What’s Love Got to Do With it
What’s Love Got to Do With it 1993, R, 118 min. Directed by Brian Gibson, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Rae’Ven Kelly, Jennifer Lewis, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney. Though Tina Turner’s been trying to break into movies for a while now, Hollywood has never known quite what…
Once Upon a Forest
Once Upon a Forest 1993. Directed by Charles Grosvenor, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Michael Crawford, Ben Vereen, Ellen Blain, Gregory Moss. If you don’t have air conditioning but you have plenty of money, and if your kids have exercised enough this week outdoors and are in need of some short, sweet, brief,…
Swordsman II
Swordsman II 1992. Directed by Stanley Tong, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jet Li, Brigitte Lin. I have yet to see Tsui Hark’s original Swordsman film, but judging from this sequel, I may not want to. Produced by Hong Kong film maven Hark and directed by Stanley Tong, Swordsman II falls into the…
First International Festival of Short Films
First International Festival of Short Films 1993. Directed by Various, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Featuring shorts from Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S., this first outing by the newly-formed Andalusian Pictures Ltd. group is a winner in a much broader scope than its animated forerunners (i.e., Spike and Mike’s Festival…
Deadly Currents
Deadly Currents 1991, NR, 115 min. Directed by Simcha Jacobovici, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Presented for delegates attending recent Middle East peace negotiations, and awarded the Grand Prix at the 23rd International Documentary Festival of Nyon, Switzerland, this Canadian film by Israeli-born director Jacobovici is an unflinching, and for the most…
