Roadracers
Roadracers Directed by Robert Rodriguez, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring David Arquette, Salma Hayek, John Hawkes, Jason Wiles, William Sadler, Mark Lowenthal, Johnny Reno. In his first outing (this time his job responsibilities scaled back to director, co-writer, and editor) since the surprise success of El Mariachi, Rodriguez has helmed the perfect AIP…
“Lesbian Vampires”
“Lesbian Vampires” 1986, NR. Directed by Amy Goldstein, Bruna Fionda, Polly Gladwin, Isiling Mack-Nataf, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . The independent shorts in this twofer attempt to shine a new light (or darkness) on those famous monsters of filmland, vampires, by giving strong women the oversized incisors and playing the creature of…
Lassie
Lassie 1994, PG, 92 min. Directed by Daniel Petrie, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Thomas Guiry, Helen Slater, Jon Tenney, Frederic Forrest, Richard Farnsworth. The bitch is back. That huggably heroic canine superstar of film, TV, radio, and print has bounded back into our midst to charm a new generation of kids and…
North
North 1994. Directed by Rob Reiner, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jon Lovitz, Kathy Bates, John Ritter, Kelly Mcgillis. Rob Reiner goes out on a limb and finds he exceeds the maximum weight requirement for sapling-climbing. In this surreal childhood fable, Wood is young North,…
True Lies
After Terminator, Schwarzenegger and Cameron worked together again on this odd mixture of chockablock action movie and restive romantic comedy.
Midnight Cowboy
Fueled by two riveting character studies and its exposure of New York City’s seamy underbelly, this multi-Oscar-winner screams “contemporary” and “eternal” at once.
