William Knight
Cody Jarrett's grade-Z horror comedy film Frog-g-g! concerns a mutant frog that emerges from the water and wants to reproduce with the only species that matches it genetically: human women. Kristi Russell plays Dr. Barbara Michaels, an EPA agent who realizes what is happening before anyone else. Unfortunately, she has a difficult time convincing anyone of her theory until it is too late and the mutant begins attacking. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kristi Russell, Ariadne Shaffer, (more)
- 2002
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That old familiar tale of duel personalities gets a flamboyant twist in this horror-themed musical told in the tradition of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Phantom of the Paradise. Directed by Andre Champagne and featuring words and music by Alan Bernhoft, this version Robert Louis Stevenson's influential frightener follows a brilliant scientist as he creates an elixir that unleashes his raging, singing id. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alan Bernhoft, Terence Marinan, (more)
- 2001
Ty (S. Greg Gardner) is a cynical self-styled hipster and would-be comic-book artist who is currently making ends meet as a parking lot attendant. One day, he meets Gwen (Shiva Rose), an attractive, intelligent, and witty woman who seems to be just the sort of woman Ty has been wanting to meet. Ty and Gwen are immediately attracted to each other, and Ty soon finds himself romantically involved, even though Gwen has a mysterious side that puzzles him and a few secrets she isn't willing to share. In time, Ty discovers that Gwen has a past, and it's not just sordid, it's dangerous and criminal; he has to decide if he can ignore her violent history, which threatens to become an issue when Gwen's former boyfriend returns to the picture. Black Days was the first feature film from the writing and directing team of Ari Margolis and James Morley III; it received its world premiere at the 2001 Slamdance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
In the year 2029, the world has become interconnected by a vast electronic network that permeates every aspect of life. That same network also becomes a battlefield for Tokyo's Section Nine security force, which has been charged with apprehending the master hacker known only as the Puppet Master. Spearheading the investigation is Major Motoko Kusanagi, who -- like many in her department -- is a cyborg officer, far more powerful than her human appearance would suggest. And yet as the Puppet Master, who is even capable of hacking human minds, leaves a trail of victims robbed of their memories, Kusanagi ponders the very nature of her existence: is she purely an artificial construct, or is there more? What, exactly, is the "ghost" -- her essence -- in her cybernetic "shell"? When Section Six gets involved in the case, she is forced to confront the fact that there is more here than meets the eye, and that the Puppet Master may hold some of the answers she seeks. But little does she know that he has been seeking her as well. ~ Emru Townsend, All Movie Guide
In this youthful drama, Tom, a 14- year-old who's parents have just divorced, is abruptly uprooted from his wealthy Chicago home and sent to the strange land of LA to live in the far-out beach bungalow of his aunt, an aging hippie still stuck in a by-gone era. He is unhappy with the new arrangement and finds his new bohemian lifestyle strange and the activities of his new peers, stupid. His life begins to change a bit when he befriends a young surfer named Fin. At first he thinks of the fun-loving Fin as a real dolt, but later he admits he was wrong. Like the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn characters on which they are loosely based, the two new friends soon find themselves having a series of adventures, some of them dangerous; by the summer's end, Tom finds himself wiser, accustomed to California, and a lot more grown up. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael Landes, Brian Austin Green, (more)
- 1989
- R
An ex-GI travels to Central America to find the pack of vampires who saved his life during wartime. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
21 Hours at Munich is a grim reenactment of the darkest days of the 1972 Munich Olympics. A gang of eight Arab terrorists storm the Israeli dormitory, killing two and taking hostage nine athletes. The terrorist's demands include the release of 200 Arabs held in Israeli jails; Israel follows its standard policy in dealing with terrorism and refuses to capitulate. There can be only one way that this film will end, but the tragedy of the occasion is buoyed by isolated moments of inspirational heroism. William Holden and Franco Nero head the cast, while sportscaster Jim McKay, whose emotional coverage of the actual events has since become famous, narrates the film. 21 Hours at Munich first aired on November 7, 1976. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
