Sommersby
Sommersby 1993. Directed by Jon Amiel, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, James Earl Jones, Bill Pullman. Sommersby is an updated American adaptation of a popular French story made in !982 as the film The Return of Martin Guerre. Maybe executive producer and star Gere mis-read the title and thought…
The Cemetery Club
The Cemetery Club 1993, PG-13, 106 min. Directed by Bill Duke, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Ellen Burstyn, Diane Ladd, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello, Lainie Kazan, Christina Ricci, Wallace Shawn, Bernie Casey. This movie was directed by Bill Duke? The same Bill Duke who directed A Rage in Harlem and Deep Cover? Arthur…
Bad Lieutenant
Bad Lieutenant 1992, NC-17, 98 min. Directed by Abel Ferrara, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Harvey Keitel, Zoe Lund, Victor Argo, Paul Calderone, Leonard Thomas, Robin Burrows, Frankie Thorn, Victoria Bastel, Paul Hipp. There is no redemption without, first, debasement; no transcendence without transgression; no forgiveness without sin. In this NC-17-rated film, Keitel…
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey 1993. Directed by Duwayne Dunham, Narrated by , Voices by Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, Don Ameche, Starring Jean Smart, Robert Hays, Kim Greist. If the recently beleaguered Austin Humane Society has any marketing smarts at all, it’ll send every volunteer it can muster along with every adoptable animal it…
Barefoot Gen
Barefoot Gen 1983. Directed by Masaki Mori, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . This 10-year-old Japanese animated feature is just now being released in the United States, and is based upon the Barefoot Gen comic strip series created by Keiji Nakazawa (who also wrote and produced the film) in 1973 as a semi-autobiographical…
National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon One
National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon One 1993. Directed by Gene Quintano, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Tim Curry, Kathy Ireland, William Shatner. Despite the fact that National Lampoon: The Magazine has finally succumbed to poor sales, the company’s film division stoically marches onward, buoyed by its seemingly…
