of Miami in his debut, Bad Boys,
Speed (1994) – Review
There’s no pop quiz required here, hotshot…No other actor in movies has routinely (almost unknowingly) appeared in so many different films that ripped up the
The Rock (1996) – Review
Back in the 90’s when Hollywood producers still had the ability to restrain Michael Bay’s more absurd cinematic habits; we got bullshit-free movies like 1996’s
Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh (1995) – Review
Back in the day, I often wondered why Clive Barker’s hook wielding, bee spitting, romantic gut-splitter we all know as the Candyman never became one
Hard Target (1993) – Review
A brooding hero squares up to some low level thugs to not only teach them a lesson in manners and protect a woman in danger,
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