Muppet Treasure Island
Muppet Treasure Island 1996, G, 99 min. Directed by Brian Henson, Mark Loparco, Narrated by , Voices by Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Starring Tim Curry, Billy Connolly. Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of pop! Taking great liberties with Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel about pirates and buried riches, Muppet Treasure Island carries…
Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead
Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead 1995, R, 117 min. Directed by Gary Felder, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Andy Garcia, Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe, Bill Nunn, Treat Williams, Jack Warden, Steve Buscemi, Fairuza Balk, Gabrielle Anwar, Christopher Walken, Michael Nicolosi, Bill Cobbs. It’s somehow fitting that a movie with this…
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
The Beans of Egypt, Maine 1994, R, 99 min. Directed by Jennifer Warren, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Martha Plimpton, Kelly Lynch, Patrick McGraw, Richard Sanders, Rutger Hauer. Egypt, Maine is the other Maine, the part of the state that doesn’t have Kennebunkport spreads and fresh-scrubbed, healthy complexions. Egypt is a depressed farming…
The Jerky Boys
The Jerky Boys 1995, R, 82 min. Directed by James Melkonian, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Johnny Brennan, Kamal Ahmed, Alan Arkin, William Hickey, Suzanne Shepherd, Alan North, James Lorinz. The dumbing down of America has picked up steam recently, if our movies are any indication. First it was those dang Gumpisms, then…
Vanya On 42nd Street
Vanya On 42nd Street 1994, PG, 119 min. Directed by Louis Malle, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Brooke Smith, Larry Pine, Julianne Moore, Jerry Mayer, George Gaynes, Lynn Cohen, Phoebe Brand. So many elements of excellence go into the making of Vanya on 42nd Street that it’s amazing they…
The Quick and the Dead
The Quick and the Dead 1995. Directed by Sam Raimi, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lance Henricksen, Woody Strode, Pat Hingle. There is, regrettably, precious little that is quick about Sam Raimi’s newest film. It drags on interminably, laying out ritualized gunfight after ritualized gunfight,…
Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits 1993. Directed by Serge Toubiana, Michel Pascal, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . An engrossing 93-minute documentary on filmmaker Francois Truffaut, one of France’s most popular contributions to the world of film thus far, Toubiana (quasi-editor of Les Cahiers du Cinema) and Pascal seek to get a handle on…
