The Worst

1. A Tribute to Kurt Cobain (1994, Visual Entertainment Group, $14.98) The Culture Vulture of the Year Award goes to a tape of still photos and audio interviews with the late Nirvana leader's former music teacher and a reporter who never even met the guy. Degrading even by the standards of bone-picking video quickies.

2. Chasers (1994, Warner, R, $34.98) Once Dennis Hopper was known as the ) visionary director of Easy Rider. With Chasers, a groaner about two MPs and a bodacious babe, he becomes a director of redneck comedies. In Hollywood, they call this progress.

3. Escape from New York: Director's Special Edition (1981, New Line, R, $19.95) Has the world really been clamoring for a "director's special edition" of John Carpenter's futuristic-prison flick? Especially since it doesn't even include any extra footage?

4. High Strung (1991, Summa, PG, priced for rental) Jim Carrey helped out fellow comedian Steve Oedekerk by appearing, for all of four and a half minutes, in a movie his pal was making. How was he to know that the dreadful result would show up in video stores three years later — with the Ace Ventura star prominently billed as costar?

5. Michael Bolton's Winning Softball (1993, CMV, $19.98) Michael likes softball. Okay, fine. He has a team of musicans, roadies, and ringers called the Bolton Bombers: more power to him. He sings a lot on this tape, which should make his fans happy. Let's just hope they don't buy it expecting too many tips on how to play the game.

Originally posted Dec 30, 1994 Published in issue #255-256 Dec 30, 1994 Order article reprints
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