Only the Strong
Only the Strong 1993. Directed by Sheldon Lettich, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Mark Dacascos, Geoffrey Lewis, Stacey Travis, Paco Christian Prieto, Todd Susman. The hook driving this latest entry in the martial arts film sweepstakes is capoeira, the Brazilian athletic technique that combines dance and martial arts moves. Long ago, the tradition…
Father Hood
Father Hood 1993, PG-13, 95 min. Directed by Darrell James Roodt, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Patrick Swayze, Halle Berry, Sabrina Lloyd, Brian Bonsall, Diane Ladd. Although Patrick Swayze has had the good fortune to be associated in the past with a couple of blockbusters (Dirty Dancing and Ghost), with Father Hood we…
The Thing Called Love
The Thing Called Love 1993, PG-13, 116 min. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney, Sandra Bullock, K.T. Oslin, Webb Wilder, Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Miranda Presley (Mathis) takes the bus from New York to Nashville to make it as a singing/songwriting star. Trying out and…
Son of the Pink Panther
Son of the Pink Panther 1993. Directed by Blake Edwards, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom, Robert Davi, Shabana Azmi, Claudia Cardinale. Never one to let Peter Sellers rest in peace while he could extract another simoleon from the cash cow that is the “Pink Panther” series, writer-director Blake Edwards…
City Hunter
City Hunter 1993, PG-13, 105 min. Directed by Wong Jing, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jackie Chan, Joey Wong, Yau Shuk-Jing. What a marvelously silly film this is! Packed to the hilt with non-stop comic book action (the whole schmeer is loosely based on the adult manga of the same name), rude sight…
Needful Things
Needful Things 1993. Directed by Fraser C. Heston, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Ed Harris, Max Von Sydow, Bonnie Bedelia, J.t. Walsh, Amanda Plummer. Out of the almost 20-plus Stephen King film adaptations thus far, you can honestly count the “good” ones on the fingers of one hand. And that’s after a tragic…
The Cure Show
The Cure Show Directed by Aubrey Powell, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Leroy Bennett. This is rock group the Cure’s second feature-length concert film following The Cure in Orange. Filmed with 16 cameras over the course of two nights in Detroit during their recent “Wish Tour,” The Cure Show features many of the…
3rd Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest Winners
Individual Category Red Sauce 1st Place: Tim La Fuente 2nd Place: John Randall 3rd Place: Marcus Thompson Green Sauce 1st Place: Cynthia Spanhel 2nd Place: John Randall 3rd Place: Malcolm Milburn Special Variety 1st Place: Jack Jones 2nd Place: Vera Rubio 3rd Place: Fred Burgess & Paul Martin People’s Choice Jim and Candy Smith Restaurant…
