Losing Isaiah
Losing Isaiah 1995, R, 111 min. Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn, Cuba Gooding, Samuel L. Jackson, Joie Lee. We’ve grown so accustomed to the courtroom drama which plays one side as hero and one as villain, it seems sometimes there’s no other kind.…
Colonel Chabert
Colonel Chabert Directed by Yves Angelo, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier. Depardieu stars as a soldier presumed killed in battle who comes home years later to find his wife remarried. The set-up echoes Depardieu’s The Return of Martin Guerre, but this directorial debut by Angelo,…
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill 1995. Directed by Jeremiah Chechik, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Patrick Swayze, Oliver Platt, Roger Aaron Brown, Nick Stahl, Scott Glenn, Catherine O’Hara. Watching Tall Tale is like exploring your grandmother’s attic. Awash in amber light and shadowy corners and filled to the very rafters…
Muriel’s Wedding
Muriel’s Wedding 1994. Directed by P.j. Hogan, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter, Rosalind Hammond, Belinda Jarrett, Sophie Lee. If the thought of another Australian film with a soundtrack full of ABBA songs scares you away from this film, buck up and see it anyway. From the first…
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh 1995, R, 93 min. Directed by Bill Condon, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Tony Todd, Veronica Cartwright, Kelly Rowan, Michael Bergeron, Caroline Barclay, William O’Leary, Bill Nunn. Taking up where the original Candyman left off, this stylish, atmospheric spook story manages to do its predecessor one better and…
Bye Bye, Love
Bye Bye, Love 1995, PG-13, 106 min. Directed by Sam Weisman, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Matthew Modine, Paul Reiser, Randy Quaid, Amy Brenneman, Lindsay Crouse, Janeane Garofalo, Rob Reiner, Eliza Dushku, Ed Flanders. Divorced dads often get a bad rap in films. Bye Bye, Love attempts to paint a fuller picture of…
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
The Eagle Shooting Heroes 1993. Directed by Jeff Lau, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chi Wah, Bridget Lin, Joey Wang, Jacky Cheung, Carina Lau, Tony Leung Kar Fei. Based upon a famous Chinese novel, The Eagle Shooting Heroes takes the characters from that famous tome and uses them to…
