Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
Alice (Susan Blakely) is the lone survivor of an attack by the “kabuki” serial killer who has been terrorizing the city. Bereft by the death of her daughter, Alice is… Read more »
Tag: 1990s
Matinee
Joe Dante’s film Matinee (1993) is as much an homage to filmmaker William Castle as it is a tribute to the cinema’s role as a commentator on and reflection of… Read more »
Switchback
Switchback (1997) is a tightly plotted thriller full of inventive twists and turns that is elevated by the authenticity brought to the characters by Danny Glover and a host of… Read more »
The Three Swordsmen
Directed by Taylor Wong, The Three Swordsmen (1994) is a modestly budgeted wuxia comedy. The Three Swordsmen follows the adventures of Siu Sam-siu (Andy Lau) who has tied with Ming… Read more »
Wild Things
Filmmaker John McNaughton established himself with the highly influential film Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer (1986) which he co-wrote and directed. Over the course of his career McNaughton proved… Read more »
Blue Steel
Kathryn Bigelow introduces her lead character, Officer Meg Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis), in the pre-credit sequence of Blue Steel (1990). In this sequence Officer Turner is reprimanded for not being… Read more »
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
If Kevin Williamson’s scripts for Scream (1996) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) operated as satirical critiques of white middle class privilege, then Trey Callaway’s script for… Read more »
Career Opportunities
The only thing people remember about Career Opportunities (1991) is the image of Jennifer Connelly riding a mechanized horse while wearing a revealing top. For a generation, Connelly became a… Read more »
Hudson Hawk
When Hudson Hawk (1991) nobody liked it. It seemed that director Michael Lehmann had squandered all of the success of Heathers (1989) on a genre pastiche that nobody wanted. Hudson… Read more »
True Crime
Mary (Alicia Silverstone) is a senior at a Catholic high school whose one ambition is to be a cop just like her dad who gave his life in the line… Read more »
