It seems almost deliciously fitting that The Lawnmower Man, a “Stephen King adaption” that utterly ignored its source material, would itself spawn a sequel that
Tag: 1996
Happy Gilmore (1996) – Review
I have to confess, I never really got the Sandman for a while. Being that we never really got SNL over here and I was
Sometimes They Come Back… Again (1996) – Review
As crazy as it may seem, sometimes you just run out of Stephen King books to film – or at least books that you can
The Phantom (1996) – Review
OK, for a start, I don’t know who the Hell thought “Slam Evil” would be a viable tagine for a tentpole superhero – it would
Bad Moon (1996) – Review
Lycanthropes seemed to hit a peak in the 80s thanks to a trifecta of classics that each put the classic creature on a leash and
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
Space Truckers (1996) – Review
Despite bursting onto the horror scene with a gaggle of winningly extreme gorefests in the mid 80s, Stuart Gordon had a rather strange affinity for
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996) – Review
The main problem with studios employing a buy one get one free approach with sequel making (ie. making two follow ups back to back) is
Nemesis 4: Cry Of Angels (1996) – Review
It’s truly remarkable to me that Albert Pyun managed to get so much mileage out of his Nemesis franchise despite a noticable lack of talent
Nemesis 3: Time Lapse (1996) – Review
If nothing else, the existence of Nemesis 3: Time Lapse (aka. Nemesis 3: Prey Harder), proves that Albert Pyun had a sense of tenaciousness that
The Crow: City Of Angels (1996) – Review
Sequelizing the goth-tastic, 1994, comic book movie The Crow was never going to an easy task, especially since the movie achieved mythic status after the
Children Of The Corn IV: The Gathering (1996) – Review
How the hell does one even begin to review a film like Children Of The Corn IV?Do I roll up my sleeves and tear it
Titanic (1996) – Review
After legendary stories of ballooning costs, technical issues and the fact that someone spiked the catering with LSD, movie pundits back in 1997 famously predicted
Executive Decision (1996) – Review
Some films just age weird.Some simply have some social norms and behaviours that have regrettably aged like milk while others find that their plots end
The Frighteners (1996) – Review
Between Peter Jackson’s origins with his homegrown, DIY, gore comedies and his cinema conquering days thanks to the herculean task of realising The Lord Of
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) – Review
“Everybody be cool.” swaggers George Clooney’s impossibly charismatic career criminal, directly into the camera, near the start of From Dusk Till Dawn, “You, be cool.”.
Mars Attacks! (1996) – Review
Sometimes satire ages like wine, waiting patiently for our tastes and perceptions to catch up so we’ll eventually savour its matured taste. Mature is hardly
Fear (1996) – Review
Sometimes a film ages so badly, rewatching them years later almost shifts the thing into a completely different genre – take the generically named Fear
Broken Arrow (1996) – Review
After crafting God-level action classics back in his native Hong Kong, John Woo inevitably made the leap to Hollywood after his 1992 epic Hard Boiled
Thinner (1996) – Review
As I’ve no doubt mentioned before, when a filmmaker attempts to wrestle Stephen King’s books into a filmable format, there’s still always that fact that
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