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1995 Stories by Todd Anthony

• Been There, Seen This

  published October 26, 1995

  At one point in the witless but well-acted Copycat, Sigourney Weaver's character, a criminal psychologist named Helen Hudson who specializes in... More >>

• Tilt-a-Whirl Homegirl

  published October 26, 1995

  It's always nice to see a local gal making a name for herself in the world of big-time professional filmmaking. Coral Park Senior High and UM... More >>

• Tastes Great, Less Filling

  published October 19, 1995

  Angela Bassett cuts a striking figure in Strange Days. Defiant, chiseled facial features. Sculpted bod. Feral sensuality in her eyes and the... More >>

• And Justice for Most

  published October 12, 1995

  After a short deliberation, I have reached a verdict: This fall movie season, though barely half over, already has acquitted itself as one of the... More >>

• Just a Regular Joe

  published October 12, 1995

  We safely can assume that Hollywood will experience shortages of UV rays, earthquakes, and Porsche-driving studio executives before the town runs... More >>

• The Way of All Flesh

  published October 5, 1995

  Fans of Harold Robbins and Jacqueline Susann rejoice! With his excruciatingly moronic script for Showgirls, screenwriter Joe Eszterhas... More >>

• Two, the Hard Way

  published October 5, 1995

  A black Philip Marlowe: It's an idea so simple you wonder why nobody thought of it sooner. Writer-director Carl Franklin's sensational... More >>

• Garcia vs. Garcia

  published October 5, 1995

  Following the breakout success of 1992's Under Siege and 1993's The Fugitive, director Andrew Davis could have had his pick of just about any... More >>

• Sister from Another Planet

  published October 5, 1995

  I don't know if men are from Mars and women are from Venus, but anyone who doubts that we hail from different planets should attempt to discuss... More >>

• Sick Leave

  published September 21, 1995

  I'll be the first to admit that I didn't get Safe, the latest haunting study of an afflicted soul from writer-director Todd Haynes (Superstar,... More >>

• Cinema Wackadisio

  published September 21, 1995

  Movies about people making movies bug me. Sure, writing professors always tell you to "write what you know," and what filmmakers purport to... More >>

• Heap Big Disaster

  published September 14, 1995

  Film schools across the country should use Last of the Dogmen as a sort of final exam. If, after viewing the film for fifteen minutes, a student... More >>

• An Affair to Dismember

  published September 14, 1995

  There are two ways of looking at The Innocent (no relation to the 1976 Luchino Visconti powerhouse or the 1985 British production, both of which... More >>

• Nightclub JItters

  published September 7, 1995

  The tropical storm brewing between the University of Miami's student-run record label, 'Cane Records, and several of the bands appearing on its... More >>

• Time Signature

  published September 7, 1995

  A half-dozen case-hardened cops crack dark jokes over the corpse of a young black clocker (crack dealer). The bullet that killed him passed... More >>

• How Queen Was My Valley

  published September 7, 1995

  I don't know, you tell me: In 1995, how big a deal is it for a pair of (presumably) straight actors best known for lady-killing and macho action... More >>

• Brother Are Doin' It for Themselves

  published August 31, 1995

  Papa McMullen was an oul-bollocks. He drank. He beat Mom. He died. Mom's eyes barely had dried from the funeral service when she announced her... More >>

• For a Few Dollars More

  published August 31, 1995

  I suppose the mere fact that I've never seen a movie quite like Desperado should qualify as a high compliment. After all, these days so many... More >>

• A Man Out of Time

  published August 25, 1995

  Dennis Britt inspires something bordering on fanaticism among his fellow musicians. "No artist to break out of Miami, past or present, myself... More >>

• You'll Have a Gay Old Time

  published August 25, 1995

  Early in Jeffrey, the big-screen version of Paul Rudnick's funny-sad off-Broadway play about a gay man wrestling with love and intimacy in the... More >>

• Crazy Eights

  published August 17, 1995

  The Seventies refuse to die. Whatever else you say about that God-forsaken decade, it has proven incredibly resilient. Disco --both the music and... More >>

• Hey, Teacher! Leave Them Kids Alone!

  published August 17, 1995

  A dumb movie is one thing, but a dumb movie about the importance of education -- now that's something special. The only thing dangerous about... More >>

• Nightclub Jitters

  published July 27, 1995

  A storm of controversy swirls around the new 'Cane Records compilation CD, Miami Hybridized, which is scheduled for an August 30 release. The disc... More >>

• Cher and Dionne's Excellent Adventure

  published July 27, 1995

  With a pitch-perfect performance from precocious eighteen-year-old music video starlet Alicia Silverstone and a sharp, sassy, knowing script from... More >>

• She Couldn't Say No

  published July 27, 1995

  Who would argue against Luis Bu*uel's deserving a place in the filmmaking pantheon? Not only have many of his works become roundly considered... More >>