They just don’t make big, high-concept action movies, starring A-list Hollywood stars like they did in the 90s. Air Force One sits alongside Face/Off, Con-Air and Bad Boys for all-out action, fantastic stunts, great villains and a hero you can … Continue reading Air Force One (1997) Review
You’d be mistaken for thinking that Titanic was a film about a sinking ship. This is a perfectly crafted love story, which just happens to be set on the most famous ship of all time. If the film had ended … Continue reading Titanic (1997) Review
They don’t make movies like Austin Powers any more. This is a film which is unashamedly a spoof and from the outset a comedy. There isn’t any deeper meaning here, or attempt to be heartfelt or meaningful. This isn’t trying … Continue reading Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) Review
Not many movies have such a cultural impact as The Truman Show. The central idea of a man being born, raised and observed in a TV show, housed in a studio so big you can see it from space, but … Continue reading The Truman Show (1998) Review
Face/Off is a quintessential 90s action movie. Its directed by a classic 90s action director in John Woo. It stars two actors at the height of their action hero credentials in John Travolta and Nicholas Cage. It is also a … Continue reading Face/Off (1997) Review
LA Confidential is a love letter to the pulp, cops and gangsters movies of the 1950s which had righteous cops, dirty cops, ominous villains and usually some far reaching conspiracy. Just like those movies, LA Confidential has the same, but … Continue reading LA Confidential (1997) Review
True Romance was written by Quentin Tarantino and it clearly has his style, dialogue and story execution. True Romance has a cult following and made barely a blip when it was first released but because of the twist-filled story, interesting … Continue reading True Romance (1993) Review
Who better to play a man who could be The Devil than Al Pacino. The Devil’s Advocate lets Al Pacino go full Pacino and is all the better for it. This is Pacino having fun, playing up the loud, brash … Continue reading The Devil’s Advocate (1997) Review
John Cusack has never been cooler than he is in Grosse Pointe Blank. Playing a hitman having a mid-life crisis, Cusack manages to balance a neurotic character, who could come across as whiny and annoying but doesn’t, with the random … Continue reading Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) Review
This month we review a selection of movies from Empire’s 100 Greatest Movies list. Today is Number 96: Good Will Hunting. The hook of Good Will Hunting is the type that could launch many different styles or genres of stories: … Continue reading 100 Greatest Movies Month: Good Will Hunting (1997) Review
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