Trading Mom
Trading Mom 1994. Directed by Tia Brelis, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Sissy Spacek, Maureen Stapleton, Anna Chlumsky, Aaron Michael Metchik, Asher Metchik, Merritt Yohnka, Andre The Giant. Any kid who has ever wished his or her nagging mother gone ought to enjoy the logic of Trading Mom. When their working, single-parent mom…
China Moon
China Moon 1994, 99 min. Directed by John Bailey, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe, Benicio Del Toro, Charles Dance. Why is this film being touted as “the Body Heat of the Nineties?” True, there are some parallels between the 1981 steamy thriller starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner and…
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape 1993, PG-13, 117 min. Directed by Lasse Hallström, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Leonardo DiCaprio, John C. Reilly, Darlene Cates. Based on Peter Hedges’s award-winning book (he also wrote the screenplay for the film), Swedish director Lasse Hallström’s new film treads similar thematic…
Greedy
Greedy 1994, PG-13, 113 min. Directed by Jonathan Lynn, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Kirk Douglas, Michael J. Fox, Nancy Travis, Olivia D’Abo, Ed Begley, Jere Burns, Phil Hartman. Greedy ain’t greedy enough. Sure, this comedy from writing team Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel (A League of Their Own, Splash, City Slickers) and…
The Chase
The Chase 1994, PG-13, 94 min. Directed by Adam Rifkin, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson, Henry Rollins, Josh Mostel, Ray Wise, Anthony Kiedis, Flea. Just once I’d like to hear the director of a big, dumb chase film like this one say, “Hey, it’s a big, dumb chase film.”…
Combination Platter
Combination Platter 1993, NR, 84 min. Directed by Tony Chan, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jeff Lau, Colleen O’Brien, Lester “chit-Man” Chan, Colin Mitchell, Ellen Syn. Befitting its title, Tony Chan’s 83-minute, $250,000 independent first feature affords the viewer a tantalizing pastiche of characters, each different in nuance and flavor, but melding to…
