Category Archives: 1996

Mulholland Falls - * 1/2*

Posted on April 26, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Slow moving and directionless noir thriller. Nick Nolte is Detective Max Hoover, head of the Hat Squad (a fact based group of LA detectives formed in the ’50s to fight organized crime). When the Squad (also including Chazz Palminteri, Michael … Continue reading →

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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie - * * *

Posted on April 19, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

The TV show writ large. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the premise is this: An evil scientist, Dr. Clayton Forrester, has hatched an evil plan to take over the world by forcing people to watch bad movies. To perfect … Continue reading →

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The Substitute - * *

Posted on April 19, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

The Substitute is a bizarre cross between Dangerous Minds and Rambo. The result is a poorly written and barely acted, but crowd-pleasing revenge flick. Tom Berenger is a covert operations specialist, disowned by the government after a mission goes sour. … Continue reading →

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Mrs. Winterbourne - * 1/2*

Posted on April 19, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Mrs. Winterbourne is a convoluted remake of No Man of Her Own, that never quite takes off. Ricki Lake stars as a penniless young pregnant girl, Connie Doyle. When Connie accidentally takes the wrong train, she is befriended by Hugh … Continue reading →

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Celtic Pride - * 1/2*

Posted on April 19, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Celtic Pride is a rather flimsy comedy centering on the antics of two fanatic basketball fans. Dan Aykroyd and Daniel Stern play the loyal, superstitious fans of the Boston Celtics. When their team makes the playoffs, they are ecstatic; when … Continue reading →

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The Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy - *

Posted on April 12, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

One long, overdrawn sketch by the cross-dressing comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. The threadbare plot is as follows: a greedy pharmaceutical company desperate for increased profits releases a miraculous antidepressant that may have nasty side effects. That’s about … Continue reading →

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Getting Away with Murder - 1/2*

Posted on April 12, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Hopelessly tasteless comedy that gets off on the wrong foot and never recovers. Dan Aykroyd is a hopelessly moralistic ethics professor who discovers that his neighbor, Jack Lemmon, may be a notorious Nazi mass-murderer. In a sense of indignant outrage, … Continue reading →

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Jane Eyre - * * 1/2*

Posted on April 12, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Distant period piece based upon Charlotte Bronte’s novel. The story begins as young penniless Jane (played here by Anna Paquin) is transferred from the cold and uncaring home of her cruel aunt to a cold and uncaring boarding school. She … Continue reading →

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James and the Giant Peach - * * *

Posted on April 12, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

An imaginative combination of animation styles makes this unique film a visual treat. James is a young orphan (his parents were killed from above by a supernatural rhino), forced to live with his cruel aunts, Spiker and Sponge (Joanna Lumley … Continue reading →

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Fear - * * 1/2*

Posted on April 12, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Surprisingly good entry in the overworn “____ From Hell” genre. This time around, “Boyfriend” fills the blank. William Petersen is an overworked architect who has his hands full trying to cope with his rebellious 16-year-old daughter, Reese Witherspoon. And that’s … Continue reading →

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