drax in #hive-166847 • 5 hours agoFilm Review: Dark City (1998)Old adage of “it’s good to be good, but it’s better to be lucky” can be applied to film makers. All the extraordinary and undisputed talent didn’t help Australian film director…drax in #hive-166847 • yesterdayFilm Review: Gattaca (1997)The Golden Age of Science Fiction was a long time ago. The period with the largest number of genre classics was roughly between mid 1960s and mid 1970s, and in that time many…drax in #hive-166847 • 2 days agoFilm Review: Telling Lies in America (1997)Screenwriters are considered to be at the bottom of Hollywood food chain, but, on occasion, some of them can become celebrities, influential players and even charge seven-figure…drax in #hive-166847 • 2 days agoFilm Review: Washington Square (1997)Woman romantically pursuing a man on the account of his wealth instead of her own feelings is a popular trope in fiction. Washington Square , 1997 period drama directed by…drax in #hive-166847 • 2 days agoFilm Review: Boogie Nights (1997)Being a cinephile in certain parts of the world comes with specific set of challenges. For the author of this review, one important challenge in 1990s was the distributors in…drax in #hive-166847 • 3 days agoFilm Review: L.A. Confidential (1997)Film noir is a genre traditionally associated with 1940s and 1950s Hollywood, but even the most purist among the film scholars might admit that some of the genre’s best known…drax in #hive-166847 • 4 days agoFilm Review: George of the Jungle (1997)Even the films that, at first glance, look forgettable might at the end of the day be successful if they manage to deliver the goods for their targetted audience. Many such…drax in #hive-166847 • 4 days agoFilm Review: Contact (1997)“I want to believe”. That was the motto of Fox Mulder, protagonist of The X-Files who sought to prove existence of extraterrestrialdrax in #hive-166847 • 5 days agoFilm Review: Face/Off (1997)Basis for good film is good script. If the script is deficient, it is difficult to imagine that the film would work. There are, however, exceptions to the rule and one of the…drax in #hive-166847 • 6 days agoFilm/Television Review: Path to Paradise: The Untold World Trade Center Bombing Story (1997)Few films are remembered for the last lines of dialogue. And even fewer films have the last lines of dialogue so chilling as Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of World Trade…drax in #hive-166847 • 6 days agoTelevision Review: The Last Don (1997)Quarter century after publishing the novel that would be adapted into The Godfather , one of the most important and influential films edrax rebloggeddrax.leo in #hive-167922 • 6 days agoFebruary 2nd 2023 - Back Where We Started FromJanuary 2023 has passed and, after a long time, those who follow Bitcoin price action can see a big green monthly candle on the charts. This has, quite expectedly, caused almost…drax in #hive-166847 • 7 days agoFilm Review: Children of the Revolution (1996)Certain film makers who are willing to take risks and try something different should be commended even when their efforts end with less than satisfactory results. One of them is…drax in #hive-166847 • 7 days agoFilm Review: Chasing Amy (1997)Statistics and experience tell us that if one film by certain director is hailed as masterpiece, the next one is likely to be viewed as disappointment. Kevin Smith learned it the…drax in #hive-166847 • 8 days agoFilm Review: City of Industry (1997)There are some films with titles that inadvertently turn out ironic and describe less of what is on screen and more of mindset of their creators. One such example is City of…drax in #hive-166847 • 8 days agoFilm Review: Hard Eight (1996)Quentin Tarantino owes a lot to the grand film makers of the past. But a lot of great film makers of our time owe a lot to Tarantino, mostly those who took the opportunity given…drax in #hive-166847 • 8 days agoFilm Review: Clerks (1994)(NOTE: Capsule version of the review is available here .) 1990s were arguably the best decade in the history of American independent cinemadrax in #hive-166847 • 9 days agoFilm Review: Mallrats (1995)(NOTE: This review refers to the extended version of the film. The original version is covered in capsule review available here .) What adrax in #hive-166847 • 10 days agoTelevision Review: The X-Files (Seasons 1-3, 1993-1996)Golden Age of Television has spoiled the modern audience. Thanks to increased quantity and quality of content available now, the shows that were made before that era are…drax in #hive-166847 • 10 days agoFilm Review: Mute Witness (1995)Patience and perseverance are virtues any aspiring film maker should have. That includes people like British film maker Anthony Waller, who had to wait almost a decade to make…
