The Heroic Trio
Three female superheroes, who were initially enemies, team up to defeat an ancient monster who is stealing children of royal blood.
The Favor
The Favor 1994, R, 97 min. Directed by Donald Petrie, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Harley Jane Kozak, Elizabeth McGovern, Bill Pullman, Brad Pitt, Larry Miller, Ken Wahl. A day is twenty-four hours, an hour is sixty minutes, a minute is sixty seconds. The big passages in life are just collections of smaller…
Backbeat
Backbeat 1994, R, 100 min. Directed by Iain Softley, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Stephen Dorff, Sheryl Lee, Ian Hart, Gary Bakewell, Chris O’Neill, Scot Williams, Kai Weisinger. Drugs and sex and rock & roll: rarely has a film captured the equation as vividly as does Backbeat. That’s the movie’s greatest strength, not…
You So Crazy
You So Crazy 1994, NR, 84 min. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Martin Lawrence. You So Crazy changed my mind about Martin Lawrence. Hardly considering myself a Lawrence fan or a fan of his TV show Martin, and fairly appalled by his now-notorious Saturday Night Live monologue on feminine…
The Scent of Green Papaya
The Scent of Green Papaya 1993, NR, 108 min. Directed by Tran Anh Hung, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Lu Man San, Truong Thi Lêc, Nguyen Anh Hoa, Vuong Hoa Hôi. Lush, succulent, verdant, aromatic. These are the kind of words that come to mind when describing this new Vietnamese…
One Nation Under God
One Nation Under God Directed by Teodoro Maniaci, Francine Rzeznik, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . “Curing” homosexuality is the mission of Exodus International, a Christian reparative therapy organization profiled in the documentary One Nation Under God. Believing that homosexual activity is sinful and that a gay or lesbian sexual identity is a…
No Escape
No Escape 1994. Directed by Martin Campbell, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Ray Liotta, Lance Henricksen, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon, Kevin J. O’Connor, Michael Lerner. In the year 2022, all films will be a fusion of Papillon and The Road Warrior. No, wait. Sorry, wrong notes. In the year 2022, life-sentence prisoners are…
With Honors
With Honors 1994. Directed by Alek Keshishian, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Joe Pesci, Brendan Fraser, Moira Kelly, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Hamilton, Gore Vidal. If you listen hard enough, you can just hear the pitch: “Four college kids, at, um, at Yale…” / “Harvard.” / “Harvard, right. Anyway, four twentysomethings, self-involved, the best…
The Cement Garden
The Cement Garden 1993, NR, 101 min. Directed by Andrew Birkin, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Andrew Robertson, Ned Birkin, Sinead Cusack, Alice Coultand, Jochen Horst. A very odd film. Based on the novel by Ian McEwan, this is the story of Jack and Julie (Robertson and Gainsbourg), an inseparable sibling…
PCU
PCU 1994. Directed by Hart Bochner, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jeremy Piven, Chris Young, Megan Ward, David Spade, Jessica Walter. Animal House updated for these Roaring Nineties. That’s all you need to know, but what the hell, I’ve got a minute. Tom Lawrence (Young) is a pre-frosh visitor to idyllic Port Chester…
Bitter Moon
Bitter Moon 1992, R, 138 min. Directed by Roman Polanski, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Peter Coyote, Emanuelle Seigner, Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Victor Banerjee. A disturbing, spare story and a return to Polanski’s earlier thematic grounds; it’s not Knife in the Water, but it does feature fragmenting marriages and a big boat.…
