Nicholas Hill Movies
Take a trip to the streets of San Francisco for a fascinating look at twenty years of graffiti culture in this documentary from filmmaker Nic Hill. Some consider this stylized brand of street art an urban landscape eyesore, while others view it as a colorful expression of life in the city. Whatever side of the fence you fall on, Hill offers an informative take on the history of urban art by exploring the culture from which it has emerged, and offering informative interviews with the artists themselves. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Filmmaker James Mangold follows his Oscar-winning drama Girl, Interrupted (1999) with this whimsical fantasy. Meg Ryan stars as Kate McKay, a modern female executive in New York City whose drive to succeed in the cutthroat corporate world has left little time for romance. When her genius ex-boyfriend Stuart (Liev Schreiber) opens a portal in time, the experiment transports Leopold (Hugh Jackman) from 1867 to the present day. A charming bachelor and the royal "Third Duke of Albany" in his own time, Leopold is fascinated by the 21st century. As the courtly Leopold and the decidedly liberated Kate tour the town, a mutual attraction develops into something deeper, a relationship that's threatened by Leopold's temporary chronological status. Kate & Leopold (2001) was originally developed by co-screenwriter Steve Rogers as a project for star/producer Sandra Bullock, who had a hit with his film Hope Floats (1998). ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Starring:
- Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, (more)
- 2001
In the second episode of a three-part story, Drew (Drew Carey) still hovers between life and death following his accident. As his friends and coworkers gather around his bedside, our comatose hero fantasizes about a world in which he is surrounded by unclad models, pizza trees, and his boyhood role models--and in which Mimi (Kathy Kinney) is forced to wait on him hand and foot. As a result, Drew has absolutely no desire to return to consciounsess, even though his brother Steve (John Carroll Lynch) adamantly refuses to remove his life-supprt. Ultimately, Drew opts to take his final stroll with a Heavenly Guide who looks a lot like political pundit-comedian Ben Stein--just as a pregnant Mimi goes into labor! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1994
- PG13
Director Jerry P. Jacobs made his feature debut with this martial arts action film starring Ted Jan Roberts as Ethan, a teen karate expert looking to uncover the truth surrounding the recent death of his older brother. Suspecting the involvement of a shady band of fellow martial artists, Ethan penetrates the group's inner circle in search of answers. Before all is said and done, Ethan will meet the leader of the team in a rousing one-on-one fight. A Dangerous Place also stars Corey Feldman and Dick Van Patten. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- 1993
- NR
Two star struck young girls head for the bright lights of Vegas to find better lives but end up kidnapped and forced to participate in a complex game of sex, lies and greed. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Carrie Janisse, Missy Browne, (more)
- 1992
- R
After being brutally raped, a female judge seeks out all the sex offenders she can find and kills them. ~ Rovi
Gay yuppie Robert (John Bolger) accepts an assignment in Africa that will put his strained relationship with his lover, Michael (Richard Ganoung), in limbo for the next few years. Michael, meanwhile, tends the needs of his ex, Nick (Steve Buscemi), whose punk band's video is getting MTV airplay even as he battles HIV and bittersweet memories in a claustrophobic apartment. After a farewell dinner thrown by Robert's foppish boss and his luminous wife, Michael and Robert fret and frolic with a host of Manhattan hipsters at a party thrown by their artist friend Joan (Kathy Kinney). These various crowd scenes set the stage for a series of one-on-one interactions that explore the romantic and other tensions of early AIDS-era Manhattan without offering too many easy resolutions. Buscemi would become an indie regular, while Kinney would go on to achieve fame on The Drew Carey Show in the 1990s. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
- Starring:
- Richard Ganoung, John Bolger, (more)
- 1954
This crime drama contains two stories. In the first, a luckless fellow has even worse luck when he is suspected of murder because the victim carried information that would have kept the man from inheriting a fortune. Fortunately, another person had an even greater motive for the killing and justice ensues. In the second, a widow gets revenge upon the two who killed her husband for money. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
