Shattered (1991)
Tom Berenger (Major League, Butch & Sundance) plays a rich San Francisco businessman named Tom Merrick, recently involved in a terrible car accident that sees him need major face and body reconstruction in order to...
Author: Vincent Leo
The Shadow (1994)
Walter B. Gibson’s famous long-dormant character of the 1930s gets a 1990s update, primarily fitting in the mold of other crime-fighting superhero efforts like Batman and Darkman, both characters whose artistic origins are influenced by the original...
The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Usual Suspects is one of those rare thrillers where the more you think you know, the less you truly do. Essentially, it’s all a big mind game movie, seemingly placing all of its emphasis...
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Dan Evans (Heflin) is a struggling, drought-stricken rancher desperate for money who agrees to help escort Ben Wade (Ford), the leader of a band of outlaws, at gunpoint to take the train to Yuma where,...
Highlander: The Final Dimension / Highlander III: The Sorceror (1994)
Although a critical and commercial failure when it was released theatrically, Highlander would become a cult hit on video and cable, and developed a loyal fan base of its own through a unique, if nonsensical, mythology...
Stardust (2007)
Set 150 years ago, Tristan is a young man in the small English town of Wall who aims to win the hand of the local beauty (Miller) in exchange for a star that has fallen...
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a more modern telling of the Robin Hood legend, with the 1990s penchant for dark tones, excessive violence, rampant innuendo, and a campy, juvenile attitude toward adventure. A huge...
Rush Hour (1998)
Consul Han’s (Tzi Ma, Chain Reaction) 11-year-old daughter is kidnapped and held for a $50 million ransom. The FBI are on the case, but he flies in an old friend and police inspector named Lee...
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Based on Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 1920, The Age of Innocence paints a rather unflattering portrait of a society repressed, where upbringing and social standing marked the actual difference between favor and failure among...
Night of the Comet (1984)
Looking back on the film in hindsight, it occurs to me that there are some striking parallels between the events in this movie and one that would come almost two decades later, 28 Days Later. ...