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Blue Ice 1992 1 and a half stars

    R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Cast: Michael Caine, Sean Young, Ian Holm, Bobby Short, Alun Armstrong, Sam Kelly, Jack Shephard, Philip Davis, Patricia Hayes, Alan MacNaughtan, Todd Boyce

  Ex-British Intelligence agent and now jazz club owner Harry Anders (Michael Caine) meets an ambassador's wife (Sean Young) at his club and agrees to help her with a problem involving an ex-lover. In the course of the investigation, after his friends are killed, Harry realizes his own life is in danger and that he must fight back.

For Love or Money 1993 2 stars

    PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Anthony Higgins, Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Tucker, Bob Balaban, Isaac Mizrahi, Udo Kier, Dan Hedaya, Bobby Short

  Michael J. Fox is in character as an ambitious young man with big dreams for success. His plan goes awry when he falls in love with the mistress (Gabrielle Anwar) of his benefactor (Anthony Higgins).

Man of the Century 1999 3 stars

    R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Adam Abraham
Cast: Gibson Frazier, Susan Egan, Anthony Rapp, Cara Buono, David Margulies, Kevin Weisman, Alan Davidson, Bobby Short, Marisa Ryan, Frank Gorshin

  Johnny Twennies (Gibson Frazier), an optimistic New York columnist for a modern-day newspaper, appears to live like he is in the Jazz Age; Johnny wears spats and utters words like "Moxie" and "You're the limit." The key to this comedy is that Johnny's eccentricity is there for all to see, and it is accepted by those around him.

Movie Quick Pick

1. Blue Ice (1992)
2. For Love or Money (1993)
3. Man of the Century (1999)

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