Based on a true story. In 1915, a mountain village in Japan was attacked by a giant bear, dubbed “Red Spot”, who terrorized the villagers for days Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
Pickpocket (1997) Zhangke Jia, Hongwei Wang, Hongjian Hao, Baitao Zuo, Drama
Little pocket thief Wu never got away from the streets like his friends did. He realises that he is alone, as his old buddy doesn’t invite him for his wedding. Read More »
Sunday (1997) Jonathan Nossiter, David Suchet, Lisa Harrow, Arnold Barkus, Drama, Romance
This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Read More »
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994) Aki Kaurismäki, Kati Outinen, Matti Pellonpää, Kirsi Tykkyläinen, Comedy, Romance
Lugubrious Finns Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. Read More »
The Second Civil War (1997) Joe Dante, Beau Bridges, Joanna Cassidy, Phil Hartman, Comedy, Drama
An interesting story about a future United States where immigration has gone too far. Read More »
Out in Fifty (1999) Bojesse Christopher, Scott Anthony Leet, Mickey Rourke, Action, Crime, Drama
A reformed ex-convict enters a love triangle and gets manipulated into being a scapegoat in a murder scheme for revenge. Read More »
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies (1995) Harry Bromley Davenport, J. Marvin Campbell, Douglas Cavanaugh, Robert Culp, Horror, Sci-Fi
Marines travel to a deserted island to diffuse bombs, only to be terrorized by an alien. Read More »
Talking Head (1992) Mamoru Oshii, Shigeru Chiba, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Keishi Hunt, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Talking Head (1992) is a live action film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. Its a surreal meta-film mystery involving the production of an anime called Talking Head. Read More »
Xtro II: The Second Encounter (1990) Harry Bromley Davenport, Jan-Michael Vincent, Paul Koslo, Tara Buckman, Horror, Sci-Fi
Scientists at a secret underground complex have found a way to travel to another dimension. Read More »
Barren Illusion (1999) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Aoyama, Shirô Atami, Shingo Ichizawa, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
The female lead, a postal worker, is shown involved in activities (in two different scenes) which surely would result in her death–jumping off a building and being severely beaten by a gang of thugs. Read More »
Love and Death on Long Island (1997) Richard Kwietniowski, John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi, Comedy, Drama
Giles De’Ath is a widower who doesn’t like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with film star Ronnie Bostock. Read More »
King of New York (1990) Abel Ferrara, Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Action, Crime, Thriller
After completing a lengthy prison sentence, one-time drug kingpin Frank White returns to New York intent on reestablishing his empire and making things as they were before he left. Read More »
White Hunter Black Heart (1990) Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey, Charlotte Cornwell, Adventure, Drama
The world famous movie director John Wilson has gone to Africa to make his next movie. Read More »
Labyrinth of Dreams (1997) Gakuryû Ishii, Rena Komine, Tadanobu Asano, Kotomi Kyôno, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Tomiko is a conductor in a rural bus driven by the handsome Niitaka. Tomiko had received a letter from her best friend Tsuyako Read More »
Year of the Gun (1991) John Frankenheimer, Andrew McCarthy, Sharon Stone, Valeria Golino, Action, Romance, Thriller
David Raybourne is an American journalist covering political news in Italy during the 1970’s. Read More »