Dick Tracy (1990)

Dick Tracy (1990)

[6] Warren Beatty directs and stars in Disney's big budget adaptation of Chester Gould's 1930s comic strip about a square-jawed detective caught in a constant battle of whack-a-mole with a horde of colorful gangsters. The screenplay by Top Gun's Jim Cash and…
Goodfellas (1990)

Goodfellas (1990)

[8] Director Martin Scorsese (Mean Streets, Raging Bull) returns to the gangster subgenre that made him a household name. Goodfellas is based on the true story of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn youth who quit his primary education to start working for the…
Another 48 Hrs. (1990)

Another 48 Hrs. (1990)

[4] Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte return eight years after the success of 48 Hrs. for a sequel too afraid to stray from formula. Nolte's cop character once again gets Murphy's convict character out of prison to help him identify a new…
The Hunt for Red October (1990)

The Hunt for Red October (1990)

[8] Alec Baldwin takes on the mantle of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan in the action-thriller The Hunt for Red October. One of the joys of this movie is seeing Baldwin, previously known mostly for co-starring in Beetlejuice, become a leading man before…
Night of the Living Dead (1990)

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

[3] [This review is of the 2025 Director's Cut.] Special makeup effects artist Tom Savini directs this early '90s remake of George Romero's seminal Night of the Living Dead. Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman lead the ensemble cast with a script that…
RoboCop 2 (1990)

RoboCop 2 (1990)

[7] Directed by Irvin Kershner (The Empire Strikes Back) and written by comic book legend Frank Miller, you'd think that RoboCop 2 would be vastly better and more interesting than it is. But for just another inferior sequel, it's not half bad.…
Predator 2 (1990)

Predator 2 (1990)

[7] Predator's screenwriting brothers, Jim and John Thomas, return for this sequel, transplanting the action from the Central American jungles to dystopian Los Angeles. 'Ah-nold' is replaced with Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon, The Color Purple) and Stephen Hopkins (A Nightmare on Elm…
The Exorcist III (1990)

The Exorcist III (1990)

[7] Any sequel to one of the great horror films of all time is bound to leave audiences at least somewhat disappointed. That said, The Exorcist III is a surprisingly better sequel than you might imagine -- especially after the dreadfully misconceived…
Total Recall (1990)

Total Recall (1990)

[7] Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in this high-concept futuristic actioner about a blue-collar man who pays to have memories of a Mars vacation implanted in his memory -- the next-best thing, and a cheaper alternative, to actually going there. But the procedure ends…
Demon Wind (1990)

Demon Wind (1990)

[2] First off, Demon Wind is not about farts. If it were, it would most assuredly be a more interesting movie. Instead, it's about a young man (Eric Larson) who drags a bunch of his friends to the ruins of his grandparents'…