Rock-A-doodle
Rock-A-doodle 1992. Directed by Don Bluth, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Glen Campbell, Tony Scott Granger, Christopher Plummer. This lastest animated feature from Bluth and team (The Land Before Time, An American Tail, The Secret of NIMH, All Dogs Go to Heaven) proves that you can take the rooster out of the farm…
Roadside Prophets
Roadside Prophets 1993. Directed by Abbe Wool, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring John Doe, Adam Horovitz, John Cusack, Timothy Leary, Arlo Guthrie. Another entry into the burgeoning ranks of the American New Wave, …Prophets is a road movie for the Nineties that recalls the archaic escapades of Bob Hope, Easy Rider, and others…
White Men Can’t Jump
White Men Can’t Jump 1992, R, 115 min. Directed by Ron Shelton, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez, Tyra Ferrell. White Men Can’t Jump starts out just right… near dawn on the beach at Venice, California, three black street singers are harmonizing on a song backed by a…
Ladybugs
Ladybugs 1992, PG-13, 90 min. Directed by Sidney J. Furie, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Rodney Dangerfield, Jackée, Jonathan Brandis, Ilene Graff. Whether doing a stand-up comedy routine or acting in a movie, Rodney Dangerfield is a physical mess: his shoulders roll and his feet shuffle so much that he appears to have…
The Cry of the Owl
The Cry of the Owl 1987, NR, 102 min. Directed by Claude Chabrol, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Christopher Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Jean-Pierre Kalfon. Maybe it’s me, but this alleged homage to the work of Alfred Hitchcock by Claude Chabrol acts as a textbook case of what’s wrong with modern French…
“Building Bombs” and “Deadly Deception”
“Building Bombs” and “Deadly Deception” 1992. Directed by Susan Robinson, Mark Mori, Debra Chasnoff, Narrated by Jane Alexander, Voices by , Starring . Hot on the heels of having won the well-deserved Academy Award for Best Documentary Short only a couple of days ago, Chasnoff’s Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons & Our Environment is…
Ruby
Ruby 1992. Directed by John Mckenzie, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Danny Aeillo, Sherilyn Fenn, Arliss Howard. Ruby has the look of a cheap knockoff hustled along to cash in on the success of Oliver Stone’s JFK. They get the period details right and the cheesy sets go with the movie’s cut-rate look…
High Heels
High Heels 1991, R, 115 min. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bose, Feodor Atkine. As the press kit says, this is a departure for Almodóvar. Previously known for his biting and acerbic satires on modern life (Dark Habits, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!,…
