After the cartoonish sadism of his Evil Dead trilogy and the deranged superheroics of Darkman, it looked like Sam Raimi was starting to mature after
Tag: 1998
Rebirth Of Mothra III
When they have momentum, the rate that Toho can churn out Kaiju flicks is frankly stunning – and I’m not even talking about the inhuman
Star Trek: Insurrection
After First Contact, the cracking eighth entry in the movie arm of the Star Trek franchise, it seems like the Federation was at rare strength
The Mask Of Zorro
When your most beloved franchises come to a natural end (in these days it’s usually temporarily) it’s natural to find something to fill the gap
Psycho
Riding high from the plaudits hurled at the Affleck/Damon scripted Good Will Hunting, Gus Van Sant dove straight into his next project with the same
Phantasm: Oblivion
It’s a common fact that when your horror franchise continues over an extended period of time the audience tends to shrink until only the faithful
The Faculty
For the vast majority of us, negotiating the social pitfalls of education was (or still is) a rollercoaster ride of flaring hormones, various attempts at
Armageddon
Michael Bay, Hollywood’s unrepentant purveyor of blowing shit up real good, had pretty much detonated a fair chunk of Miami in his debut, Bad Boys,
Deep Rising
Stephen Sommers temporarily became a major player in hollywood after he attacked the multiplexes with his particular brand of hyperactive blockbuster – ie. the mentality
Lethal Weapon 4
Boasting one of the fastest turnarounds in blockbuster movie history (which in layman’s terms means they wasn’t making it and then suddenly they were –
Nick Fury: Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Those only familiar with the Samuel L. Jackson incarnation of the Marvel comic’s cyclopian super spy may be surprised to know that the original model
Blade
Before the MCU, before Spider-Man and even before the X-Men – there was Blade.Hardly gifted the most memorable of comic origins, this 70’s blaxploitation throwback
Godzilla
On paper Roland Emmerich was the perfect choice to wrangle Godzilla on his first American funded rampage. Seriously, check it. The stats all line up.
Halloween H20
20 years after John Carpenter’s seminal slasher classic crept in through cinema’s back window that cinema carelessly left open while babysitting; and 20 years BEFORE
Bride Of Chucky
After the insipid Child’s Play 3 nearly beached the killer doll franchise like a whale with fatally low self esteem, the filmmakers behind Chucky’s newest
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