The Greatest Movies and Film Stars of the '90s
Der Bewegte Mann 1994
Der Bewegte Mann
Actors : Til Schweiger, Joachim Król, Katja Riemann, Rufus Beck, Armin Rohde
Der letzte Seitensprung ist wohl einer zuviel: Axel wird von seiner Freundin Doro aus der gemeinsamen Wohnung verbannt. Die erfolglose Suche nach einer vorläufigen Bleibe führt ihn geradewegs vor die Haustür der beiden Schwulen Walter und Norbert. Die zwei sind ganz Feuer und Flamme und machen dem strammen Hetero den Hof. Als in der Stunde der Versöhnung Axel von Doros Schwangerschaft erfährt, steht ausgerechnet Norbert nackt im gemeinsamen Schlafzimmerschrank. In Doro keimt ein Verdacht, der immer wieder neue Nahrung bekommt: Axel hat ein Verhältnis mit einem Mann.
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde 1995
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Actors : Sean Young, Tim Daly, Lysette Anthony, Stephen Tobolowsky, Harvey Fierstein
In this hilarious comedy, the Jekyll and Hyde story takes on new dimensions -- and new lingerie. Dr. Richard Jacks (Tim Daly) is a frustrated scientist who dreams of making the big discovery that'll change his life... and does he ever. When Richard inherits Dr. Jekyll's formula for genetic change he accidentally adds a few twists of his own and is transformed not into the perfect man but into a perfectly wicked woman. Now he's become a murderous Helen Hyde (Sean Young) and from man to woman, woman to man, he never knows when Helen will take over. Can Richard rid himself of his seductive and sadistic alter-ego? Will his girlfriend (Lysette Anthony) stand by her man... woman... man? You'll soon find out in the sexy and hilarious, special effects filled, quick change comedy of the year.
Diabolique 1996
Diabolique
Actors : Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates, Spalding Gray
Two women one plan. We'll poison the creep who treats us like dirt they agree. We'll dump the body in a murky pool and someone will find a surprise at the bottom. There's a surprise all right. When the pool is drained and cleaned no body is found. Sharon Stone and Isabelle Adjani pour on the femme and the fatale in a diabolical grabber of a suspense thriller directed by Jeremiah Chechik (Benny and Joon) and based in part on the classic 1955 French spellbinder Les Diaboliques. Will the women get away with bloody murder? Has someone removed the body of the victim (Chazz Palminteri) and begun playing mind games with them? Add to the mix a tough cookie of a detective (Kathy Bates) and you've got theingredients for "a nail-biter from the first scene to the last" (Bob Polunsky KENS-TV/San Antonio).
Highlander 3: The Magician
Highlander 3: The Magician
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Deborah Unger
Dumb and Dumber 1994
Dumb and Dumber
Actors : Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Mike Starr, Karen Duffy
Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) are a pair of hapless losers on the road, attempting to find the beautiful owner of a mislaid briefcase. Unbeknownst to them, the case contains ransom money for the woman's husband, and they find themselves pursued by his thuggish kidnappers, whilst stumbling across a series of oddballs along the way.
El Mariachi 1992
El Mariachi
Actors : Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt, Reinol Martinez
ilmmaker Robert Rodriguez captured the world's attention with this little 1992 film, made for only $7,500 (not counting the cost of a little prerelease polish) and originally destined for the Spanish- language video market. An enterprising studio executive saw the enormous Spielbergian talent in Rodriguez's work and decided to get El Mariachi out to the international public. A tight, inventive, highly entertaining movie from start to finish, the story concerns a guitarist mistaken for a hired killer and forced to fight a local crime boss and his army of goons. Rodriguez makes clever use of every available prop, from guitar cases to a beat-up bus to a funny-looking dog. But his promise as a director--he went on to make Desperado and From Dusk till Dawn--is evident in every scene. --Tom Keogh
Fair Game 1995
Fair Game
Actors : William Baldwin, Cindy Crawford, Steven Berkoff, Christopher McDonald, Miguel Sandoval
She's a lawyer. He's a cop. Some former KGB-types with a wide variety of slippery accents and enough sophisticated technological surveillance gadgets to make one wonder how the Soviet Union could have possibly failed, want her dead. The cop (William Baldwin) is the only man who can save her. It helps that the high-powered attorney is played by Cindy Crawford, who gives new meaning to the phrase "habeas corpus." So the plot doesn't make any sense: First they try to kill her, no questions asked. Then they capture her and spill their guts about all the details of their nefarious plan. But logic is not what Fair Game is about. It's about explosions, car crashes, and more explosions. The only pauses in the action are for showers (one for Baldwin, two for Crawford) and a change of clothing (Crawford slips out of a tight T-shirt into an even tighter tank top). The best feature of the DVD is the addition of a Gallic track. With very little actual sex in the movie, having the main characters conversing in French definitely adds some sauciness to the dialogue scenes. --Richard Natale
Executive Decision 1996
Executive Decision
Actors : Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Ray Liotta, Madeleine Stowe
Despite Steven Seagal's imposing presence in this enjoyable thriller, Kurt Russell turns out to be the real star as an American intelligence expert who finds himself leading a strike force against Islamic terrorists who have seized in-flight control of a 747 jetliner with 400 passengers. It's not all that different from Air Force One, but the formula story perks right along with considerable suspense as Russell's cohorts (Oliver Platt, Joe Morton) try to defuse a chemical bomb that could wipe out (you guessed it) the entire Eastern seaboard. John Leguizamo plays one of the U.S. commandos attempting to stop the violent hijackers, and Halle Berry costars as a flight attendant who risks her life to assist Russell's rescue team. As action movies go, Executive Decision marked an impressive directorial debut for veteran film editor Stuart Baird. --Jeff Shannon
Little Women
Little Women
Little Buddha 1993
Little Buddha
Actors : Keanu Reeves, Bridget Fonda, Ruocheng Ying, Chris Isaak, Alex Wiesendanger
Tibetan Buddhist monks from a monastery in Bhutan, led by Lama Norbu, are searching for a child who is the rebirth of a great Buddhist teacher, Lama Dorje. Lama Norbu and his fellow monks believe they have found a candidate for the child in whom Lama Dorje is reborn: an American boy named Jesse Conrad, the young son of an architect and a teacher who live in Seattle. The monks come to Seattle in order to meet the boy.
