A Perfect World
I have never been the biggest Clint Eastwood fan, particularly when it comes to the films he has directed. Eastwood’s style as a filmmaker is classical, intentionally recalling the films… Read more »
Tag: 1990s
Operation Dumbo Drop
Even as a kid I knew that Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) wasn’t as good as Angels In The Outfield (1994), even though it did sport some superior product placement (… Read more »
Demolition Man
In 1993 Schwarzenegger had Last Action Hero and Stallone had Demolition Man. Both films satirized the action blockbusters that these two actors dominated in the eighties while also, tongue in… Read more »
Un cœur en hiver
Un cœur en hiver (1992) was Claude Sautet’s penultimate film. With this and Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (1995) Sautet had reached the pinnacle of his powers as a filmmaker. Sautet’s… Read more »
Deep Rising
Back in the nineties Stephen Sommers had a reputation for revitalizing genre pictures. The combination of snappy dialogue and left field plot twists were hallmarks of Sommers films, particularly the… Read more »
French Kiss
Meg Ryan movies were a staple of my childhood. With consistent regularity the whole family would sit down to embark on one of Miss Ryan’s romantic adventures. Some were really… Read more »
Taking Care Of Business
Gone Fishin’ (1997) is one of the most insane buddy movies I’ve ever seen. Jill Mazursky’s scripting is a work of comic genius run amok like a manic Jerry Lewis… Read more »
Buffalo Soldiers
I was pretty excited when I saw that the Criterion Channel would be streaming Buffalo Soldiers (1997) as part of their Black Westerns series. I can remember when this movie… Read more »
Split Second
“We need to get bigger guns; big fucking guns!” goes the mantra of the final act of Tony Maylam’s delightfully schizophrenic genre mash-up Split Second (1992). In this film Kim… Read more »
Treasure Hunt
I remember the first time that I saw Noah Baumbach’s Kicking And Screaming (1995). I became all excited when Carlos Jacott is at the airport carrying a framed one-sheet for… Read more »
