Rex: A Dinosaur’s Story
Deep inside of a mountain, in an ancient Mu Temple, is a perfectly preserved dinosaur egg. Paleontologist Akiyoshi Tateno (Tsunehiko Watase) recovers the egg on an expedition and brings it… Read more »
Tag: 1990s
Metropolitan
For years now watching Metropolitan (1990) at Christmas time has been a sort of tradition for me. It isn’t explicitly a Christmas movie but because it’s set during that time… Read more »
The Daytrippers
Before breaking out with Superbad (2007) and Adventureland (2009), Greg Mottola wrote and directed the little indie comedy The Daytrippers (1997). The Daytrippers is a quintessential independent film of the… Read more »
The Ice Storm
Based upon the Rick Moody novel of the same name The Ice Storm (1997) was director Ang Lee’s second english language feature. Just as he had with Sense & Sensibility… Read more »
Dutch
When it comes to holiday movies two John Hughes productions generally come to mind. For Christmas, people typically turn to Home Alone (1990) while for Thanksgiving Planes, Trains & Automobiles… Read more »
Waiting For Guffman
The mockumentary Waiting For Guffman (1996) is the film that established Christopher Guest’s modus operandi as a writer, director, and actor. Upon its release, Waiting For Guffman became an instant… Read more »
Backtrack
Backtrack (1992) opens with concept artist Anne Benton (Jodie Foster) witnessing a mob enforcer (Joe Pesci) executing a man at a refinery. On the run from the mob, Anne turns… Read more »
Linnea Quigley’s Horror Workout
Every generation has its “Scream Queens” from Fay Wray to Jenna Ortega and Emma Roberts. For those of my generation our “Scream Queens” were Neve Campbell and Sarah Michelle Gellar…. Read more »
Bad Moon
While on assignment in the jungles of Nepal, photo-journalist Ted Harrison (Michael Paré) and his girlfriend Marjorie (Johanna Lebovitz) are attacked by a werewolf; killing the later and cursing the… Read more »
Limbo
In their publicity materials for Tina Krause’s single feature as a director, Limbo (1999), AGFA describe the films as “this is what might happen if David Lynch and Nine Inch… Read more »
