Richard Stanley’s trippy post-apocalyptic future-noir is a Terminator-laced cocktail that blends Mad Max and Blade Runner, injects it with a junkie’s dose of 2000 AD, and then lights the whole thing on fire. Set in a scorched, irradiated wasteland where civilization is reduced to scavengers and squatters, Hardware not only flirts with cyberpunk, it grinds … Read more
I’ve said it before, ’95 was an amazing year for soundtracks, and Johnny delivered the goods with its blend of alterno techno-industrial that still screams peak 90s. This is from back when Hollywood didn’t quite understand cyberpunk. It understood fear of technology, of information slipping out of control, of the future likely giving us brain … Read more
Verhoeven’s Mind-Bending Arnie Action Total Recall got its ass to Home Video today in 1990, after a June 1st theatrical release. Another Verhoeven tour-de-force – it was priced-to-own at $24.99 and became one of year’s top-selling videocassettes. If I Rekall correctly, I tried sneaking into a showing after watching Back To The Future Part III … Read more