Falling Down
In a departure from his usual sleazebag roles, Michael Douglas plays a scumbag in Joel Schumacher’s hit comedy about racist violence and cot death. As with many 80s/90s films, a […]
Tag Archives: 1993
Carlito’s Way
Kooky ex-con Carlito (Al Pacino) is released from prison, vowing to live life within the law from now on. Unfortunately for him he gets drawn back into crime like Rocky […]
Stan Getz: People Time
Stan getz the documentary treatment in Jean-Pierre Larcher’s 1993 tribute to the saxophonist who brought bossa nova to North America. Made 2 years after his death, this French doc describes […]
#HateFilms: Cool Runnings
To recap, we’re reviewing all the films that Michael Owen has been “forced to watch,” today’s being Cool Runnings. Or as Owen might say: “My wife and I watched that […]
#HateFilms: Jurassic Park
In our third film which Michael Owen wishes-he-hadn’t-saurus, flea circus proprietor John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) behaves like a billionaire Justin Lee Collins as he sets out to bring back the […]
Mrs. Doubtfire
Robin Williams goes undercover as a British nanny in order to see his non-custodial children in Mrs. Doubtfire, a kind of ’90s Hairy Poppins. Where most zany-yet-sentimental flicks of this era fumble […]
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Released a whole 4 years after Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday is yet another misleading title since a) he doesn’t and b) it isn’t. From the […]
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
The choircese returns in this 1993 clerical error, this time teaching an inner-city school to sing a wimple song, essentially making it Coach Martyr. Directed by Bill “Mac from Predator” […]
Quiz Call: Mr Nanny
Our next film to be an answer on Quiz Call is Mr Nanny, which, somewhat remarkably, a caller successfully responded to the question “Films beginning with ‘M’“. Sean Armstrong (Hulk […]
The Fugitive
Harrison Ford is Richard Kimble, a doctor who’s wrongly accused of murdering his wife, not to be confused with John Kimble, a cop who pretends to be a kindergarten teacher. […]
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