The Three Swordsmen
The Three Swordsmen 1994. Directed by Wong Tai Lin, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Andy Lau, Bridget Lin, Tusi Kam Kong. Held up for almost a year in Hong Kong, due mainly to the current unpopularity of period chopsocky fantasies, this decent, if wholly unremarkable, action picture is finally seeing the light of…
Cobb
Cobb 1994, R, 128 min. Directed by Ron Shelton, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich, Ned Bellamy, Scott Burkholder, Allan Mallamud. Ty Cobb was the greatest baseball player ever. Let’s get that over with. Ron Shelton’s film tries mighty hard to be the final word on Cobb,…
Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog 1995, PG, 82 min. Directed by Phillip Borsos, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Mimi Rogers, Bruce Davison, Jesse Bradford, Tom Bower, Joel Palmer, Dakotah. The film opens with three young boys dressed as Indians chasing a rabbit. The older boy corners it in slingshot range,…
It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night 1934, NR, 105 min. Directed by Frank Capra, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert. This classic romantic comedy is the first movie ever to sweep the five major Oscar categories.
Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall 1994, R, 133 min. Directed by Edward Zwick, Starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond, Henry Thomas, Karina Lombard, Gordon Tootoosis. No question about it: Brad Pitt is gorgeous. Legends of the Fall exhibits that in spades. But, somehow, it doesn’t seem appropriate that Pitt’s beauty should be the…
