The Babe
The Babe 1992, PG, 119 min. Directed by Arthur Hiller, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring John Goodman, Kelly McGillis, Trini Alvarado, Bruce Boxleitner, Peter Donat. I’ve never been a big fan of melodramas, and this movie is almost pure melodrama. I am a big fan of baseball, and this Babe Ruth bio is…
Alan & Naomi
Alan & Naomi 1992, PG, 96 min. Directed by Sterling Van Wagenen, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Lukas Haas, Vanessa Zaoui, Michael Gross, Amy Aquino, Kevin Connolly. Alan & Naomi is set during World War II in New York. It exhibits the kind of excruciating attention to detail that signals misty nostalgia and…
Brain Donors
Brain Donors 1992. Directed by Dennis Dugan, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring John Turturro, Bob Nelson, Mel Smith, Nancy Marchand, George De La Pena. Executive producers David and Jerry — The Brothers Zucker — best known for the Airplane! and Naked Gun sequels, veer away from their usual venue of biting satire in…
Deep Cover
Deep Cover 1992, R, 107 min. Directed by Bill Duke, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard, Charles Martin Smith, Clarence Williams III, Gregory Sierra, Sydney Lassick. Been playing this one over in my head for a couple days now and I can’t figure out if I liked it…
Shakes the Clown
Shakes the Clown 1992, R, 83 min. Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Bobcat Goldthwait, Tom Kenny, Adam Sandler, Julie Brown, Florence Henderson. What the heck is it about clowns that makes them so easy to ridicule? Like Spike Lee said, maybe it’s the shoes. In his directing debut, stand-up…
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Where Angels Fear to Tread 1993, PG, 116 min. Directed by Charles Sturridge, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis, Rupert Graves, Giovanni Guidelli, Barbara Jefford, Helen Mirren. Historians looking back at the last ten years of filmmaking might well dub this period the “E.M. Forster Years.” During this time,…
