Fly Away Home
In this lovely film, a grieving, 13-year-old girl discovers orphaned geese eggs that she teaches to fly.
"...the car wreck and must leave New Zealand and return to the rural Canadian farmhouse of her eccentric father..."
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Sept. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona
Iceman Cometh
"...while at the same time fashioning a plan to return to his time of origin and take over with..."
Aug. 30, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Aces High
The Return of the Texas Tornados
"...familiar as Keith Richards' rhythm guitar. Why not the Return of the Texas Tornados? It'll certainly be less of..."
July 5, 1996 Music Feature
The Flower of My Secret
This florid film comes across like Almodóvar riffing on Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant and Douglas Sirk's (Imitation of Life). The story about a writer who is dissatisfied with her life marks the return of Almodovar's dark, delicious humor.
"...as Women on the Verge, the movie marks the return of Almodóvar's delicious humor and a departure from the..."
April 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Little Indian, Big City
This inexplicably popular French comedy concerns a stockbroker who discovers that he has a 13-year-old son who was raised in the jungle, whom he now brings to Paris. It was remade in the U.S. with Tim Allen in 1997 as Jungle 2 Jungle. These Americans – quel idiots! Don’t they know that something so funny the first time around can never be improved on?
"...supposedly speaking in this particular jungle. Boy and dad return to Paris together in order to bond but, of..."
March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Fargo
The Coen brothers return to their Blood Simple roots with this bizarre, dialect-strewn tale of a kidnapping gone very wrong that's filled with the their trademark graveyard wit and unique camera angles.
"...of The Hudsucker Proxy, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen return to their Blood Simple roots with this bizarre, dialect-strewn..."
March 22, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Broken Arrow
"...deal of fun, even if it isn't exactly a return to form for its celebrated director, former Hong Kong..."
Feb. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
The Wrench Is Back
The Return of Brigid Shea
"...proposals shelved until a later council meeting, Brigid Shea's return from a six-week maternity leave provided most of last..."
Jan. 26, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban
Home for the Holidays
"...that there exists a “home” to which you can return. Maybe it's just that I have higher ambitions for..."
Nov. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Get Shorty
"...are all great. Travolta demonstrates that his Pulp Fiction return to stardom was no one-trick fluke; Hackman works against..."
Oct. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Out of the Dark
"...Out of the Dark is apparently Lau's attempt to return to his horror/comedy roots (he was responsible for the..."
Oct. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Black Cat
"...of director John Badham's stateside version, Point of No Return. The plot here is virtually the same, blow-by-blow, as..."
Sept. 29, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Bandit Queen
"...lover and eventually makes her co-leader. Eventually, upper-caste Thakurs return to rule the bandits and kill Mallah and gang-rape..."
Sept. 29, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Lover of the Last Empress
"...new film from prolific producer/director Wong Jing is a return for Wong and his regular leading lady (on and..."
Sept. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Dr. Lamb
"...well-made exploitation film that makes you long for the return of the drive-ins. But be warned -- this trashy..."
Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Apollo 13
Howard's take on the ill-fated 1970 moon shot is filled with the almost unassailable heroics of the U.S. space program and the genuine urgency of history.
"...problems, and as such, it's a riveting, nail-biting, two-buckets-of-popcorn return to form for Howard, filled with the almost unassailable..."
June 30, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Bar Girls
"...much like a stage to which the women continually return, regrouping in ever-changing constellations and match-ups. Jealous fights break..."
May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Colonel Chabert
"...find his wife remarried. The set-up echoes Depardieu's The Return of Martin Guerre, but this directorial debut by Angelo,..."
March 24, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires
In the Mouth of Madness
Clearly having a ball, Carpenter fills the screen with equal amounts of unsettling atmosphere and shameless jolts, while at the same time successfully walking the tightrope that separates the horrific from the hilarious. ? Joey O'Bryan
"...In the Mouth of Madness is something of a return to form for Carpenter, following his uncharacteristic failure with..."
Feb. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui
"...Cheung and Tony Leung Kar Fei. Following his own Return to a Better Tomorrow, this is director Wong Jing's..."
Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Quiz Show
"...a Faustian bargain to deceive the American public in return for intellectual pop celebrity. Winning over $139,000 on the..."
Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Green Snake
"...Zhao Wen Zhou and Wu Kuo Chiu. Tsui Hark returns to form with this romantic fantasy set during the..."
Sept. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Atlantis
"...source for the American remake called Point of No Return. But before he scored with Nikita, he directed a..."
July 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Project S (aka Once a Cop)
"...to Hong Kong to seek his fortune and will return to marry her later. (“I've got a friend there..."
June 17, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Three Ninjas Kick Back
"...standards. The original 3 Ninjas movie achieved the highest cost/return ratio of any movie released in 1992. A sequel..."
May 20, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Bitter Moon
"...and Victor Banerjee. A disturbing, spare story and a return to Polanski's earlier thematic grounds; it's not Knife in..."
May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Drunken Master II
"...his 1979 classic, which also serves as a triumphant return to his traditional chopsocky roots. The plot finds Chan..."
April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Four Weddings and a Funeral
This romantic comedy is as intoxicated by words, dialogue, and characters as by love.
"...through emotional and evolutional changes together. Less contemplative than Return of the Secaucus Seven or The Big Chill, Four..."
April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black
D2: The Mighty Ducks
"...So the now-nice Coach Gordon Bombay (Estevez) has to return to being a bad guy when he loses his..."
April 1, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Wild West
"...to please his hard-working mother who longs only to return to Pakistan and get away from the country she..."
Nov. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
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