In the Soup
This Sundance multiaward-winner provides a fantastic showcase for the outsized vitality of Seymour Cassell, who plays a gangster investing in dour screenwriter Steve Buscemi’s work.
Rising Sun
Rising Sun 1993. Directed by Philip Kaufman, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Mako, Stan Shaw, Tia Carrere. Ironically, Japanophile Kaufman, assigned to Michael Crichton’s xenophobic Rising Sun, decided to go classicly hard-boiled as a way of defusing the novel. In nationally specific terms, he de-politicized…
The Fugitive
Flinty Tommy Lee Jones is the best thing about this otherwise standard chase film.
Tom and Jerry — the Movie
Tom and Jerry — the Movie 1993. Directed by Phil Roman, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Richard Kind, Dana Hill, Charlotte Rae, Tony Jay, Henry Gibson, Anndi Mcaffee. You know when a movie bills Joe Barbera as its “Creative Consultant,” it is in big, big screen trouble. Hanna and Barbera are to Saturday…
Painted Faces
Painted Faces 1988. Directed by Alex Law, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Samo Hung, Cheng Pei-Pei, Lam Ching-Ying. It’s 1962, and a young boy is entering the mysterious, exotic world of Master Yu’s Peking Opera Academy. Bound by a contract where he is little more than an indentured servant — with his family’s…
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Brooks targets his jokes more toward images of masculinity than Sherwood Forest denizens.
