When it comes to turning over a new leaf, nothing helps you whip up a new, heroic persona faster than targeting Nazis in 1941. Thus
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Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm (1993) – Review
In this time where fandom regularly brawls within itself about which incarnation of a property is best, I would hope that all Batman fans would
Sniper (1993) – Review
Cinema has always been stuffed full of ironies, but one of my favorite is that Sniper, a movie about the stealthiest of military professions, somehow
The Fugitive (1993) – Review
For quite a while there, Harrison Ford was regarded as the everyman hero in American cinema for round about twenty years or so which, when
Ninja Scroll (1993) – Review
There was always something delightfully anti-social about some of the anime released in the 80s and 90s. I mean, what could be more counter-culture (and
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
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
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
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
American Ninja 5 (1993) – Review
Regardless of your feelings about action cinema’s most blatant act of cultural appropriation, there’s something deeply impressive about the fact that this legendarily childish franchise
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) – Review
As a rule, fantasy movies set at Christmas are usually cuddly, fluffy affairs with all the usual tropes delivered wrapped in a nice, safe, unthreatening
Cliffhanger (1993) – Review
There’s something about 90s action movies that hit a little different. Maybe it’s because the notion of the high concept, single sentence pitch was at
Body Snatchers (1993) – Review
The earlier, cinematic versions of Jack Finney’s Invasion Of The Body Snatchers are as vital and important as any science fiction film released in their
Body Bags (1993) – Review
Sometimes work doesn’t have to be work, y’know, and it’s always nice every now and then to blow off some steam by screwing around with
Nowhere To Run (1993) – Review
By the early nineties, the stock of Jean Claude Van Damme had risen to the point where he now was an acceptable draw at the
Necronomicon (1993) – Review
While there has been many adaptations filmed from the eldritch works of Rhode Island’s grumpiest son, H.P. Lovecraft, possibly one of the most deranged may
Return Of The Living Dead 3 (1993) – Review
Dan O’Bannon’s original Return Of The Living Dead has one of the most interesting tones of any horror films of the 80’s. Mixing dark wit
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
Tombstone (1993) – Review
Grecco-Italian film director George P. Cosmatos has a smaller resumé than some of his peers but chances are you’ve heard of few of them; after
In The Line Of Fire (1993) – Review
Has there been anyone one else in Hollywood who has managed to encapsulate the notion of the aging hero better than Clint Eastwood? Oh sure,
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