johnlink ranks DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER (1990)
Got a chance to catch up on one of my favorite sequels. Watching it for the first time in a few years proved to be the same as always. Fun! This time, John McClane is stopping terrorists (like the...
View Articlejohnlink ranks HOME ALONE (1990)
This came across HBOHD as I was on the couch with a napping Quinn this morning, and I figured I’d watch it for the first time since middle school. I didn’t realize the behind-the-camera power this had,...
View Articlejohnlink ranks THE RUSSIA HOUSE (1990)
Between this film, RED HEAT, and RED DAWN, I am on quite the kick of twenty-plus-year-old films made in the winding down of the Cold War. THE RUSSIA HOUSE stars Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer, and...
View Articlejohnlink ranks DARKMAN (1990)
My new year started with a fairly big gap in movie watching. I do worry that this may continue as Quinn continues to be on the move more and more, the days of two hour naps and being satisfied to lay...
View Articlejohnlink ranks ANOTHER 48 HRS. (1990)
I watch plenty of series and sequels doing these rankings, but I rarely end up watching them consecutively, for whatever reason. But when it comes to Nick Nolte/Eddie Murphy sort-of action-comedies, I...
View Articlejohnlink ranks TREMORS (1990)
As a young kid, the sandworm from BEETLEJUICE always freaked me the hell out. Because the premise of TREMORS has to do with a bunch of sandworms attacking Kevin Bacon, I kind of avoided this during my...
View Articlejohnlink ranks THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990)
Jumping into another series, here is the first of four Jack Ryan films. Tom Clancy’s creation was played in RED OCTOBER by Alec Baldwin, in PATRIOT GAMES and CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER by Harrison Ford,...
View Articlejohnlink ranks BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (1990)
Finished the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy last night. It’s the first time I watched an entire movie trilogy while in a tent. I’m not sure if that means anything. Actually, I’m sure it means nothing. I...
View Articlejohnlink ranks NAVY SEALS (1990)
Seen my share of 90s action flicks, but I somehow never got around to this one. I think it was probably because of the generic VHS cover and the fact that even adolescent me didn’t think Charlie Sheen...
View Articlejohnlink ranks MARKED FOR DEATH (1990)
MARKED FOR DEATH was not the apex of the Steven Seagal era, that would be UNDER SIEGE by any objective measure. But it is right in the middle of when he was one of the above-average action film stars....
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