1988
Die Hard is not a film that just occurs during the holiday season, but rather because of it.
Scrooged skillfully blends a cocktail of valuable lessons and infectious laughter, ensuring its place as a memorable addition to the holiday film canon.
Few filmmakers can say they’ve made a movie as fun, free, and ultimately bittersweet as Tokyo Pop.
Away from the hype, Akira fares very, very well, remaining the Rosetta stone for so much sci-fi, body horror, and cyberpunk today.
As Child’s Play would help to close out a decade of slashers, it would open an unyielding franchise that would garner accolades of all ages.
For this Inquiring Minds, we take a look at John Carpenter’s 1988 sci-fi/horror!
Like other holiday specials, this is a good one to share with your children, or children in your life, who did not grow up on this show.
If you’re looking to wallow in despair, rather than escape it, then Damnation is the film for you.
Whether elements in My Neighbor Totoro are imagined or real, the film explores family dynamics in a way that may be relatable to a number of individuals.
Earth Girls Are Easy manages to both subvert and give in to the conventions of its time, so singularly absurd and campy that you can’t not enjoy it.
Terence Davies’ 1988 debut Distant Voices, Still Lives, newly rereleased by Arrow Academy, deserves to be treasured as one of the great British films.
An overlooked film at the time of its release, Miracle Mile looks at the Cold War when it was waning, examining the destruction man is capable of when he thinks the end is near.
A classic horror film of Haitian voodoo and zombies, The Serpent and the Rainbow continues to scare and delight viewers with its historical relevance and impressive details.
Willow has a special place in many film lovers’ hearts. Many of those who love the 1988 fantasy epic saw it as children, and at that young age, the film was possibly the greatest cinematic achievement they had ever seen. There were unlikely heroes, wondrous creatures and imaginative magic filling nearly every frame.