The Mask Of Zorro (1998) – Review

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

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Psycho (1998) – Review

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 (1998) – Review

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 (1998) – Review

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 (1998) – Review

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 (1998) – Review

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 (1998) – Review

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. (1998) – Review

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 (1998) – Review

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

Halloween H20 (1998) – Review

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 (1998) – Review

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

Godzilla (1998) – Review

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.

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