STAND BY ME
In remembering the recently deceased Rob Reiner, I’ll be taking the good with the bad. Here’s the good…
THE RUNNING MAN (1987)
The original adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, hailing from 1987
TREMORS
One of the stand-out horror fests of the nineties
R. I. P. Howard Stern
No, Howard Stern is not dead, but he might as well be
AMANITA PESTILENS
This eco-horror tinged psychodrama had the distinction of being the first Canadian live-action feature to be filmed in color
CANADIAN BACON
The last film appearance by the late John Candy and the first (and only) fictional film directed by Michael Moore. It plays exactly as you’d expect it to.
CRUSH (1992)
A product of the nineties indie film scene, when dark and twisted were in and commercial considerations were very much out
DROP DEAD FRED
A nineties chick flick crossed with HARVEY and an undertone of genuine psychological unrest
DISLOCATION
From China, a heavily stylized sci-fi satire
LOUIS THE 19th, KING OF THE AIRWAVES
A once-outlandish French-Canadian comedy about a thoroughly Average Joe who finds himself the star of a reality TV program