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Natural Born Killers (1994) is an American crime movie directed by Oliver Stone. One scene shows Mickey Knox and his wife Mallory stopping at a diner in the New Mexico desert. As she dances to music from a jukebox, two rednecks show up and begin harassing Mallory in a sexual manner. Despite initially seeming to enjoy the attention, Mallory eventually beats one of the men severely. Joining in on the violent act, Mickey and Mallory proceed to kill everyone else in the diner except for one customer, to whom they confidently reveal their names before leaving. Seeking refuge in the desert, the couple takes a moment to ...

The American comedy film, Made in America (1993), stars Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson. When Zora Matthews discovers she has a blood type that does not match her deceased father or mother Sarah, she confronts her mother. Sarah admits to using a sperm bank after her husband’s passing and specifically requesting for an intelligent black donor. Determined to uncover the truth, Zora enlists the help of her best friend Tea Cake to pretend to be a donor while she searches through the records at the sperm bank. After gaining access to the computer, Zora learns that her ...

Heaven & Earth (1993) is an American biographical war drama film written and directed by Oliver Stone. The story centers around Le Ly, a young girl living in a Vietnamese village during the time of political unrest. Her life is forever altered when communist insurgents arrive to defend against French and American forces. As the conflict escalates, Le Ly is taken prisoner by South Vietnamese soldiers who accuse her of being a spy for the North. This accusation causes her to lose the trust of her village, leading to her family’s relocation to Saigon. In Saigon, Le Ly finds work with a family where she becomes ...

Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) is an American comedy-drama film directed by John Carpenter. Nick Halloway, a stock analyst known for avoiding responsibility and connections with others, frequents his beloved Academy Club where he meets Alice Monroe, a TV documentarian, through his friend George Talbot. Their immediate chemistry leads to a steamy encounter in the ladies’ room and plans to meet for lunch on Friday. The next day, still feeling the effects of the previous night’s festivities, Nick attends a meeting at Magnascopic Laboratories where he quickly becomes bored and decides to take a nap. A mishap ...

The Power of One (1992) is a drama directed and edited by John G. Avildsen. It is loosely based on Bryce Courtenay’s book with the same name, published in 1989. The story revolves around Peter Philip Kennith Keith (also known as ‘PK’), born in 1930 on a South African homestead to an Englishwoman who had recently lost her husband. PK received dual education – from his mother in England’s ways and from a Zulu nanny whose son Tonderai was his closest friend. However, their peaceful existence is disrupted when the farm’s cattle succumb to ...

The American epic political thriller film, JFK (1991), written and directed by Oliver Stone, delves into the investigation of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The New Orleans district attorney, Jim Garrison, becomes convinced that there was a conspiracy to kill Kennedy and that Lee Harvey Oswald was used as a scapegoat. Outgoing President Dwight D. Eisenhower had warned about the dangers of the military-industrial complex in his 1961 farewell address. However, Kennedy takes over as president and is faced with challenges such as the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis before his tragic assassination in ...