Three Ninjas
Three Ninjas 1992. Directed by Jon Turteltaub, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Victor Wong, Michael Treanor, Max Elliott Slade, Chad Power, Rand Kingsley, Alan Mcrae. Preceded by the humorous animated short Petal to the Metal (which features the screen debut of Disney’s newest toon star, the bumbling bobcat Bonkers), 3 Ninjas is long…
Unforgiven
Eastwood’s multiple award-winning Western.
Amazon
Amazon 1990, R. Directed by Mika Kaurismaki, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Kari Vaananen, Robert Davi, Rae Dawn Chong. The Amazon River Basin — seething with life, death, corruption and rebirth — has always been easy food for filmmakers, and though this new film is about as far as one can get from…
Diggstown
Diggstown 1992, R, 98 min. Directed by Michael Ritchie, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring James Wood, Louis Gossett Jr, Oliver Platt, Heather Graham, Bruce Dern. Considering the talents involved in this project it’s hard to imagine that it would turn out to have anything less than competent workmanship, but never does it rise…
Highway 61
Highway 61 1991, R, 102 min. Directed by Bruce McDonald, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Valerie Buhagiar, Don McKellar, Earl Pastko, Peter Breck, Art Bergmann. You might not recognize the devil when you meet him, and redemption might not look like much up close, but the freedom you find on the road will…
One False Move
One False Move 1992. Directed by Carl Franklin, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thorton, Michael Meach, Earl Billings, Jim Metzler. The way the destinies of four people converge in a small Arkansas town in One False Move is nothing short of wondrous. Scripted by Thom Epperson and…
Raising Cain
De Palma once again blatantly borrows from other movies without shame and rubs your nose in every camera trick imaginable, but he also does something of which he’s seldom been guilty: He ignores the fundamental principles of suspense.
