Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) short review
Too dark of a tale for my tastes, but that’s just me. Obviously Mary Shelley had some REAL issues with that whole Scientific Revolution thang. ... Read more →
Swing Kids (1993) short review
This is a tough one to review! On the one hand, this is definitely an oversimplification of Nazism in late 1930s Germany and an overemphasis on... Read more →
Lady Chatterley (1993) short review
A quite explicit BBC miniseries of the D.H. Lawrence novel, with Joely Richardson as the title character as Sean Bean as her lover. Only a little bit... Read more →
The Piano (1993) short review
Beautiful, sad, inspiring, romantic, terrifying — you name it. It’s a fabulous movie. Holly Hunter is not only mesmerizing, but she wears some... Read more →
The Age of Innocence (1993) short review
An absolutely gorgeous film with great acting and beautiful costumes, but… I’m a huge Edith Wharton fan, but there’s something about Daniel... Read more →
Enchanted April (1992) short review
A really beautiful story about four English women who rent a villa in Italy for a month, as they rediscover joy and love. Pretty 1920s... Read more →
Far and Away (1992) short review
Totally shlocky romance, telling the story of Tom Cruise as a poor Irish farmer (ha ha) who runs away with Nicole Kidman’s upper class Irish... Read more →
Wuthering Heights (1992) short review
First, I have to confess that although I love Jane Eyre, I’m not really a fan of gothic. I tried to read this book a number of times when I was... Read more →
The Last of the Mohicans (1992) short review
Okay, a lot of people have problems with this movie based on its somewhat cavalier attempt (adapted from a very romanticized book) at exploring... Read more →
Orlando (1992) short review
A beautiful film that suffers a bit from a story that doesn’t translate terribly well to film. The story spans four centuries, from the Elizabethan... Read more →
