Passion Fish
Passion Fish 1992. Directed by John Sayles, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, David Straithairn, Vondie Curtis-Hall. Passion Fish proves that when you have a great script, great performers and a great location, you don’t mind that the movie goes on a tad longer than it should. Although its lugubrious…
The Judas Project
The Judas Project 1990, PG-13. Directed by James H. Barden, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Eternal Life is what you’ll need to make it through this modern-garbed passion play. The Judas Project tells the story of Jesus in modern drag. This time out, the Son of God is named Jesse. He’s a…
Fifty/Fifty
Fifty/Fifty 1993. Directed by Charles Martin Smith, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Peter Weller, Robert Hays, Ramona Rahman, Charles Martin Smith. The motto over at Fifty/Fifty’s production house ought to be: “Cannon Pictures: All the grace of a howitzer.” Part action-adventure about a couple of mercenaries reluctantly helping the CIA to overthrow a…
Tous les Matins lu Monde
Tous les Matins lu Monde 1991, NR, 114 min. Directed by Alain Corneau, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet, Carole Richert, Guillaume Depardieu. A rough wooden table. Red wine in exquisite stemmed crystal. Curled wafers on a plain white platter. Elements of an ingenuously elegant, arrestingly beautiful and,…
Amos & Andrew
Amos & Andrew 1993, PG-13, 96 min. Directed by E. Max Frye, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Lerner, Margaret Colin, Brad Dourif, Dabney Coleman, Giancarlo Esposito, Bob Balaban. Amos & Andrew is a better-than-average comedy that’s likable enough while unfolding but evaporative when over. It takes a…
A Better Tomorrow
Woo’s crime drama is one of the signature films of the Hong Kong cinema.
Falling Down
Falling Down 1993, R, 113 min. Directed by Joel Schumacher, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Tuesday Weld, Rachel Ticotin, Frederic Forrest. It begins, as do so many life-changing journeys, with a simple, seemingly inconsequential incident: stuck in early-morning Los Angeles gridlock, a nervous, perspiring citizen reaches the…
Mad Dog and Glory
Mad Dog and Glory 1993, R, 97 min. Directed by John McNaughton, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Bill Murray, Kathy Baker, David Caruso. After his shocking film debut in 1989 with the unforgettable Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, word came out that McNaughton’s next project would be…
Strictly Ballroom
Strictly Ballroom 1992, PG-13, 121 min. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, Starring Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter. Strictly Ballroom is shamelessly manipulative, blatantly derivative, and hopelessly maudlin. So why did I love this movie so much? Possibly because it has the gall to be all those things without blushing. Although made in Australia, Strictly Ballroom…
