A slightly better movie than you might be expecting, 3 Ninjas is a variation on The Karate Kid that has three youngsters helping out their grandfather in his fight against evil ninja warriors. The real secret weapon is director Jon Turtletaub, paying some dues on this 1992 family feature. He subsequently went on to direct John Travolta in Phenomenon and Sandra Bullock in ...
The Heathers are a clique of bitchy classmates in this dark comedy from 1989. The film itself was a good showcase for Winona Ryder, the Queen of Teen in the late 1980s, playing a high-school girl forced into the social world of "the Heathers", and Christian Slater, doing his early Jack Nicholson thing. While Ryder's character muddles over the consequences of giving up one set of friends for ...