Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review four new movies and two restored classics and recommend a laser disc. Two thumbs down for
Fatal Instinct (1993). Ebert laughed too little at Carl Reiner's parody of sex thrillers; Siskel didn't laugh at all. A split vote on
Demolition Man (1993). Both liked the satirical scenes; Siskel disliked the tired action stuff. Two thumbs up for
The Remains of the Day (1993). The Merchant-Ivory story of English repression is beautifully told. Two more thumbs up for
Twenty Bucks (1993). The off-beat anthology tale is a 1930s script dusted off and updated to appealing effect. They review the re-release of
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), which restores censored material, and
It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles (1993), which salvages rediscovered material from Orson Welles's unfinished documentary. They recommend the laser disc of the great Billy Wilder thriller,
Double Indemnity (1944).
—J. Spurlin