Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tsui Hark Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke, Paul Freeman, Natacha Lindinger, Jay Benedict, Rob Diem Running Time: 93 minutes. One of the oddest couples ever teamed for a big budget Hollywood action movie would have to be Jean-Claude Van Damme, the “muscles from Brussels”, and Dennis Rodman,… Read More »
INVENTING THE ABBOTTS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Pat O’Connor Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Liv Tyler, Will Patton, Kathy Baker, Billy Crudup, Joanna Going, Jennifer Connelly, Barbara Williams Running Time: 105 minutes. For some reason I was expecting Inventing The Abbotts to be a comedy. However, this new film from Pat O’Connor, director of Circle Of Friends, etc, is… Read More »
LIAR LIAR
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tom Shadyac Stars: Jim Carrey, Jennifer Tilley, Maura Tierney, Cary Elwes, Justin Cooper, Swoosie Kurtz, Amanda Donohoe, Anne Haney, Mitchell Ryan, Jason Bernard, Eric Pierpoint, Randall “Tex” Cobb. Following the mixed response to the disappointing black comedy The Cable Guy, Jim Carrey bounces back to the outrageous form his fans expect… Read More »
SET IT OFF
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: F Gary Gray Stars: Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A Fox, Kimberly Elise, John C. McGinley Running Time: 120 minutes. It’s unusual to find a tough, contemporary crime thriller in which the main protagonists are Afro-American women, which is probably why local film distributors have not known how to handle… Read More »
MY FELLOW AMERICANS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Peter Segal Stars: James Garner, Jack Lemmon, Dan Aykroyd, Everett McGill, John Heard, Lauren Bacall, Wilford Brimley, Brad Whitford, Sela Ward, Marg Helgenberger, Jeff Yeager Two former American Presidents, bitter rivals from opposite ends of the political spectrum, are thrown together as reluctant allies when they probe a trail of… Read More »
JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: John Pasquin Stars: Tim Allen, Sam Huntington, Martin Short, Lolita Davidovich, JoBeth Williams, David Ogden Stiers, Bob Dishy. Running Time: 105 minutes. Based on a little known French farce entitled Un Indien Dans La Ville (aka Little Indian, Big City), this disappointing Disney produced family oriented comedy reunites tv’s popular… Read More »