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Joys N the Hood

By M.V. Moorhead, May 16, 1996

The African maxim that it takes a village to raise a child is the theme of Once Upon a Time . . . When We Were Colored. Clifton L. Taulbert's... More>>

Undressed to Kill

By M.V. Moorhead, May 16, 1996

Barb Wire is the feature-film debut of Pamela Anderson Lee, that Jungian archetype of the buxom-blond bombshell who's said to have been... More>>

Schlock Corridor

By M.V. Moorhead, May 09, 1996

It may give some indication of the glamorous life of a movie reviewer if I tell you that one of my favorite pastimes is, and has been since high... More>>

No Cannes Do

By M.V. Moorhead, May 02, 1996

Although Phoenix-area bigwigs frequently claim that they'd like the Valley to become more of a player in the entertainment industry, the soil... More>>

Death Row Becomes Her

By M.V. Moorhead, May 02, 1996

Like Dead Man Walking, Last Dance is about a bond that forms between a death-row inmate and a concerned outsider. This time around, however, the... More>>

L.A. Flaw

By M.V. Moorhead, April 25, 1996

The Hat Squad, a legendary quartet of LAPD robbery detectives during the '50s, was the inspiration for Mulholland Falls, a period mystery vaguely... More>>

Dine Hard

By M.V. Moorhead, April 25, 1996

The Last Supper is about liberal rage, so, by nature, it's a comedy. Directed by Stacy Title, the film takes off from a classic hypothetical... More>>

The Cling and I

By M.V. Moorhead, April 18, 1996

Roald Dahl was one of those writers--Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are) another--who seem to have kept a direct line open between... More>>

The Heidi Chronicles

By M.V. Moorhead, April 18, 1996

Nick Broomfield's BBC documentary Heidi Fleiss Hollywood Madam runs well over two hours. Think about that for a minute. Compare it to other... More>>

Vehicle Out of Gere

By M.V. Moorhead, April 11, 1996

If the uselessly titled new Richard Gere vehicle Primal Fear were a paperback novel bought in haste in an airport terminal, it would probably... More>>

Killing Time

By M.V. Moorhead, April 04, 1996

Ira Levin succinctly defined the stage thriller as "the one-set, five-character moneymaker." That's the basic design of Faithful, Paul Mazursky's... More>>

Reveille Without Applause

By M.V. Moorhead, April 04, 1996

At the end of Sgt. Bilko, there's a gag title thanking the U.S. Army "for its total lack of cooperation" in the making of the film. Presumably,... More>>

Snow Coens

By M.V. Moorhead, March 28, 1996

A Coen brothers movie wouldn't be a Coen brothers movie if it didn't take a snide view of its characters, and the oddball filmmaking team's... More>>

Kin of Comedies

By M.V. Moorhead, March 28, 1996

The intense need of so many adopted children to connect with their biological families can be puzzling to those of us not in their shoes.... More>>

Enough, Already

By M.V. Moorhead, March 21, 1996

In Two Much, Antonio Banderas plays a financially strapped rascal of a Miami art gallery owner who poses as twin brothers--one brainy, one a... More>>

Experiment in Terrorism

By M.V. Moorhead, March 21, 1996

If you're planning to see Executive Decision, you may wish to stop reading this for now, as I'm going to reveal a significant plot development... More>>

Crime Spree

By M.V. Moorhead, March 14, 1996

No genre should ever be written off completely. Just when you think there's no room for any more hipster crime films of the Tarantino stripe,... More>>

Swish Miss

By M.V. Moorhead, March 14, 1996

The birdcage has one of the better opening shots in recent movies. To the accompaniment of "We Are Family," the camera comes hurtling in over the... More>>

Love Bugs

By M.V. Moorhead, March 07, 1996

Canadian director Patricia Rozema's sweet lesbian romance When Night Is Falling begins with the heroine, Camille, coming home to find her lovely... More>>

Drama's Boy

By M.V. Moorhead, March 07, 1996

Joe (Michael Maloney), a long-out-of-work London actor, is so hard-up to feel good about his career that he decides to take a sort of last stand... More>>

Faulty Memory

By M.V. Moorhead, February 29, 1996

While watching Unforgettable, the third feature from that startling spinner of contemporary noir director John Dahl, I thought of the same cheap... More>>

Heavy Housekeeping

By M.V. Moorhead, February 29, 1996

Julia Roberts plays the title role in Mary Reilly, roughly the bazillionth film to retell Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll... More>>

The Essential Jekyll and Hyde

By M.V. Moorhead, February 29, 1996

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde began life when Robert Louis Stevenson, living in Edinburgh and broke, wrote the story as a potboiler. It's said that the... More>>

20th-Century Bard

By M.V. Moorhead, February 22, 1996

Although his film career prior to Richard III has consisted largely of forgettable supporting roles in films such as The Shadow, The Keep and... More>>

Short Subjects

By M.V. Moorhead, February 22, 1996

Jackie Chan is the Richard Clayderman of movie stars--he's popular all over the world, and a cult favorite even in this country, but for the... More>>