Category Archives: 1995

Unstrung Heroes - * * *

Posted on September 15, 1995 by Madeleine Williams

Warm and fuzzy comedy-drama about a young boy who runs away from home, unable to cope with his dying mother, to live with his two very eccentric uncles, Michael Richards and Maury Chaykin. Richards is the insane paranoid, and Chaykin … Continue reading →

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Mute Witness - * * 1/2*

Posted on September 15, 1995 by Madeleine Williams

A thriller with good doses of satire and wit. An American slasher film is shooting in low-budget Moscow, when the mute makeup artist witnesses a real murder when two of the Russian crewmen film a snuff film in the studio … Continue reading →

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Hackers - * 1/2*

Posted on September 15, 1995 by Madeleine Williams

Flashy entry in the growing computer-oriented thriller field. A group of the brightest hackers in New York, who all happen to be in the same high scool, accidentally stumble upon an electronic corporate crime by executive Lorraine Bracco and hacker-turned-security … Continue reading →

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Clockers - * * * 1/2*

Posted on September 15, 1995 by Madeleine Williams

A superb drama that is part murder-mystery, part portrait of harsh inner-city life. Mehki Phifer is Strike, a twenty-year-old clocker (a stationary drug dealer), and Isaiah Washington is Victor, his hard working brother. When the local drug lord, Delroy Lindo, … Continue reading →

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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar - * *

Posted on September 8, 1995 by Madeleine Williams

In this unusual cross-dressing comedy (is this becomming a trend?) Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes are the reigning Drag Queens of New York, and John Leguizamo is their protege in training. The trio take an old Cadillac cross-country in a … Continue reading →

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The Tie That Binds - *

Posted on September 8, 1995 by Madeleine Williams

A tired formula thriller gone bad. You would think that after hundreds of “____ from Hell” films, Hollywood would either have gotten good at it, or given up. The Tie That Binds proves otherwise. This time, hell’s denizens are a … Continue reading →

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Last of the Dogmen - * 1/2*

Posted on September 8, 1995 by Madeleine Williams

For a hundred years, a lone tribe of Cheyanne dog soldiers has remained hidden in the wilds of Northern Montana. Amazingly, for something which is evident to the viewers after 10 minutes, or even sooner for those who can decipher … Continue reading →

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The Innocent - * *

Posted on September 1, 1995 by Madeleine Williams

The characters in this cold-war intrigue remain an enigma, much like Anthony Hopkins’ muddled American accent. Campbell Scott portrays a young British electronics expert assigned to work with the Americans in West Berlin in the 1950s. Anthony Hopkins is the … Continue reading →

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The Prophecy - * 1/2*

Posted on September 1, 1995 by Madeleine Williams

There are a lot of clever and unique touches in this imaginative film about a second war in heaven. However, clever and unique touches do not a movie make. Christopher Walken does his typical job as Gabriel, leader of the … Continue reading →

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Beyond Rangoon - * * *

Posted on August 25, 1995 by Madeleine Williams

Dramatic tale with Patricia Arquette as an American doctor, haunted by a personal tragedy and trapped in Burma during the 1988 massacre. Arquette’s central character makes several rather stupid decisions along the way, but the drama of the political events … Continue reading →

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