Killing Zoe
Killing Zoe 1994, R, 96 min. Directed by Roger Avery, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tai Thai, Bruce Ramsey, Kario Salem, Salvator Xurev. Quentin Tarantino sans the witty dialogue. Basically a straightforward French bank heist film, Killing Zoe is the directorial debut of Roger Avery, Tarantino’s longtime…
Just Like a Woman
Just Like a Woman 1992. Directed by Christopher Monger, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Julie Walters, Adrian Pasdar, Paul Freedman, Gordon Kennedy. “He’s just a normal heterosexual man, who happens to enjoy dressing up in frocks.” This is the first description Monica (Walters) gives of her new boyfriend Gerald (Pasdar) in this, the…
Trial by Jury
Trial by Jury 1994. Directed by Heywood Gould, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Armand Assante, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt. In the first few minutes of Trial By Jury, I felt a familiar panic as I realized that Hollywood had churned out yet another slick and pretty waste of celluloid. However, watching…
Spanking the Monkey
Spanking the Monkey 1994, NR, 106 min. Directed by David O. Russell, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jeremy Davies, Alberta Watson, Benjamin Hendrickson, Carla Gallo. After completing his freshman year at M.I.T., Ray (Davies) stops home in Connecticut for a brief visit with his parents before continuing on to Washington, where he’s scored…
On the Cutting Edge: Four Short Films About Violence Against Women
On the Cutting Edge: Four Short Films About Violence Against Women 1994. Directed by Julia Tell, Lisa Mann, Brenda Joy Lem, Anne Pratten, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . This 1992 film compiles four short, experimental films that all examine the topic of violence against women. Beyond this shared theme, they all have…
Timecop
In a future in which time travel has become possible, a cop’s life is torn asunder by political malfeasance.
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa 1994, R, 93 min. Directed by Bruce Beresford, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Colin Friels, Sean Connery, John Lithgow, Diana Rigg, Louis Gossett, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Sarah-Jane Fenton. The director of Driving Miss Daisy makes his second safari into Africa (the first was Mister Johnson) and comes back with…
The Next Karate Kid
The Next Karate Kid 1994. Directed by Christopher Cain, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Noriyuki “pat” Morita, Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside, Constance Towers, Chris Conrad, Arsenio Trinidad, Michael Cavalieri. And hopefully the last. Swank is 17-year-old Julie Pierce, orphaned by the sudden death of her parents and sent to live with her grandmother,…
The Boys of St. Vincent
The Boys of St. Vincent 1992. Directed by John M. Smith, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Johnny Morina, Henry Czerny, Brian Dodd. Loosely based on the Mount Cashel scandal of a few years back, this two-part Canadian television docudrama investigates the nightmarish world of a Catholic-run orphanage where the priests in charge just…
Naked Killer
Naked Killer 1992. Directed by Clarence Fok, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Chingmy Yau, Simon Yam, Yiu Wei, Ng Ka Lai. John Woo on acid. Yam is Hong Kong police inspector Tannan, a frail, emasculated cop who’s living under the trauma of having seen his own brother die in a botched undercover sting…
