When Strange Days hit theatres in 1995, nobody noticed. I guess we were already too busy partying like it was 1999. But for me, this was the one that felt like we were really pacing the edge of a new millennium. It wasn’t another slick piece of cyberpunk futurism or jacked-in hacksploitation, this was a … Read more
The Abyss arrived on Home Video this week in 1990, after an August 9, 1989, theatrical release. There was something in the water in 1989. The Abyss wasn’t the first underwater alien flick to hit theatres, but it was probably the one that got the others greenlit. You can feel it when you watch them … Read more
Aliens landed on Home Video today in 1987, after a July 18, 1986 theatrical release. James (The Terminator) Cameron sure as hell wasn’t going to just make an “Alien II”. In true 1980’s fashion, the methodical slow-paced suspenseful approach of the 70’s was out, big muscly militarised action spectacle was in – and all out … Read more