Kite
Yasuomi Umetsu’s Kite (1998) is a three part OVA that has subsequently been edited and released as a single feature film. As an OVA Kite wasn’t subject to the same… Read more »
Yasuomi Umetsu’s Kite (1998) is a three part OVA that has subsequently been edited and released as a single feature film. As an OVA Kite wasn’t subject to the same… Read more »
Olivier Assayas’ Irma Vep (1996) is something of a contemporary classic. I love the idea that a French filmmaker would watch The Heroic Trio (1993) on LaserDisc and cast Maggie… Read more »
Robert H. Solo followed up his 1978 production of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers with the quasi-sequel/remake Body Snatchers (1993). Body Snatchers wasn’t the hit its more famous predecessors were,… Read more »
Def By Temptation (1990) is a peculiar film to have been released by Troma Films. This all Black, highly stylized horror film by James Bond III is a one of… Read more »
If you lived through the nineties you may never have seen Deep Blue Sea (1999) but you undoubtedly heard Deepest Bluest (Shark’s Fin) by LL Cool J. This theme song… Read more »
Dante’s Peak (1997) is an affective disaster film that delivers its thrills on all cylinders while never sacrificing characterization for spectacle. Director Roger Donaldson had long been one of the… Read more »
From a marketing standpoint Congo (1995) promised to be a hit. Congo was based upon a novel by Michael Crichton and could ride the wave of credibility generated by Jurassic… Read more »
Mark Tarlov had been a successful producer since the early eighties, long before he turned to directing features. As a producer Tarlov brought to the screen such diverse films as… Read more »
Johnnie To’s The Heroic Trio (1993) is an aesthetic fusion of the contemporary Hong Kong action film and the American superhero films of the late eighties and early nineties. The… Read more »
There is something special about trashy summer movies. These movies evoke a carefree time of adventure while also serving up some mindless humor and sometimes gore. Recently I saw Jaws:… Read more »