Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway 1993, PG-13, 123 min. Directed by Randa Haines, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Robert Duvall, Richard Harris, Shirley MacLaine, Piper Laurie, Sandra Bullock. More grumpy old men here. Well, Harris’s Frank is not exactly grumpy. He’s a hard-drinking, loud-talking, woman chasing Irish ex-sailor, who has ended up, at 75, alone…
Ruby in Paradise
Ruby in Paradise 1993. Directed by Victor Nunez, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Ashley Judd, Todd Field, Bentley Mitchum, Alison Dean, Dorothy Lyman. Ruby in paradise. Ruby in Florida. Ruby out of the hills of Tennessee. Ruby adrift in the Sunshine State. Ashley Judd (daughter of Naomi, sister of Wynona) stars as Ruby…
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 1994, PG-13, 86 min. Directed by Tom Shadyac, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jim Carrey, Sean Young, Courteney Cox, Tone Loc, Dan Marino. Finding yourself starved for some old Jerry Lewis-style clowning? Your response to that question will probably color your reaction to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey…
Calendar
Calendar 1993, NR, 74 min. Directed by Atom Egoyan, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Atom Egoyan, Arsinée Khanjian, Ashot Adamian. Little boxes, numbered to mark the passing of days, in a block with a picture atop them, a warm image against the cool order of the boxes. This is what a calendar is…
Wicked City
Wicked City 1987, NR, 82 min. Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajini, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . The familiar Japanimation storyline of demons from an alternate universe entering our own is back (does it ever go away?) in this better-than-average slice of stuff we’ve all seen before. Representatives from the Earth and the Black…
Twenty Bucks
Twenty Bucks 1993. Directed by Keva Rosenfeld, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Steve Buscemi, Christopher Lloyd, Brendan Fraser, Sam Jenkins, Linda Hunt. With a screenplay originally written in 1935(!), Twenty Bucks is a fresh, witty, and thoroughly unique look at, well, $20. In a nutshell, what director Rosenfeld has done is to follow…
Car 54, Where are You?
Car 54, Where are You? 1994, PG-13, 89 min. Directed by Bill Fishman, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring David Johansen, John C. McGinley, Fran Drescher, Nipsey Russell, Rosie O’Donnell, Al Lewis, Daniel Baldwin. Hollywood producers are going with the current trend of transferring such vintage TV gems as The Addams Family and The…
Gift
Gift 1993, NR, 80 min. Directed by Perry Farrell, Casey Niccoli, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Perry Farrell, Casey Niccoli, Teri Nunn, Jane’S Addiction. There is a scene in this film that may be the most lushly romantic thing I’ve ever seen on celluloid. It’s a wedding, specifically the Mexican Santeria wedding of…
