Golfballs! (1999)
“Once more unto the “Police Academy Week” breach, dear friends! Once more, Sam; for we jam up our VCRs with the VHS dead.“ A film such as Golfballs! solidifies the B&S About Movies celluloid theory: All of the Police Academy ripoffs (reviewed this week) are basically ‘60s beach movies, which are the same thing as […]
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
The first Eon Bond film to be released by MGM, this is the third Pierce Brosnan outing, with Bond dealing with the murder of billionaire Sir Robert King by the terrorist who cannot feel pain, Victor “Renard” Zokas (Robert Carlyle, whose cameo as John Lennon makes Yesterday). Soon, Bond must protect King’s daughter Elektra (Sophie […]
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
The first Austin Powers film was a modest success, but this was a monster, earning more its first weekend than the first film did in the entire time that it was in theaters. After getting married to Ms. Kensington in the last film, it turns out that she’s one of the fembots. She attempts to […]
Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris (1999)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: An American living in London, Jennifer Upton is a freelance writer for International publishers Story Terrace and others. In addition, she has a blog where she frequently writes about horror and sci-fi called Womanycom. In the mid-1990s, Japan’s Daiei (later Kadokawa) films resurrected their 1960s competitor to Toho’s Godzilla series, Gamera. A giant flying turtle-like creature nicknamed […]
The Ninth Gate (1999)
Co-written, directed and produced by Roman Polanski, this film –loosely based upon Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s The Club Dumas — returns its creator to something familiar: no, not being a scumbag who should rot in prison when he’s not being abused by every prisoner. No, I meant the devil. Polanski approached the subject skeptically, saying, “I don’t […]
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Sleepy Hollow started with Kevin Yagher originally directing Andrew Kevin Walker’s script as a low-budget slasher film. He didn’t get along with Paramount, so he was demoted to prosthetic makeup and Tim Burton was brought in to direct. Ichabod Crane is played by Johnny Depp. Much like how his role in From Hell, he’s attempting to bring […]
Desecration (1999)
Whereas I usually bemoan so many of the low budget efforts that we come across as of late, a lack of funds doesn’t necessarily mean a bad movie when you’re blessed with a wealth of intelligence and inspiration. Such is the case with writer and director Dante Tomaselli’s 1999 effort Desecration, which began its life as […]
Idle Hands (1999)
My friend and fellow Drive-In Asylum contributor James C. Greening suggested this late 90’s comedy horror film a few weeks back and I hope he likes this! If you want to relive the end of the last century — and listen to lots of pop punk — I figure this is the movie for you. After […]
BASTARD PUPS OF JAWS: Deep Blue Sea (1999)
A lot of people talk down on Renny Harlin. But with his films — Prison, A Nightmare on Elm Street part 4: The Dream Master, Die Hard 2 and more — you know exactly what you’re getting. A popcorn movie with no brain ready to entertain you until you can’t take it any more. Witness his take on […]
Dead or Alive (1999)
I have a great plan for anyone that doesn’t want to gain weight over the holidays. Just watch Dead or Alive while you attempt to eat. There’s a chance you may actually lose weight. A lot of weight, depending on how strong your stomach is. If I were to describe the plot of this film, it’d […]
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