Comedy
GORGEOUS [1999]
AKA BOH LEI CHUN HONG KONG AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY, DVD and DIGITAL RUNNIMG TIME: 120 mins / 100 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera In the small Taiwanese village of Jibei, the “island of love”, lives […]
Year Made: 1999
HCF Reviews
GEMINI (1999)
Now available from Third Window on Blu-ray and to Stream Rats, maggots, disease, unsettling sounds courtesy of Chu Ishikawa… it must be another Shinya Tsukamoto movie. A period drama might not be the kind of […]
HCF Reviews
LOVERS LANE (1999)
LOVERS LANE (1999) Directed by Jon Steven Ward Available on Blu-Ray from Arrow Video Thirteen years after the brutal murders of a young man and woman on Lover’s Lane, the hooked killer is on the […]
Crime
RUNNING OUT OF TIME (1999)
Available now from Eureka Entertainment Part One of Two – Running Out of Time 2 (2001) Review Everyone loves a good ticking clock, after all it’s the rhythm of time… and life. Except of course […]
Action
END OF DAYS (1999)
END OF DAYS (1999) Directed by Peter Hyams After their Wall Street client is shot at, private security officers Jericho and Chicago hunt down the man responsible. Discovering the culprit has ties to the church, […]
Action
DOC TAKES THE RED PILL: A Look Back at the Matrix Trilogy…..and a Defence of the Sequels
So as the new film is finally upon us, I decided to repost this article of mine from two and a half years ago with a few minor changes. The Matrix trilogy is strange in […]
Features
GAMERA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION: On Blu-ray 17th August – PART TWO: DISCS FIVE TO EIGHT
So here I continue with my review of the films and discs in Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection boxset. DISC FIVE: GAMERA THE GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE [1995] RUNNING TIME: 96 mins A […]
HCF Reviews
THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 [1999]: On Blu-ray Now
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: NOW, from 88 FILMS RUNNING TIME: 103 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Barbara Lang paints a barrier around her living room, using red paint, to protect her […]
Comedy
BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (1999)
BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (1999) Directed by Martin Scorsese Frank is a paramedic, serving the rundown area in Manhattan. He’s not been himself in recent months after the death of a young woman from an […]
Ghost
CANDYMAN: DAY OF THE DEAD [1999]
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY [REGION ‘A’ ONLY] AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 95 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic It’s quite a few years after the Candyman killings in New Orleans and Annie […]
Action
THE BOONDOCK SAINTS [1999]: On Blu-ray 9th July
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 9TH JULY, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 108 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Irish-American twin brothers Conner and Murphy MacManus aren’t too happy when three Russian mobsters […]
Action
DOC’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE 007 FILMS #22: THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH [1999]
UK AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD RUNNING TIME: 128 mins REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic 007 retrieve some money for oil tycoon Robert King in Bilbao, Spain – but back at MI5 […]
Crime
DEAD OR ALIVE TRILOGY #1: DEAD OR ALIVE [1999]: On Dual Format Now
AKA DEDDO OA ARAIBU: HANZAISGA Japan AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO, in the DEAD OR ALIVE TRILOGY BOXSET RUNNING TIME: 105 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic […]
Crime
BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY #3: LEY LINES [1999]: On Dual Format 16th January
AKA NIHON KUROSHAKAI Japan ON DUAL FORMAT BLU-RAY AND DVD: 16TH JAN, from ARROW VIDEO in their BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY SET RUNNING TIME: 105 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Desperate to […]
HCF Reviews
STIGMATA [1999]: on Blu-ray 17th October
USA AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY: 17TH OCTOBER, from EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT RUNNING TIME: 103 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Father Andrew Kiernan is part of a Vatican group which investigates miracles, subsequently always […]
Features
When The Blair Witch Project scared a generation. Hughesy recalls that 1999 experience!
With the shocking news that Adam Wingard’s The Woods is in fact a Blair Witch sequel. Hughesy looks back on the much loved original that gave many horror fans a sleepless night! In 1999, the […]
Drama
AUDITION [1999]: on Dual Format Steelbook and Blu-ray now
AKA ODISHON Japan/Korea AVAILABLE ON DUAL FORMAT STEELBOOK AND BLU-RAY: NOW, from ARROW VIDEO RUNNING TIME: 115 min REVIEWED BY: Dr Lenera, Official HCF Critic Shigeharu Aoyama, a middle-aged widower of seven years, […]
HCF Reviews
The Star Wars Saga: The Phantom Menace
Released: 19th May 1999 Budget: $115m Box Office Takings: $1.027b The Best Quote: Everything! Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. […]