The inexorable and meteoric rise of Steven Seagal during the early 1990s has often proven to be something that fascinates me to this day. To
Tag: 1990s
Two Evil Eyes (1990) – Review
Part of growing up watching the horror directing legends of the past was concocting what kind of cool shit you’d get if you merged their
Warlock III: The End Of Innocence (1999) – Review
Alarm bells should always sound when the actor who played a reoccurring role in a horror franchise suddenly opts out mid series. After all, Robert
Léon (1994) – Review
When it comes to the nature of the mysterious, almost ethereal hitman, no one has cornered the market quite like Luc Besson. You see, while
Trauma (1993) – Review
It’s something of a common fact about the career of Dario Argento that Italy’s master of horror saw something of a drop off in quality
Tarzan And The Lost City (1998) – Review
The 90s just really couldn’t get the old pulp heroes right, could they? After Tim Burton created a cinematic sensation with his highly stylized tale
Ed Wood (1994) – Review
As I’ve stated elsewhere, biopics aren’t exactly my bag. For a start, they tend to be overly glossy, puff pieces that often struggle to to
Warlock: The Armageddon (1993) – Review
Back in 1989 we got Warlock, a surprisingly over-achieving, time travelling horror/comedy that saw Julian Sands and Richard E. Grant do battle in a centuries
Interview With The Vampire (1994) – Review
It’s easy to think that fan vitriol and campaigns launched in order to change the adaption of a beloved property in the midst of filming
Nightwatch (1994) – Review
These days, settling down to watch a creepy, intricate thriller that comes from more Scandinavian climes is almost second nature thanks to the global success
Once A Thief (1991) – Review
Even someone who can orchestrate action at the level John Woo was operating at during the late 80s needs to let their hair down at
The Sixth Sense (1999) – Review
For the longest time, I’ve tried to ignore the beautifully subtle lure of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense for the most ridiculous of reasons
G.I. Jane (1997) – Review
There’s a little theory I have concerning the sensational Scott brothers that suggests that they kind swapped roles during the mid-to-late 90s. Ridley, the more
Roadracers (1994) – Review
Not every sophomore movie can be Pulp Fiction, but then, not every film has to be. Sometimes a budding auteur needs a throwaway film or
True Romance (1993) – Review
Back when Quentin Tarantino was only one movie deep into his two-film conquest of Hollywood, the assault was carried on in his stead by a
Another 48 Hrs. (1990) – Review
Way back in the dark ages – or more accurately, 1984 – a movie arrived that not only teed up Lethal Weapon to perfect the
For Love Of The Game (1999) – Review
After a career that begun with a bunch of Detroit film students hurling both a camera and each other around a cabin in Tennessee, the
Out For Justice (1991) – Review
The brief conquest of Hollywood by arch bullshitter and all round lunatic, Steven Seagal, had to peak somewhere, and popular opinion commonly regards Under Siege
Night Of The Demons 3 (1997) – Review
While less kind critics would probably dismiss Kevin Tenney’s Night Of The Demons as nothing more than a hokey, lesser, Evil Dead clone, the 1988
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) – Review
On paper, John McTiernan’s remake of the slick, 1968 crime caper, The Thomas Crown Affair should have provided anything new – I mean, just look
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