Cup Final
Cup Final NR, 110 min. Directed by Erian Riklis, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Moshe Ivgi, Muhamad Bakri. Not reviewed at press time. Set against the backdrop of the Israeli-Lebanese War of 1982 and the World Soccer Cup games in Spain,Cup Final (1991) shows how enemies in war can be comrades on the…
Two Friends
Two Friends 1987, NR, 78 min. Directed by Jane Campion, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Emma Coles, Kris Bidenko, Kris Mcquade, Debra May, Peter Hehir, Stephen Leeder. With a keen eye, Jane Campion relates the intricacies of adolescent friendship in her first feature Two Friends. Written by Helen Garner and originally made as…
The Last Supper
The Last Supper 1995, R, 92 min. Directed by Stacy Title, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Cameron Diaz, Annabeth Gish, Ron Eldard, Jonathan Penner, Courtney B. Vance, Bill Paxton, Nora Dunn, Ron Perlman, Jason Alexander, Charles Durning. All the courses are here and so are the nutrients, but The Last Supper, nevertheless, is…
The Rock
Explosions and tough-guy heroics rule in this Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer production.
Eddie
Eddie 1996, PG-13, 100 min. Directed by Steve Rash, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Langella, Dennis Farina, Richard Jenkins, Lisa Ann Walter. University of Texas alum Rash, director of my personal nomination for most disturbing film of all time, 1981’s Under the Rainbow, checks in with this stunningly unoriginal piece…
The Arrival
The Arrival 1996, PG-13, 109 min. Directed by David Twohy, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Charlie Sheen, Ron Silver, Lindsay Crouse, Teri Polo, Tony T. Johnson. Screenwriter Twohy (The Fugitive, Waterworld, Alien3) takes the directing helm in this above-average tale of alien invasion that’s less concerned with the invasion itself and more worried…
Dragonheart
Dragonheart 1996, PG-13, 103 min. Directed by Rob Cohen, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer, Julie Christie, Sean Connery. Dragonheart tells the story of a burned-out 10th-century knight (Dennis Quaid) who joins forces with an 18-foot-high, 43-foot-long, fire-breathing dragon (a computer-generated creation voiced by Sean Connery)…
