Given the haste in which this sequel followed the original, hopes may not have been particularly high for Saw 2. Yet the film itself proves to be a welcome surprise. For while it has moments where it needlessly attempts to out-gore the original, and while it's not as clever, there's plenty here to lift it above the status of lazy cash-in. The premise, once again, contrives to put a ...
Manufacturer: Entertainment in VideoStarring: Tobin Bell, Beverly Mitchell, Tony Nappo, Glenn Plummer, Shawnee SmithDirected By: Darren Lynn Bousman
Everything clicked in this 1994 action hit, from the premise (a city bus has to keep moving at 50 mph or blow up) to the two leads (the usually inscrutable Keanu Reeves and the cute-as-a-button Sandra Bullock) to the villain (Dennis Hopper in psycho mode) to the director (Jan De Bont, who made this film hit the ground running with an edge-of-your-seat opening sequence on a broken elevator). This ...
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentStarring: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, Jeff DanielsDirected By: Jan de Bont
Garry Marshall (Pretty Woman) directs the screen adaptation of Terence McNally's play Frankie and Johnny at the Clair de Lune, the story of a short-order cook (Al Pacino) who drives a waitress (Michelle Pfeiffer) crazy with his adamant courtship and mixed messages. The film is okay and not much more than that, the major stumbling block being Marshall's failure to scrub away enough ...
Manufacturer: Paramount Home EntertainmentStarring: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hector Elizondo, Nathan Lane, Kate NelliganDirected By: Garry Marshall
Tyrin Turner may not have broken out into stardom as was initially expected, but his work in Menace II Society is one of the more powerful cinematic debuts. The film, from the brother writer-director team of Allen and Albert Hughes, chronicles life in the Los Angeles 'hood. Similar territory was covered in the equally commanding Boyz N the Hood, but what makes this cautionary tale ...
Manufacturer: Entertainment in VideoStarring: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda, Samuel L. JacksonDirected By: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Manufacturer: Entertainment in VideoStarring: Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing, Joe Mantegna, Kate NelliganDirected By: Jon Avnet
When Goldie Hawn recommended Elizabeth Berkley for a small role in First Wives Club, she publicly stated that Berkley deserved the opportunity to redeem herself after starring in the ridiculous Showgirls. That says it all: this sleazy, stupid movie, which mixes soft pornography with the clichés of backstage dramas, is the kind of project an aspiring actress would have to put well ...
Manufacturer: Pathe DistributionStarring: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert DaviDirected By: Paul Verhoeven
Manufacturer: HBO Home VideoStarring: T.K. Carter, Khandi Alexander, Sean Nelson, Clarke Peters, Glenn Plummer
James Cameron wrote the script for Strange Days, a not-so-futuristic science fiction tale about a former vice cop (Ralph Fiennes) who now sells addictive, virtual reality clips that allow a user to experience the recorded sensations of others. He becomes embroiled in a murder conspiracy, tries to save a former girlfriend (Juliette Lewis), and has a romance with his chauffeur and bodyguard ...
Manufacturer: 4 Front VideoStarring: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael WincottDirected By: Kathryn Bigelow
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentStarring: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Joe MortonDirected By: Jan de Bont
