The Last Boy Scout (1991) May 24, 2013
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All the style of Tony Scott + all the style of Shane Black? Should be a match made in heaven…
Stiff Upper Lips (1998) April 18, 2013
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Gary Sinyor skewers Merchant Ivory with his great big… parody.
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) March 6, 2013
Posted by badblokebob in : Animation, Action, Romance, Crime, 5 stars, 1990s, Mystery, superhero films, Film Noir: Pre/Post/Neo/etc., 2012 , 1 comment so far
Arriving in cinemas between the Burton and Schumacher eras of live-action Batman, could this animation be the best Dark Knight film ever made?
#82: RoboCop 2 (1990) December 20, 2012
Posted by badblokebob in : Action, Thriller, Sci-fi, Crime, 4 stars, 1990s, 2012 , add a commentAfter an unfortunate break, the 100 Films Advent Calendar picks up where it left off with the review of a superior (in my opinion, anyway) sequel…
#5: Tombstone (1993) December 1, 2012
Posted by badblokebob in : Drama, Western, 4 stars, 1990s, true stories, 2012 , add a commentThe 100 Films Advent Calendar 2012 begins with a much-belated (I watched it in January) look at this ’90s Western…
#27: Stepping Out (1991) October 23, 2012
Posted by badblokebob in : Comedy, Drama, adaptations, 3 stars, 1990s, 2012 , add a commentJames Bond director Lewis Gilbert tells the story of… a small amateur dance glass populated by middle-aged women, amongst them Liza Minnelli and Julie Walters.
I didn’t see a hollowed-out volcano…
#43: The Negotiator (1998) October 3, 2012
Posted by badblokebob in : Action, Thriller, 4 stars, 1990s, 2012 , add a commentSamuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey engage in some negotiator-on-negotiator action in this late ’90s thriller…
