Streetfighter (1994)
Haha, Streetfighter, one of the best bad movies of all time, peak mid-90s video game-to-big screen adaptation nonsense, and Jean […]
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Timecop (1994)
In the mid-90s, with the spectacular success of the Terminator films fresh on everyone’s minds, the path to making a
The Quest (1996)
From what I understand, in the second half of the 90s, it all went a bit floppy for Van Damme,
Universal Soldier (1991)
January is a thematic wasteland – it’s not a time for summer blockbusters, sun-kissed Westerns, or autumnal horror movies, so
Lana Del Rey, deep dive (part II)
Continued from part I. Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019)Norman Fucking Rockwell! signals the beginning of the second act of Lana Del
Blur, deep dive (part II)
Continued from part I. Blur (1997)The second half of the 90s was punctuated by a succession of Britpop hangover records,
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Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette (1995)
There’s no doubt that the doyens of Britpop got plenty of airplay and sold millions of records, but it was
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The Joshua Tree by U2 (1987)
Cards on the table; U2 are one of my favourite bands, certainly in the top five, maybe even number one,
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The National, deep dive (part II)
Continued from part I. Sleep Well Beast (2017)Boxer, High Violet and Trouble Will Find Me appeared within a six-year period
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The National, deep dive (part I)
Understated ‘sad dad rock’ for depressed, middle-aged, middle-class, unhappily married men, is how a cynic might characterise the National’s music.