This is a list of archived entries published in September 1999.
It’s been a long time since I reviewed a film that wasn’t recently released - Blade is the last one, and actually, the only one, to my knowledge. But the experience of watching Lost Highway was so singular that I find I must write something on it, even if it’s not a proper review.
This is [...]
The 13th Warrior was completed over a year ago, with a
budget rumored to have broken the $100 million mark. Directed by John McTiernan
and produced by McTiernan and Michael Crichton, who wrote the novel the film is
based on, the film is a mediocre medieval action film that could have been much,
much more.
Based on Crichton’s Eaters of [...]
The Sixth Sense is a summer blockbuster that has restored
my faith in films. After a rather disappointing crop of studio hits - the
plot-less Phantom Menace, the clever but re-treading Austin Powers 2,
the stylish but unsubstantial Blair Witch Project, the annoying Matrix,
the botched 13th Warrior - along comes The Sixth Sense with an
excellent plot, good acting, [...]