Tag: 1994

Pom Poko (1994) – Review

Up until this point in Studio Ghibli history, you could count on three things – the first was that it was painfully clear that the

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Puppet Master 5 (1994) – Review

Possibly my most favorite thing about so-called “final chapters” is that they very seldom actually are. Jason Vorhees famously got 2, the X-Men’s Last Stand

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Ghoulies IV (1994) – Review

When any kind of long running horror franchise tries to make some sort of claim that it’s going back to its roots, then it’s usually

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Leprechaun 2 (1994) – Review

The greatest danger with starting any horror franchise off the back of a recognisable, monstrous icon is that if you go to the well one

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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) – Review

Depending on where you sit on the rise/fall of the spoof comedy in American cinema, the third and final cinematic outing of Leslie Nielsen’s Frank

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The Next Karate Kid (1994) – Review

Every now and then, a film series will deliver an entry that proves to be something called a franchise killer – an installment so despised

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Dellamorte Dellamore (aka. Cemetery Man) (1994) – Review

For a good couple of decades, Italy was a powerhouse of the horror genre, pumping out both staggering innovation and derivative trash in equal measure.

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Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) – Review

Healing can come from the strangest places, but all the legions of button bashing fanatics who walked away from the disastrous 1994 attempt to realise

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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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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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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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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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Death Wish V: The Face Of Death (1994) – Review

The year is 1994 and action cinema has exploded. James Cameron, let loose with the biggest budget ever at the time has delivered the spy/action/comedy,

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The Shadow (1994) – Review

After Tim Burton’s Batman broke big in 89, the race was on to try and find the next gloomy, brooding, urban vigilante to bring to

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