Dreamy young Yu-Shu who draws comics of imaginary martial arts heroes is put to a test when he rescues a young girl from a prostitution racket headed by a local police chief. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1990s
Booy-E Pirahan-E Yusef / The Scent of Joseph’s Shirt (1995) Ebrahim Hatamikia, Niki Karimi, Ali Nassirian, Jafar Dehghan, Drama, War
A subtle examination of the intricacies of mourning those who are missing in action. Read More »
The Eternal Evil of Asia (1995) Man Kei Chin, Kwok-Pong Chan, Ellen Chan, Ben Ng, Comedy, Horror, Fantasy
A group of friends went on a hedonistic trip to Thailand. Accidentally, they rape and kill a sorcerer’s sister. Read More »
Steel Frontier (1995) Joe Hart, Joe Lara, Bo Svenson, Stacie Foster, Action, Sci-Fi
Set in a post-nuclear-holocaust future, this sci-fi western takes place in the frontier city of New Hope, the only place around with a working oil refinery. Read More »
Mindbender (1996) Ken Russell, Ishai Golan, Terence Stamp, Idan Alterman, Biography, Drama, Sci-Fi
Mindbender is the story of Uri Geller, probably the world’s most famous psychic. Read More »
Red Silk (1999) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Christie Levin, Paul Lapidus, Comedy, Crime, Erotic
When a couple of over-the-hill and down-on-their-luck female private eyes stumble from an art smuggling caper into a kidnap and murder plot Read More »
No Escape (1994) Martin Campbell, Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Robbins is sentenced to prison for the assassination of his general officer, a prison you leave only when you die. Read More »
Les Misérables (1998) Bille August, Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, Crime, Drama, History
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. Read More »
A Woman’s Tale (1991) Paul Cox, Sheila Florance, Gosia Dobrowolska, Norman Kaye, Drama
Uplifting and intimate look at the last days of an elderly cancer victim. The film is even more relevant as it was written specifically for the lead actress Read More »
My Own Private Idaho (1991) Gus Van Sant, River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, Drama
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Read More »
Jacquot de Nantes (1991) Agnès Varda, Philippe Maron, Edouard Joubeaud, Laurent Monnier, Biography, Drama
Jacquot Demy is a little boy at the end of the thirties. His father owns a garage and his mother is a hairdresser. Read More »
Circuitry Man (1990) Steven Lovy, Jim Metzler, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Lu Leonard, Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a future where most humans have moved underground to escape the pollution, one of the few pleasures left is a kind of narcotic in the form of chips which can be plugged directly into the brain. Read More »
War of the Buttons (1994) John Roberts, Gregg Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, Darragh Naughton, Adventure, Drama, Family
The children of Ballydowse & Carrickdowse engage in battles in which they cut off the buttons, shoe-laces, belts and braces of their captured opponents. Read More »
The Sore Losers (1997) John Michael McCarthy, Jack Yarber, Kerine Elkins, Mike Maker, Action, Sci-Fi
Set in present day Northeastern Mississippi and Memphis, Blackie (Jack Oblivian) returns to Earth 42 years after his first visit to complete a mission Read More »
The Dead Mother / La madre muerta (1993) Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Karra Elejalde, Ana Álvarez, Lio, Art-house, Drama, Thriller
Ismael Lopez (Elejaldo), a petty criminal, shoots and kills a painting restorer during a bungled burglary, and shoots her daughter as well. Read More »