These days this is the kind of film that would appear without fanfare on your Netflix feed. Back in the early 90s it grossed $175 million despite generally poor reviews. Opened at No. 2 in the UK behind Highlander II: The Quickening. Surely it was better than that!
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People forget that before he was an ageing action hero, Liam Neeson was a young-ish superhero. I’d have been well up for this with Sam Raimi at the helm, but it clearly didn’t leave much of an impression despite my appetite for this sort of thing at the time.
The ticket says Highlander but I'm pretty sure this would have been for Highlander II: The Quickening, which Is a shame because Highlander is brilliant, whilst Highlander II: The Quickening is widely regarded as one of the worst films ever made.
Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources. Hard to see Michael Lehmann’s post-Heathers follow-up getting made now.
Don’t think you’re allowed to like Gérard Depardieu films anymore, but I remember liking this one at the time.
Having just completed the US iVISA form process, I’m not entirely sure why anyone would want to put themselves through that.
From what I can tell this was Christopher Guest’s first produced screenplay after This Is Spinal Tap, and also his feature directorial debut. Not the first film about Hollywood, but one of the earlier ones to take aim at the whole notes-and-executives circus.
Schrader, Pinter, Walken, Mirren, Richardson & Everett. Quite the line-up for a film I have no recollection of. Amazing poster though.
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Another directorial debut, and another film of which I have no recollection, which is strange because I’ve just watched the trailer and it looks absolutely stunning. I could have pulled any number of quotes to back that up but I’ll just go with this one from the Guardian - "stunningly beautiful… a gothic masterpiece that is often strangely overlooked."
A hospital porter bluffs his way into a doctor’s job and, unsurprisingly, it doesn’t end well. Paul McGann & Amanda Donohoe star.
Completely forgot I saw this at the cinema. Also forgot it was directed by Dennis Hopper. Have not forgotten that Jennifer Connolly is in it.
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