This film begins with a totally naked couple angrily chasing one another down a driveway while neighbors look on in shocked wonderment. Much more nudity and violence ensues. Maxwell Bright (boy, is he wrongly named!) is a stupid, abusive, chauvinist who can manage neither his business nor his women. That is, not until he purchases the seemingly demure and compliant Mai Ling and is introduced to The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Now I have no patience whatsoever with New Age nonsense, but I was never tempted to turn off the VCR. Is this film a comedy, a satire, or a horror movie? Hell if I know. The more outrageous it got, the more I was hooked. As the titular hero/jerk, Patrick Warburton has more than a few good moments. And look who else shows up: Simon Callow, Jennifer Tilly, Eric Roberts, John Glover, and Carol Kane. (So sue me: I've been in love with them, respectively, at least since A Room With a View, Bullets Over Broadway, The Coca Cola Kid, Love! Valour! Compassion, and Hester Street). Any film with that crew of extremely gifted professionals is all right by me. ~ Nick Salerno

Principal Cast: Patrick Warburton, Marie Matiko, Eric Roberts,
Jennifer Tilly

Producer: Steven Wolfe
Cinematographer: Dean Lent
Editor: Shawn David Thompson
Writer: David Beaird
Music: Greg Ellis

Shows: Saturday, Oct. 8 at 7:25 pm and Monday, Oct. 11 at 8:20 pm

Mature themes and adult language