The Client
The Client 1994, PG-13, 119 min. Directed by Joel Schumacher, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony Lapaglia, Ossie Davis. “Objection, your honor! The protagonist is being willfully stupid! Again!” All through this adaptation of John Grisham’s best-selling suspenser, I kept wanting to appeal to…
The Mask
The Mask 1994, PG-13, 101 min. D: Chuck Russell; with Jim Carrey. Bank teller Stanley Ipkiss (Carrey) is one of the nicest guys in the world, but he probably couldn’t get a date to save his life. Pondering his fate after being unceremoniously tossed out of the swanky Coco Bongo nightclub, he spies what appears…
Where the Rivers Flow North
Where the Rivers Flow North 1994, PG-13, 106 min. Directed by Jay Craven, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Rip Torn, Tantoo Cardinal, Michael J. Fox, Bill Raymond, Treat Williams. The basic story is a familiar one: people fighting to protect their land and their established way of life from the encroachments of “progress”…
Black Beauty
Black Beauty 1994, G, 85 min. Directed by Caroline Thompson, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Sean Bean, David Thewlis, Jim Carter, Peter Davison, Andrew Knott, Justin. I awaited the release of Black Beauty with the anticipation of renewing an affection with a childhood friend and the trepidation of finding that old friend changed…
Atlantis
Atlantis 1991, NR. Directed by Luc Besson, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Frenchman Luc Besson is perhaps best known for his direction of Subway and La Femme Nikita, the source for the American remake called Point of No Return. But before he scored with Nikita, he directed a movie called The Big…
The Best of the New York Underground
The Best of the New York Underground 1994. Directed by Various, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . How a film with this title managed to leave out such cinema of transgression auteurs as Richard Kern, Lydia Lunch, and Clint Ruin is beyond me, and, if you’re going to use this to measure the…
Tai-Chi Master
This martial-arts film tells the story of a pair of monks whose paths diverge after they are cast out of their monastery for fighting.
