This sixth installment of the bafflingly resilient Stephen King franchise may have the most accurate title of them all – after all thanks to the
Tag: 1999
Universal Soldier: The Return
As fitting for a franchise about dead guys resurrecting to endlessly beat the shit out of one another, the Universal Soldier series somehow fought it’s
The 13th Warrior
Before Robert Eggers’ The Northman and six seasons of Michael Hirst’s insanely popular Vikings, movies featuring those notoriuos, shaggy Nordic marauders (let alone good ones)
Sleepy Hollow
After his crazed satire Mars Attacks! crashed and burned at the box office and his proposed Superman movie flew headlong into the sun, Tim Burton
Terror Firmer (1999) – Review
You know, it’s easy to write off filmmakers like Lloyd Kaufman simply because the guy decides to load his movies with more smut and bloodshed
The Green Mile
I always get a little nervous when proven directors start pigeonholing themselves. I’m not necessarily talking about an auteur investing six or seven years of
Three Kings
By 1999, movies involving the Persian Gulf war were usually ramrod straight dramas that treated the still-fresh struggle against Saddam Hussein with a grave respect
Wild Wild West
Staggering into the infamously stacked blockbuster summer of 1999 like a washed up cowpoke with more whiskey in its body than blood came Wild Wild
Lake Placid
Compiling unofficial trilogies that contain unrelated movies is something my brain seems to do every now and then. Boasting connective tissue as thin as wet
Idle Hands
The stoner comedy is a genre I personally think doesn’t age particularly well. You can see my point, right? Goofy movies filled with lovable losers
The Mummy
Back in 1999, I remember emerging from the cinema feeling a little nonplussed about The Mumny, Stephen Sommers’ mega budgeted remake of the classic Universal
Galaxy Quest
In the furthest reaches of the charted universe, in the region astronomers have labelled The Nebula Of Underrated Comedies, lies a vast supernova made up
Candyman: Day Of The Dead
What is it about the creations of Clive Barker that make them so difficult to sequelize without his core concepts collapsing into steaming piles of
The Matrix
The year was 1999 and the world was focused on the fact that George Lucas’ Star Wars saga was about to make it’s return to
Toy Story 2
Comedian Dimitri Martin once said that graffiti is the most passionate literature there is: “It’s always like ‘Bush sucks!’ … ‘U2 Rocks!’” he stated, “I want to
Gamera 3: The Revenge Of Iris
For the final part of his lauded Gamera trilogy, director Shusuke Kaneko went for something a little different from the usual plotline of an evil
Deep Blue Sea
I have to admit, every time Hollywood hurls serious cash at an animal run amok movie, my pulse quickens. Since Jaws tore chunks out of
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
To recall the hysteria surrounding the weeks leading up to the release of the first brand new Star Wars movie since 1983’s Return Of The
Godzilla 2000
Godzilla 2000 (which actually was released in 1999) is a curious beast. After the Sony/Tri Star Godzilla failed to make an impact Toho studios felt
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