Mad Dog Time

A weird black comedy driven in equal parts by nostalgia for the sleazy cool of the Rat Pack and the childish rhymes of Dr. Seuss. Written and directed by Larry Bishop -- son of first generation hipster Joey Bishop -- it's a gangster story that's dressed to the nines, but never goes anywhere. Big Boss Vic (Richard Dreyfuss) gets out of the loony bin and finds his criminal empire in disarray. Trusted gunsel Mickey Holliday (Jeff Goldblum) has been fooling around with Vic's girl Grace (Diane Lane) and her hot-tempered sister Rita (Ellen Barkin); old associate Jules Flamingo (Gregory Hines) has been killed; right-hand Ben London (Gabriel Byrne) is planning a coup; smarmy...