Anaconda 1997  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Thriller / Horror
Director: Luis Llosa
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, Kari Wuhrer, Owen Wilson, Vincent Castellanos, Danny Trejo, Frank Welker
A film crew, headed by Terri Flores (Jennifer Lopez), travels on the Amazon to make a documentary about the "People of the Mist." The crew includes Danny (Ice Cube), Gary (Owen Wilson), Steve (Eric Stoltz), Denise (Kari Wuhrer), and Warren (Jonathan Hyde). Along the river, they pick up a stranded boater, Paul Sarone (Jon Voight), whose sinister aura brings terror and fear to the travelers as he tricks them into helping him pursue a 40-foot-long giant anaconda that, if captured, is worth a fortune.
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Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time 1991  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sylvio Tabet
Cast: Marc Singer, Kari Wuhrer, Wings Hauser, Sarah Douglas, James Avery, Robert Z'Dar, Arthur Malet, Robert Fieldsteel, John Fifer, Charles Hyman
Our hero, Dar (Marc Singer), can still telecommunicate with animals. He is back in this sequel, but the twist is that he is in contemporary Los Angeles where he uses modern-day animals to aid him in his quest.
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Death of a Dynasty 2005 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Damon Dash
Cast: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Capone, Loon, Robert Stapleton, Rashida Jones, Stephanie Raye, Damon Dash, Charlene, Chloe Sevigny, Kari Wuhrer, Beanie Sigel, Lorraine Bracco
Ernest, but inept, David Katz (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) writes for hip-hop magazine "Mic Check" in this mockumentary, which allows David into the inner-circle of the magazine's staff (all play themselves). David believes a phony story and writes a gossip article that begins a battle within the company.
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 Eight Legged Freaks 2002 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Ellory Elkayem
Cast: David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott Terra, Scarlett Johansson, Doug E. Doug, Rick Overton, Leon Rippy, Eileen Ryan, Matt Czuchry, Jay Arlen Jones, Riley Smith, Jane Edith Wilson, Roy Gaintner, Jack Moore, Matt Holwick
After ingesting hazardous chemicals, spiders grow to gigantic sizes on Taft's Exotic Spider Farm in Prosperity, Arizona, and go on a feeding frenzy eating all humans in sight. Some of the terrorized townspeople–Chris McCormack (David Arquette), Sheriff Sam Parker (Kari Wuhrer), and her children Mike (Scott Terra) and Ashley (Scarlett Johansson)–join Deputy Pete (Rick Overton) and paranoid radio DJ Harlan (Doug E. Doug) and take refuge in a local mall where they prepare to battle the beasts.
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G-Men from Hell 2001  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action
Director: Christopher Coppola
Cast: William Forsythe, Tate Donovan, Bob Goldthwait, Barry Newman, Zach Galligan, Vanessa Angel, Paul Rodriguez, David Huddleston, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Goulet, Gary Busey
G-Men Dean and Mike (William Forsythe and Tate Donovan) are not the most honest agents around, so when they are killed in a booby-trapped car, they descend into Hell. They escape from the Devil (Robert Goulet (!)) and find their way back home. Now they must perform good deeds in order not to return to Hell. Pretty good comedy/action film.
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Higher Learning 1995 R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Ice Cube, Jennifer Connelly, Tyra Banks, Michael Rapaport, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Wiles, Cole Hauser, Bradford English, Regina King, Busta Rhymes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kari Wuhrer, Randall Batinkoff
The Black vs. White, men vs. women issues are exploited in this film about college students in the 1970s. Freshman Malik Williams (Omar Epps) is confronted with conflicting views of senior Fudge (Ice Cube), his Black Professor Maurice Phipps (Laurence Fishburne), and his new girlfriend Deja (Tyra Banks) who becomes his tutor. Meanwhile, after naive Kristen Connor (Kristy Swanson) suffers a date rape, she becomes involved with lesbian Taryn (Jennifer Connelly). And then there is Remy (Michael Rapaport), a confused young man, who joins local skinheads carrying out violent acts. The stories intertwine in this lesson about hypocrisy in institutions of higher learning.
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King of the Ants 2004 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Chris McKenna, Kari Wuhrer, Daniel Baldwin, George Wendt, Timm Sharp, Ron Livingston, Vernon Wells, Lionel Mark Smith, Carlie Westerman, Steve Heller, Carissa Kosta, Briana Beghi, Ian Patrick Williams, Antoine Joseph, Shuko Akune
"Re-Animator" director Stuart Gordon brings us a brutal story of drifter Sean (Chris McKenna) who accepts a job from construction boss Ray (Daniel Baldwin) and Ray's henchman Duke (George Wendt) to follow and, later, kill a man. After completing the job, Sean learns that he will not be paid, so he threatens the pair with the fact that he has evidence on Ray. Sean is taken hostage by them and tortured in unimaginable ways during which he undergoes a change in character. Revenge will be sweet–and brutal.
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Kissing a Fool 1998 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Doug Ellin
Cast: David Schwimmer, Jason Lee, Mili Avital, Bonnie Hunt, Vanessa Angel, Kari Wuhrer, Frank Medrano, Bitty Schram, Judy Greer, Jerry Springer
A Chicago TV sportscaster, Max Abbitt (David Schwimmer) decides to test the loyalty of his soon-to-be wife, Sam (Mili Avital), and sets up a scenario in which his best friend Jay (Jason Lee) will try to bed the beautiful Sam. Despite the inane plot, this comedy does work, and the result is an entertaining hour and a half.
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An Occasional Hell 1996 R, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Salome Breziner
Cast: Tom Berenger, Valeria Golino, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Davi, Richard Edson, Stephen Lang, Danny Comden, Ellen Greene, Geoffrey Lewis, Trent McDevitt
When Elizabeth's (Valeria Golino) husband is shot with a Civil War-vintage musket while making love to Jeri (Kari Wuhrer), Elizabeth becomes the prime suspect. She talks handicapped ex-cop Ernie (Tom Berenger) into seeking the truth. As Ernie tries to get to the answers, he must deal with his own demons, including visions of his affairs with the missing Jeri. Plenty of violence, sex, and foul language.
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Thinner 1996 R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tom Holland
Cast: Michael Constantine, Joe Mantegna, Robert John Burke, Lucinda Jenney, Kari Wuhrer, Daniel von Bargen, Joie Lenz, Time Winters, Howard Erskine, Terrence Garmey
Based on Stephen King's novel (written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman), this is the story of an obnoxious, fat lawyer who grows thinner after being put under the hex of a gypsy. Now he must resort to the underworld to get rid of the spell.
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Vivid 1997  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Evan Georgiades
Cast: Kari Wuhrer, Stephen Shellen, Ilene Kristen
Believe it or not, this is the story of an "artist," Cole Purvis (Stephen Shellen), who experiments with his own unique method of painting: he covers his girlfriend, Billie Reynolds (Kari Wuhrer), with paint, and then the two of them have sex on the canvas.
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| 1. Anaconda (1997)
2. Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991)
3. Death of a Dynasty (2005)
4. Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
5. G-Men from Hell (2001)
6. Higher Learning (1995)
7. King of the Ants (2004)
8. Kissing a Fool (1998)
9. An Occasional Hell (1996)
10. Sex and the Other Man (1995)
aka: Captive
11. Thinner (1996)
12. Vivid (1997)
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