The Killing Time (1993) – Director: Rick King – 3/10 (very mediocre/bad)Another great performance wasted in a deeply troubled and ultimately meaningless production. Kiefer Sutherland‘s portrayal of the mysterious killer impersonating a deputy constitutes the only compelling aspect of this bungled thriller/neo-noir/whatever. Not only does the story not make a whole […]
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One of our favorite conspiracy thrillers, Sydney Pollack’s The Firm (1993) is coming to 4K UHD. OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: Paramount Home Media Distribution will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Sydney Pollack’s thriller The Firm with a brand new 4K Blu-ray edition, which will be available for purchase on June 28th. Description: Mitch […]
If martial arts movies or Hong Kong movies more generally are your thing, chances are you have heard of Iron Monkey. You might even be a huge fan of it. Iron Monkey, Yuen Woo-Ping‘s 1993 Kung Fu romp starring Donnie Yen, Yu Rong-kwong and Jean Wang rode (at least in […]
John Woo‘s 1993 furious action classic HARD TARGET marked his debut as an American filmmaker and was my introduction to his work. I remember reading about the film when it was released and my curiosity was stirred when star Jean Claude Van Damme referred to Woo as “the Martin Scorsese […]
Falling Down is proof that not all Joel Schumacher films suck (it’s mainly just his Batman movies). This is a great film that I believe should be known as a classic, among the ranks of Scarface, Die Hard and other timeless must see movies. (That is the quick review should […]
If American Graffiti was the film that defined the sock hop/car culture/drive-in scene of the early 60s then Dazed and Confused (1993) is the film that represents the 70s in all its long haired, pot smoking, free-wheeling, bell bottomed beauty. In the early 90s Writer-Director Richard Linklater produced an indie […]
Michael Douglas stars as William Foster a divorcée who loses his job as a defense engineer. Foster (known in the film only from his car’s license plate which reads D-FENS) is stuck in a traffic jam and has a nervous breakdown. Foster simply leaves his car where it is and […]
10 years after working together on the crime classic Scarface (1983), Brian DePalma and Al Pacino reunited for another crime film/character study called Carlito’s Way (1993). Where Scarface ended, Carlito’s Way begins. The main difference between the characters of Tony Montana and Carlito Brigante is the attitude the characters have […]