Stacey Katzin Movies
- 1987
- R
Low-budget filmmaker Mark Pirro (A Polish Vampire in Burbank) directed this satirical comedy which heavily echoes The Running Man. Unctuous emcee Chuck (John McCafferty) hosts a television gameshow called Live or Die, in which convicted felons compete for the right to escape execution. As in most of Pirro's films, bathroom humor outweighs the occasionally clever parodies of popular culture. Debra Lamb and Conrad Brooks co-star. The director made Curse of the Queerwolf the same year. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John McCafferty, Robyn Blythe, (more)
Rob Reiner's romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as the title pair. The film opens with the two strangers, both newly graduated from the University of Chicago, share a car trip from Chicago to New York, where they are both going to make their way. During the trip, they discuss aspects of their characters and their lives, eventually deciding it is impossible for men and women to be "just friends." They arrive in New York and go their separate ways. They meet a few years later on an airplane and Harry reveals he is married. They meet again at a bookstore a few years after that where Harry reveals he is now divorced. From that point on, the two form a friendship. Eventually their closeness results in their respective best friends (played by Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby) meeting and falling in love with each other. At a New Year's Eve party Harry and Sally confront the complex tangle of emotions they feel for each other. The soundtrack consists primarily of Harry Connick Jr. crooning standards like "It Had to Be You." ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, (more)
- 1996
Now that Bailey (Scott Wolf) has moved in with the terrifyingly vivacious Callie (Alexondra Lee), his former roommate Cooper (Harold Pruett) thinks the time is ripe to make the "big move" on Bailey's sister Julia (Neve Campbell)--leading to a nasty fight and a nastier breakup. As for Bailey himself, he finds that living with Callie can be treacherous indeed, especially when she makes some weird comments about his favorite teacher (and her former boyfriend) T.J. Digman (Larry Poindexter). And back at the Salinger household, Claudia (Lacey Chabert) worries that her best friend Jody (Maria Sokoloff) may have been molested by a "trusted" adult--and that the troubled Kirsten (Paula Devicq) is about to go completely off the deep end. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
