Tag: 1990s

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Dante’s Peak (1997) – Review

In hindsight it all becomes staggeringly obvious. Of course you’d send a James Bond actor to tackle a monstrous volcano – after all, don’t most

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Heavenly Creatures (1994) – Review

Have you ever taken a step back and fully appreciated how frickin’ insane Peter Jackson’s journey from Bad Taste to Lord Of The Rings truly

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Night Terrors (1993) – Review

There’s a common belief that the quality control of Tobe Hooper took a brisk march off a cliff after the release of his blockbusting, Spielbergian

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Drunken Master II (1994) – Review

If you ever wonder what it was that convinced the powers that be to give Jackie Chan one more shot at Hollywood, chances are it

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Night Of The Demons 2 (1994) – Review

Compared to the ballsy, brassier days of 80s horror, fear flicks of the 90s that actually made it to the cinema usually seemed a bit

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Trespass (1992) – Review

Walter Hill has always been a filmmaker who has always worn his heart – not to mention his influences – plainly on his sleeve, be

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Shopping (1994) – Review

Witnessing a filmmaker’s debut isn’t always a blueprint to predicting where their career is going to take them, but sometimes, sitting down to watch their

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Last Man Standing (1996) – Review

What is it about Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo that demands that it got numerous remakes in other forms? Well, that’s an easy question to answer: it’s

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Class Of 1999 (1990) – Review

Kids these days. I swear, sometimes I despair.Back in the days before CGI, colour correcting and online movie pundits who seem to think it’s cool

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Enemy Of The State (1998) – Review

I don’t think I’d be too out of line by suggesting that during the 90s, Tony had deposed Ridley as who was the best Scott

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Arachnophobia (1990) – Review

The year is 1990. A much younger me is out at the cinema with a group of friends for someone’s birthday. A decision has to

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Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994) – Review

Retconning a franchise in the middle of its run is a fairly standard, run of the mill practice these days, especially whenever a studio wants

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Deathstalker IV: Match Of Titans (1991) – Review

Surely the greatest victory that Deathstalker achieved wasn’t the smiting of yet another asshole sorcerer or once again scoring a horizontal conquest with the latest

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