Reviews

Prince Of Darkness

June 16, 1998 // 0 Comments

After a series of less-successful major motion pictures, some of which were said to have been strangled by studio interference, "Prince Of Darkness" marked John Carpenters return to lower-budget horror movies. Carpenter is a director with a cult [...]

House Of Dreams

June 6, 1998 // 0 Comments

Every once in a while a gem appears in the mostly unlikely genres. This time it’s in the adult movie section, as DaVid Entertainment’s "House Of Dreams" is one of those rare, attractively stylish adult movies. Unlike most other adult [...]

The Game

June 6, 1998 // 0 Comments

David Fincher has already proven his ability to handle dark themes – his thriller "Seven" a few years ago, helped define a new wave of film noir. With his latest outing, "The Game", starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn, Fincher [...]

Seven Years In Tibet

June 2, 1998 // 0 Comments

Epic pictures, well-drawn characters, a colorful production design, and a moving story about war, peace, love and hate; these are the elements of "Seven Years In Tibet", a grandiose expedition into the realms of the Himalayas, the story of a man [...]

Organized Crime & Triad Bureau

June 1, 1998 // 0 Comments

I really enjoy fast paced and speedy action movies, but "Organized Crime & Triad Bureau" left even me breathless. It is a non- stop, full-throttle, Hong Kong action spectacle that fulfills all its promise admirably. Unlike American action [...]

Eve’s Bayou

June 1, 1998 // 0 Comments

Eve’s Bayou is an exceedingly charming movie, that surprises and entertains on many levels. Most astonishingly however, this film is the debut of first-time writer and director Kasi Lemmons, who brings her very unique, female touch into this movie, [...]

From Dusk Till Dawn

June 1, 1998 // 0 Comments

When two visionary filmmakers get together to create a movie, the result can be something completely captivating, something that is so different from anything you’ve seen that you actually start to wonder what it is that makes this movie so special. [...]

Angel Heart

June 1, 1998 // 0 Comments

It has been a long time since I last saw "Angel Heart", yet I remembered it well. It is a striking movie, expertly blending elements of the horror genre with classic film noir, resulting in a film that defies clichés, creating uniquely [...]

The Chamber

May 22, 1998 // 0 Comments

Sometimes it seems that John Grisham’s novels are turned into movies faster than the best-selling author can write them. This seems even more true in the case of "The Chamber", picked up on the strength of a single-page story layout by [...]

Chaplin

May 22, 1998 // 0 Comments

Over eighty years after his first appearance on film, the Tramp is still one of the best known characters of movie history, making Charlie Chaplin one of the best known men on earth. But who was he really? Who was the man behind the timeless success of [...]
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