Tag Archives: 1990s

The Mummy (1999)

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Morgan R. Lewis

I didn’t have the opportunity to dig up an old classic Universal monster movie this year, so instead I watched and reviewed a somewhat newer Universal monster movie. The Mummy gives some passing nods to its 1932 predecessor, but rather … Continue reading →

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Night of the Living Dead (1990)

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Morgan R. Lewis

If there is one thing that horror movie fans are familiar with, it’s soulless shambling abominations before God and man. By which I mean remakes. All joking aside, there are very few properties in horror that aren’t revisited with a … Continue reading →

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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Morgan R. Lewis

I’ve been hearing about the “even-odd” rule for Star Trek films for years. There’s a rule of thumb that the odd-numbered movies in the Star Trek series are poor, or at least sub-par, while the even-numbered movies are great films. … Continue reading →

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Movie Microscope: Drop Dead Fred

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Morgan R. Lewis

There are a lot of reasons why a film may become a cult classic, but it’s always easy to spot one. Find a title that isn’t talked about often, particularly not among critics or awards shows or all time sales … Continue reading →

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Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Morgan R. Lewis

Last December, I reviewed the original Gremlins as the initial installment of that year’s Christmas Cinema. The sequel, not being tied to any particular time of year, I could have viewed at any time, but circumstances allowed for it to … Continue reading →

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Four Weddings and a Funeral

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Morgan R. Lewis

1994 Best Picture Nominee It’s fairly common for a romantic comedy to end with a wedding. Mike Newell’s 1994 film starts at one. In fact, just about everything in the film happens at one wedding or another, hence the title. … Continue reading →

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Mulan & Mulan II

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Morgan R. Lewis

It’s easy enough to track when I started growing up by watching the drop-off in Disney movies that I’ve seen. Like most American kids who grew up in the 1980s, Disney’s animated features were common video rentals in my family. … Continue reading →

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Jerry Maguire

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Morgan R. Lewis

It’s such a common storyline in romantic movies — comedy or drama — that it’s a cliche. A guy who has spent his whole life being a jerk suddenly realizes what a jerk he is, and that he doesn’t want … Continue reading →

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Trapped in Paradise

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Morgan R. Lewis

Even though the essential nature of film-making is that actors will team up with a variety of different co-stars, it can still be surprising sometimes to see certain actors working together. That Dana Carvey would be in a film with … Continue reading →

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FernGully: The Last Rainforest

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Morgan R. Lewis

One of the hazards of maintaining a “to see” list as long as mine is that one often forgets just why a film was put on there to begin with. I’ve been wanting to see FernGully: The Last Rainforest since … Continue reading →

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