Prisoners of the Sun
Prisoners of the Sun 1990. Directed by Stephen Wallace, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Bryan Brown, George Takei, Sokyu Fujita, Terry O’Quinn. As courtroom dramas go, this one’s pretty good. And it’s got a few twists. For starters, it’s court-martial drama. It’s set in 1946 at the Australian War Crimes Tribunal during which…
Pure Luck
Pure Luck 1991. Directed by Nadia Tass, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Martin Short, Danny Glover, Sheila Kelley. Pure Luck manages to deliver only four decent laughs in its entire 105-minute time. As with many comedies in the last couple of years, you can almost see the great jokes that Those In Charge…
The Doctor
The Doctor 1991, PG-13, 122 min. Directed by Randa Haines, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Elizabeth Perkins, Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin, Charlie Korsmo. Overly earnest but satisfying, The Doctor prescribes an old-fashioned remedy for the summertime movie doldrums — it’s actually a movie for adults. Adapted from Ed Rosenbaum,…
1900
1900 1976, R, 311 min. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Robert De Niro, Gerard Depardieu, Sterling Hayden, Burt Lancaster, Donald Sutherland, Dominique Sanda, Alida Valli, Stefania Sandrelli. By virtue of its very size (5 hours and 11 minutes), there is the temptation to call this restored version of 1900…
Double Impact
Double Impact 1991, R, 118 min. Directed by Sheldon Lettich, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis, Cory Everson, Alonna Shaw. Well, what should we discuss here to commemorate the opening of yet another Van Damme movie weeks before it heads off to the TV sets of those with very…
Bingo
Bingo 1991, PG, 89 min. Directed by Matthew Robbins, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Bingo, Cindy Williams, David Rasche. Cross Benji with the narrative abattoir of Heaven’s Gate and you ought to have a pretty clear picture of the recklessly unprofessional mood of Bingo. Some of the kids in the audience got a…
Dark Obsession
Dark Obsession 1989, NC-17, 84 min. Directed by Nick Broomfield, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Gabriel Byrne, Amanda Donohoe, Struan Rodger, Douglas Hodge. Oh, the moral bankruptcy of the British upper classes. Dark Obsession is the latest movie to emphasize this point. It’s not a novel commentary but it does deliver it with…
Delirious
Delirious 1991, PG, 96 min. Directed by Tom Mankiewicz, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Raymond Bur, Emma Samms, David Rasche, Dylan Baker, Charles Rocket. After TV soap opera scripter Candy becomes involved in an accident, he wakes to find himself in the world of his soap. When he regains…
