It’s always been stunning to me that the many and varied works of Clive Barker hasn’t managed to produce more timeless cinematic horror classics than
Tag: 1990s
Hardware (1990) – Review
Back in 1990 Richard Stanley was poised to a bold new voice in genre filmmaking as he launched his low budget, nihilistic, trippy, sci-fi horror
Toy Story 2 (1999) – Review
Comedian Dimitri Martin once said that graffiti is the most passionate literature there is: “It’s always like ‘Bush sucks!’ … ‘U2 Rocks!’” he stated, “I want to
Toy Story (1995) – Review
Way back in 1995, a seismic event went off in Hollywood that changed the face of cinema forever – instantly.The fact that the face of
In The Mouth Of Madness (1994) – Review
There’s a difference of opinion on what exactly John Carpenter’s last great movie was. Some believe that it was class-based, sci-fi satire They Live while
Deep Rising (1998) – Review
Stephen Sommers temporarily became a major player in hollywood after he attacked the multiplexes with his particular brand of hyperactive blockbuster – ie. the mentality
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) – Review
Boasting one of the fastest turnarounds in blockbuster movie history (which in layman’s terms means they wasn’t making it and then suddenly they were –
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) – Review
When you find yourself in the position of being a bankable director who has a legitimate franchise to fall back on seemingly whenever you need
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) – Review
By the 1990’s, Joe Dante’s output wasn’t what it should have been… starting his career with suprisingly his intelligent schlock monster opuses Piranha and The
Die Hard With A Vengeance (1995) – Review
So… What exactly makes a Die Hard movie a Die Hard movie?Bruce Willis (and his rapidly retreating hairline) is the main ingredient, obviously – but
Die Hard 2 (1990) – Review
After Die Hard swung in on a firehose from the flaming wreckage of an exploding high rise and changed the face of action movies as
Mission: Impossible (1996) – Review
The shift of gears that took Tom Cruise from smug-faced lead to smug-faced mega star can be traced right back to here. Sure, Top Gun
Maniac Cop 3: Badge Of Silence (1993) – Review
You’d think that being an undead, practically unkillable engine of destruction would garner you certain privileges in the world of the horror franchise but it
Nightbreed (1990) – Review
Released in 1990 as horror author slash director Clive Barker’s follow up to his superlative Hellraiser, Nightbreed was hyped up on set as the Star
Starship Troopers (1997) – Review
After giving deleriously bullet drenched, 80’s face lifts to cyberpunk (Robocop, Total Recall), Paul Verhoeven’s third highly satirical, stunningly violent science fiction epic may just
The Dark Half (1993) – Review
The late, great George Romero and Stephen King only managed to collaborate on two full fledged features (not counting the profoundly decent anthologies Creepshow 2
Nick Fury: Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998) – Review
Those only familiar with the Samuel L. Jackson incarnation of the Marvel comic’s cyclopian super spy may be surprised to know that the original model
Blade (1998) – Review
Before the MCU, before Spider-Man and even before the X-Men – there was Blade.Hardly gifted the most memorable of comic origins, this 70’s blaxploitation throwback
Face/Off (1997) – Review
Action maestro John Woo’s much touted leap from his native Hong Kong to the shores of American filmmaking hadn’t really produced everything we’d hoped back
Captain America (1990) – Review
Say what you will about the two laughably cheap 1979 TV movies that played absurdly fast and loose with Captain America’s history, at least they
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