The Opposite Sex (And How to Live With Them)
The Opposite Sex (And How to Live With Them) 1993, R, 86 min. Directed by Matthew Meshekoff, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Arye Gross, Courteney Cox, Kevin Pollack, Julie Brown. Let’s face it folks. The quest to find Mr. or Ms. Right in the heterosexual dating game is more often than not about…
Rich in Love
Rich in Love 1993. Directed by Bruce Beresford, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Albert Finney, Jill Clayburgh, Kathryn Erbe, Kyle Mclachlan, Suzy Amis, Piper Laurie, Ethan Hawke, Alfre Woodard. The team who brought us Driving Miss Daisy is now driving its brand of Southern sentimental hogwash into the ground. Producers Richard and Lili…
American Fabulous
American Fabulous 1991, NR, 103 min. Directed by Reno Dakota, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jeffrey Strouth. Perched like a queen on her throne — here, the back seat of a 1957 Cadillac — Jeffrey Strough gives a royal performance in American Fabulous. Blessed with the gift of gab, the twentysomething Jeffrey prattles…
Point of No Return
Point of No Return 1993. Directed by John Badham, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Anne Bancroft, Harvey Keitel. Unlike another recent European remake which shall remain nameless (The Vanishing), John Badham’s American take on Luc Besson’s 1991 La Femme Nikita not only manages to maintain the stylistic…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III 1993. Directed by Stuart Gillard, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Mark Caso, Jim Raposa, Matt Hill, David Fraser, Paige Turco, Elias Turco, Vivian Wu, Sab Shimono, Stuart Wilson. The kids sure do love these creatures. Their folks can’t understand why. And that, in a nut — er, tortoise…
Actress
Actress 1992, 167 min. Directed by Stanley Kwan, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Shing Hong, Carina Lau. At 154 minutes, this expansive Chinese film version of the life of actress Ruan Ling-yu — China’s answer to Greta Garbo and one of that country’s most highly regarded silent film stars…
Indochine
Indochine 1992, PG-13, 153 min. Directed by Regis Wargnier, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Catherine Deneuve, Henri Marteau, Vincent Perez, Linh Dan Pham, Jean Yanne. In the last year or so, French cinema has taken a retrospective look at its country’s colonial legacy in Southeast Asia through such films as The Lover and…
