The Final Option

"...formula plotting. Ho Chi-wai (Peter Yung) is a young, hot-headed cop who decides to join the Special Duties Unit..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Race the Sun

"...Dion Basco. You might as well call this movie Hot Runnings. Once again, a troop of misfits band together..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Down Periscope

"...fare as In the Army Now, or even the Hot Shots series. Unfortunately, it never manages to rise above..."

March 8, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jade

"...Sometimes I wake up screaming, too. Jade, Eszterhas' latest (hot on the spiky heels of Showgirls), is an eminently..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Showgirls

Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas' flimsy and illogical story about Vegas showgirls is a sad excuse for this prurient and purulent tale that nevertheless has its cult adherents.

"...former Saved by the Bell ingenue for taking her shot at the grown-up big time, even though the plum..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Magic in the Water

"...Of course, I had worked my way through several hot toddies as well, so the most remarkable thing about..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Beyond Rangoon

"...first seems like a casting coup. Arquette is a hot property these days, and what a chance for her..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Dr. Lamb

"...killing, mutilating, and raping women. His habit of taking photos of the dead bodies eventually gives him away, landing..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Net

"...is sensationalism sans substance -- a hip topic, a hot actress, and a hokey script. Professional computer hacker Angela..."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rebel Without a Cause

If you haven't ever seen this Nicholas Ray/James Dean classic in widescreen … trust me, you've never really seen it. It's been 40 years since James Dean essayed his quintessential role in as a troubled American teen and, along with co-stars Wood and Mineo, established an iconography of adolescence whose potency extends into the present. Ray, who told stories that were "bigger than life" and pulsing with "hot blood," was one of the most dynamic directors of the American screen and his capacity to tell a widescreen story was as articulate as his ability to pinpoint an individual stuck "in a lonely place."

"...stories that were "bigger than life" and pulsing with "hot blood," was one of the most dynamic directors of..."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Magic Crane

"...highlights: a fight with woks to obtain the burning hot gallbladder of the mythical Fire Tortoise; a massive, mind-blowing..."

July 7, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

First Knight

"...Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond and Ben Cross. Coming hot on the heels of both Rob Roy and Braveheart,..."

July 7, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Mamma Roma

In this early Pasolini film marked by the director's sumptuous neo-realism, Magnani plays a middle-aged prostitute who retires from the trade to become a full-time mother to her 16-year-old son.

"...he's gone. Tragedy is the beat here, and Colli's shots of the desolate Rome landscape (it's all weathered ruins..."

June 23, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Amateur

"...maintain a slightly zombified air even when they're in hot pursuit of each other; again, Hartley's low-key approach to..."

June 23, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

A Taste of Killing and Romance

"...Eighties brand of “Heroic Bloodshed” gunplay epics with disappointingly scattershot, and occasionally tired, results. The plot follows two killers-for-hire,..."

June 23, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Basketball Diaries

"...he also never convinces us that he is a hot-shot, high-school basketball star. This failing becomes painfully evident in..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

"...year. His brother dies in Korea, a friend is shot by a farmer while they work in his fields,..."

April 21, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Priest

"...into the proceedings to let a bit of the hot air out. When the two fathers are discussing the..."

April 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Walking Dead

"...a buzz to Whitmore's screenwriting ability (he's sold several hot properties in the last year), and The Walking Dead..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Disclosure

"...to “the Austin office.” In its rush to push hot buttons, Disclosure neglected some essentials of good storytelling...."

Dec. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zeram

"...monsters. The picture isn't anything revolutionary, but its coming hot on the heels of Sinya Tsukamoto's brilliant Tetsuo does..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

A Good Man in Africa

"...initally resistent to Morgan's sexual advances, suddenly getting all hot and bothered for him; cool, cynical Rigg' matron going..."

Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

There Goes My Baby

"...“youth at the crossroads” movies, the best being American Hot Wax. There Goes My Baby will be of interest..."

Sept. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Too Outrageous Animation

"...funny, clever, and slyly subversive Tex Avery's cartoon “Red Hot Riding Hood” was and still is today. Still, it's..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Burning Paradise

"...Tin Sang's performance as Fong has made him the hot new action star in Hong Kong, and his stylish..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Client

"...serving up a Southern-fried accent like a dish of hot hush puppies -- they've been moderately entertaining. Except for..."

July 29, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Roadracers

"...the 1970s New World drive-in exploitation movie). A wild, hot-rod-driving, guitar-playing, black jacket-wearing rebel named Dude (Arquette) is being..."

July 22, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Getaway

"...original story, Madsen and Tilly make love in a hotel room while her husband, gagged and bound to a..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk II

"...nonplused to find that her betrothed is (she believes) hot for another. Back again is Josephine Hsiao, who, as..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

This animated Batman is from the same folks behind the TV cartoon series, and is a diverting take on the Caped Crusader.

"...is animated, the work of the folks behind the hot cartoon series on Fox. Though the show owes its..."

Dec. 31, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

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