You’ve Got Mail
You’ve Got Mail (1998) is one of the bonafide popular classics of the “golden age” of romantic comedies. Nora Ephron’s remake of The Shop Around The Corner (1940) updates Illatszertár… Read more »
Tag: 1990s
Clockwatchers
Clockwatchers (1997) opens with Iris (Toni Collette) arriving for a new temp job with a credit company. Almost immediately, Iris begins a friendship with the other temps (Parker Posey, Lisa… Read more »
Tiger Claws
In New York City a serial killer known as “the death dealer” (Bolo Yeung) is killing renowned martial artists with the ancient fighting technique of the Tiger. NYPD detectives Tarek… Read more »
Viva Erotica
Viva Erotica (1996) is one of a relative few Category III films to have garnered the type of serious reputation usually reserved for international art films. The film is a… Read more »
The Demon’s Baby
The Demon’s Baby (1998) opens with General Hsu (Elvis Tsui) pillaging and ancient temple of its treasures. Among the many jewels and golden icons are five vessels, each containing an… Read more »
Undeclared War
Ringo Lam’s Undeclared War (1990) finds the action film auteur bidding for the international market. Throughout the eighties the popularity of Hong Kong genre films grew steadily in western markets… Read more »
Erotic Nightmare
Cheap, sleazy, and totally unhinged, Erotic Nightmare (1999) could only have come from producer Wong Jing. This erotic black magic thriller is one of three films in Vinegar Syndrome’s gorgeous… Read more »
Thunderheart
Thunderheart (1992) and its companion film Incident At Oglala (1992) were both directed by Michael Apted and fit in the vein of the filmmaker’s politically minded thrillers. While Apted’s motives… Read more »
The Wicked City
Tsui Hark’s The Wicked City (1992) is an adaptation of the same novel by Hideyuki Kikuchi as the classic anime feature Wicked City (1987). While both films take liberties with… Read more »
While You Were Sleeping
While You Were Sleeping (1995) is one of those films from the “golden age” of romantic comedies that adapted the farcical plotting of screwball comedies for the nineties by populating… Read more »
