New York, 1928. Struggling playwright David Shayne (John Cusack) considers himself an artist, and he and his girlfriend of 10 years, Ellen (Mary-Louise Parker), surround…
Browsing: Movies – 1990s
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Bullseye! saw Roger Moore and Michael Caine work together onscreen for the first time. Great friends in real life, it must have seemed like a…
“We stand at the doorstep of a new millennium.” Mid March, 1996. The time of the California primaries. Bob Dole has secured the Republican Presidential…
Set in New York City in the late 1980s, this low-budget indie film presents a day in the life of Eppie’s Bar and Grill -…
After Jim Carrey’s bumper year of 1994 – when he burst onto cinema screens like a one-man circus in Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, The Mask…
Chicago student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) is researching a paper on urban myths, including that of the Candyman, a spirit with a hook hand who…
Martin Scorsese’s surprising remake of the 1962 Cape Fear offers a masterly demonstration of his technical virtuosity but trades the original’s creepy realism for contemporary tastes…
Written and directed by Charles Gale and produced by B-movie legend Roger Corman, Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (also released under the alternative title Demolition Day) tells…
Ten years after Scarface (1983), Pacino and director Brian De Palma reunited here for another crime-doesn’t-pay drama. Carlito Brigante is a Puerto Rican assassin and drug…
Lisbon 1492: Christopher Columbus (Jim Dale) sets sail with his brother Bart (Peter Richardson) and a motley crew, made up mostly of refugees from the…
“When you love someone, you’ve gotta trust them. There’s no other way.” This masterpiece from Martin Scorsese opens with the mob pushing into the casinos…
Paranormal therapist Dr James Harvey (Bill Pullman) and his 12-year-old daughter, Kat (Christina Ricci), move into Whipstaff Manor – a Gaudi-esque haunted mansion on the…
“Tell ’em they’re dreamin'” The Castle was the first feature-length offering from the creative team behind the hit Aussie comedy TV series, Frontline. They succeeded in producing…
Less than a decade after This Is Spinal Tap (1984) lovingly lampooned heavy metal, Chris Rock starred in the mockumentary CB4, a send-up of gangsta…
Set during World War II in London, deserted American serviceman Private Karl Hulten (Kiefer Sutherland) decides to impress small-town Welsh girl Betty Jones (Emily Lloyd)…
Honoured with two Academy Awards, The Cider House Rules tells a compelling and heart-warming story about how far a young man must travel to find the place…
This Hollywood semi-remake of Wim Wenders’s classic Wings of Desire stars Nicolas Cage as Seth, an angel inhabiting Los Angeles who falls for heart surgeon…
Billy Crystal and chums Daniel Stern and Bruno Kirby are the city folk who get the chance to play at Rawhide in this winning comedy…
22-year-old Dante (Brian O’Halloran) agrees to work in the convenience store where he is employed on his day off. From the moment he arrives at…
Expert mountain rescue climber Gabe Walker (Sylvester Stallone) leaves the Rocky Mountains behind, blaming himself following a tragic incident during a botched rescue that leaves…