RAISING CAIN (1992)
The wife of a prominent child psychologist suspects her husband has an unhealthy scientific obsession with their child, unaware her husband suffers from multiple personality disorder...
GOODFELLAS (1990)
Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy.
DREAMS (1990)
A collection of tales based upon the actual dreams of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.
MATINEE (1993)
A small-time film director releases a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
ESCAPE FROM L.A (1996)
Snake Plissken is once again manipulated by the US government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, which has become an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.
20 Years On: THE FRIGHTENERS
On 19 July 1996, Peter Jackson's THE FRIGHTENERS was released to disappointing box office sales, but 20 years later it's clearly an important transitional movie for the LORD OF THE RINGS director...
BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR (1990)
What stops me joining the cult of Re-Animator is how reductive the franchise is. Stuart Gordon’s original 1985 movie is a schlocky update of...
AUDITION (1999)
The early-2000s were the era of the Japanese horror movie. Films like Ring, Dark Water, and The Grudge occupied the supernatural part of the...
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
While the Oscars often overlook genre movies, horror movies, in particular, are rarely included among the Academy’s nominees. The exceptions tend to prove the...
THE X-FILES (1998) • THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (2008)
He’s the obsessed FBI agent who desperately wants to believe. She’s the cynical FBI agent who wears a cross around her neck and can...
The 10 Greatest Studio Ghibli Films
It’s no overstatement to say that there’s always something to be impressed by in every Studio Ghibli film. Whether it’s the superb artistry of...
HOME ALONE • HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK (1990/92)
To celebrate Christmas Day tomorrow, below are two retrospective reviews of the beloved Home Alone films from the early-1990s, directed by Chris Columbus, written by John...