Risk
Risk 1994. Directed by Deidre Fishel, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Karen Sillas, David Ilku, Molly Price, Jack Gwaltney, Christie Macfadyen. “Sexy energy” is how Nikki (Price) describes the dynamic between her brother Joe (Ilku) and his girlfriend Maya (Sillas) in Deidre Fishel’s debut film Risk. Their energy is palpable and their romance…
Exit to Eden
Exit to Eden 1994, R, 113 min. Directed by Garry Marshall, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Dana Delany, Paul Mercurio, Rosie O’Donnell, Dan Aykroyd, Hector Elizondo, Stuart Wilson, Iman. There’s limburger, there’s Roquefort, there’s gorgonzola, and there’s Exit to Eden. This new film from director Marshall (Beaches) is pure cheese, and stinky cheese…
Sunday’s Children
Sunday’s Children 1992. Directed by Daniel Bergman, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Thommy Berggren. Lena Endre, Henrik Linnros, Jakob Leygraf, Per Myrberg. By his own account, Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Scenes from a Marriage) has retired from filmmaking. Yet you would never know that from looking at his continued output.…
I Like It Like That
I Like It Like That 1994, R, 105 min. Directed by Darnell Martin, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Lauren Velez, Jon Seda, Rita Moreno, Griffin Dunne, Tomas Melly. A vibrant, passionate, romantic, funny, funky, and thoroughly realistic slice of black and Latino Bronx life that flies off the screen in the first few…
Love Affair
Love Affair 1994, PG-13, 108 min. Directed by Glenn Gordon Caron, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Garry Shandling, Katharine Hepburn, Kate Capshaw, Pierce Brosnan, Chloe Webb. It is fitting that this remake of the 1939 weep-o-rama (also entitled Love Affair) stars the closest thing to Hollywood royalty our modern…
Little Giants
Little Giants 1994, PG, 107 min. Directed by Duwayne Dunham, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Rick Moranis, Ed O’Neill, Shawna Waldron, John Madden. Little Giants offers nothing new in the way of children’s entertainment. If you have ever seen a sports movie for kids, you already know exactly what is going to happen…
London
London 1995, 84 min. Directed by Patrick Keiller, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Paul Scofield. Narrated in the diffuse tones of Paul Scofield, Keiller’s film is an atypical documentary look at modern London through the eyes of a pair of apparently middle-aged lovers, both of whom remain unglimpsed and only one of whom…
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare 1994, R, 112 min. Directed by Wes Craven, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Miko Hughes, Tracy Middendorf, Fran Bennett, John Saxon. It’s been ten years and five mediocre sequels since Craven and the then-fledgling New Line Cinema released the original — and superlative — A…
The Bodyguard From Beijing
The Bodyguard From Beijing 1994. Directed by Corey Yuen, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jet Li Lien-Jie, Chueng Lai Tai, Kent Cheung. Hong Kong martial arts superstar Jet Li Lien-jie leaves his pigtail, swords, and spears behind for this entertaining modern-day action picture, opting instead for a full head of hair and a…
