Another You
Another You 1991. Directed by Maurice Phillips, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Mercedes Ruehl, Stephen Lang, Vanessa Williams. You’ve got to know that something’s seriously wrong when you attend a movie on opening weekend and you’re the only person in the audience. Especially when it sports Richard Pryor and…
Life Stinks
Life Stinks 1991, PG-13, 92 min. Directed by Mel Brooks, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Mel Brooks, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeffrey Tambor, Stuart Pankin, Howard Morris. Remember that “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it any more” piece of business in Network? Well, something like that happens in Life…
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol 1991, NR, 87 min. Directed by Chuck Workman, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Viva, Dennis Hopper, Ultra Violet, Tom Wolfe, Holly Woodlawn, Taylor Mead, Sylvia Miles, Henry Geldzahler, Paul Warhola, Fran Lebowitz, Others. Warhol probably would like this movie. But that’s not to say it’s…
Rover Dangerfield
Rover Dangerfield 1991, G, 74 min. Directed by Jim George, Bob Seeley, Narrated by , Voices by Rodney Dangerfield, Ronnie Schell, Ned von Leuck, Starring . Rodney Dangerfield is a Las Vegas hound dog in this animated feature.
Hot Shots!
Hot Shots! 1991, PG-13, 85 min. Directed by Jim Abrahams, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges. Now I have it. Abrahams is good at satire — he’s the disciplined one — and David Zucker, who worked with Abraham and his brother in the trio’s hits Airplane…
Mobsters
Mobsters 1991. Directed by Michael Karbelnikoff, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, F. Murray Abraham, Anthony Quinn, Lara Flynn Boyle. You could call this latest vehicle to propel Slater’s career as a baby girl heart throb Young Machine Guns if you like, but don’t compare it…
V.I. Warshawski
V.I. Warshawski 1991, R, 89 min. Directed by Jeff Kanew, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, Angela Goethals, Charles Durning, Frederick Coffin, Nancy Paul. For a movie that talks as tough as V.I. Warshawski, it sure doesn’t have a whole lot to say. You’d think Sara Paretsky’s popular detective…
