The day Ninja Rap was born. Yup yup. This was the very apex of Turtlemania. Admittedly, the original TMNT ’90 movie is my jam; I’d go as far as to say it’s one of the best Comic Book movies of the decade. But the producers knew they had a golden egg laying mutant goose on … Read more
If you like your cuppa Noire extra murky with a side of sci-fi, Alex Proyas’ long-awaited follow-up to The Crow is one tasty treat. Though it was considered a lukewarm success, the film was mostly tuned-out by the time The Matrix took over the cinematic existentialist and determinist discourse. I was actually shocked at how … Read more
Back in the early 80’s, a handful of raunchy movies (this side of the beaded curtain) managed to achieve legendary status amongst impressionable pre-pubescent youths. Very few of us had easy access to the sort of material that was often relegated to the bottom of dad’s sock drawer, so the promise of accessible teen smut … Read more
A classic from the 90’s indie art-house shelf – Jeunet and Caro’s seminal steampunk opus starring Ron Perlman is a vivid phantasmagoria that I still haven’t shaken-off almost 30 years after that first rental. It’s a stunning work of art that I liken to Terry Gilliam by way of the Brothers Quay with Coen Bros … Read more
For those of us who grew up in the golden age of Spielbergian 80s kids’ adventures, Joe Dante’s Explorers (1985) is an excellent love letter to that specific time in childhood… when the summer air felt electric with possibilities and a BMX with a basket strapped to the front was a hard ticket to adventure. … Read more
“Do me a favor? Don’t scream. Just hear what I’ve gotta say… and then scream.” I can’t feign objectivity here. Not that I ever do. I was already a huge fan of the show, and especially the original EC comics (no seriously I could write an enpsychopedia on the Max Gaines legacy) – so I … Read more
Dear diary. When I first rented Heathers back in the summer of ’89, I didn’t yet grasp the generational shift that was slowly gaining ground, that steady crawl towards 90’s slacker antiestablishmentarianism that would erupt with the unmistakeable power chord of Smells Like Teen Spirit in 1991. But for this then-high-schooling suburbanite, the movie felt … Read more
“Do you read Sutter Cane?” The 90s was a mixed bodybag when it comes to horror movies. After the big Slashers died and went to hell, the early-mid part of the decade had the genre quietly skulking around the multiplex looking for its next victim. The biggest trend saw a slew of classy universal-ish monsters … Read more
“Never trust a junkie.” This was a typical poster on dorm room walls during many a black eyeliner self-discovery phase. Sid and Nancy was a film you’d watch at 17 and become absolutely convinced that love was immolation, that it was supposed to look like two people destroying one another. The movie is messy, loud, … Read more
It’s a shame I couldn’t land a copy of this back in the day (it never hit video store shelves in my neck of the woods), it’s one of the best movies about a new-wave power-pop girl group in space. Ok, I admit – I watched a lot of Jem and the Holograms in the … Read more