Jesse is fascinated with the monks and their way of life, but his parents, Dean and Lisa, are wary, and that wariness turns into near-hostility when Norbu announces that he wants to take Jesse back with him to Bhutan to be tested. Dean changes his mind however, when one of his close friends and colleagues commits suicide because he went broke. Dean then decides to travel to Bhutan with Jesse. In Nepal, two children who are also candidates for the rebirth are encountered, Raju and Gita.
Gradually, over the course of the movie, first Jesse's mother and then Lama Norbu tell the life story of Prince Siddhartha, reading from a book that Lama Norbu has given to Jesse.
In ancient India, a prince called Siddhartha turns his back on his comfortable and protected life, and sets out on a journey to solve the problem of universal suffering. As he progresses, he learns profound truths about the nature of life, consciousness, and reality. Ultimately, he battles Mara (a demon representing the ego), who repeatedly tries to divert and destroy Siddhartha. Through the final complete realization of the illusory nature of his own ego, Siddhartha attains enlightenment and becomes the Buddha.
In the final scenes of the movie, it is found that all three children are rebirths of Lama Dorje, separate manifestations of his body (Raju), speech (Gita), and mind (Jesse). A ceremony is held and Jesse's father also learns some of the essential truths of Buddhism. His work finished, Lama Norbu enters a deep state of meditation and dies. As the funeral ceremony begins, Lama Norbu speaks to the children, seemingly from a higher plane, telling them to have compassion; and just before the credits roll the children are seen distributing his ashes.
At the very end of the film credits, the sand mandala that was seen being constructed during the movie is destroyed, "with one swift stroke."
Jefferson in Paris 1995
Jefferson in Paris
Actors : Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Gwyneth Paltrow, Thandie Newton, Lambert Wilson
Hollywood favorite Nick Nolte (I LOVE TROUBLE, THE PRINCE OF TIDES) stars with the sexy Greta Scacchi (SHATTERED, PRESUMED INNOCENT) in this impassioned story of forbidden love! During one man's unforgettable visit to liberal and socially permissive France, he meets and falls in love with a worldly and mysterious woman! But when the alluring charms of another prove irresistible, he finds himself courting scandal in a heated triangle of passion and desire! Another acclaimed triumph from Merchant-Ivory Productions, award-winning creators of HOWARDS END, THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, and A ROOM WITH A VIEW -- JEFFERSON IN PARIS delivers stylish and highly provocative big-screen entertainment!
Desperado 1995
Desperado
Actors : Antonio Banderas, Joaquim De Almeida, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin
Antonio Banderas, Joaquim De Almeida, Salma Hayek, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi and Quentin Tarantino star in this stylish shoot-'em-up described as a south-of-the-border Pulp Fiction. Director Robert Rodriguez follows up his legendary debut film, El Mariachi, with this sexy sequel about a mysterious guitar player (Banderas) searching for vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend.
Interview with the Vampire 1994
Interview with the Vampire
Actors : Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, Kirsten Dunst, Christian Slater
Just Cause 1994
Just Cause
Actors : Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood, Ed Harris
A law professor is drawn into appealing the case of a deathrow inmate who may have been railroaded into a conviction by vindictive cops.
Kiss of Death 1995
Kiss of Death
Actors : David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Helen Hunt, Kathryn Erbe
A New York hoodlum leads the district attorney to a grinning, giggling gangster. Directed by Henry Hathaway.
Leon - The Professional 1994
Leon - The Professional
Actors : Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman
Mathilda, a twelve-year old New York girl, is living an undesirable life among her half-family. Her father stores drugs for two-faced cop Norman Stansfield. Only her little brother keeps Mathilda from breaking apart. One day, Stansfield and his team take cruel revenge on her father for stretching the drugs a little, thus killing the whole family. Only Mathilda, who was out shopping, survives by finding shelter in Léon's apartment in the moment of highest need. Soon, she finds out about the strange neighbour's unusual profession - killing - and desperately seeks his help in taking revenge for her little brother. Léon, who is completely unexperienced in fatherly tasks, and in friendships, does his best to keep Mathilda out of trouble - unsuccessfully. Now, the conflict between a killer, who slowly discovers his abilities to live, to feel, to love and a corrupt police officer.
Nell 1994
Nell
Actors : Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Richard Libertini, Nick Searcy
Two doctors observe and try to communicate with a wild woodswoman in North Carolina.
Primal Fear 1996
Primal Fear
Actors : Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard
Clever twists and a bona fide surprise ending make this an above-average courtroom thriller, tapping into the post-O.J. scrutiny of our legal system in the case of a hotshot Chicago defense attorney (Richard Gere) whose latest client is an altar boy (Edward Norton) accused of murdering a Catholic archbishop. The film uses its own manipulation to tell a story about manipulation, and when we finally discover who's been pulling the strings, the payoff is both convincing and pertinent to the ongoing debate over what constitutes truth in the American system of justice. Making an impressive screen debut that has since led to a stellar career, Norton gives a performance that rides on a razor's edge of schizophrenic pathology--his role is an actor's showcase, and without crossing over the line of credibility, Norton milks it for all it's worth. Gere is equally effective in a role that capitalizes on his shifty screen persona, and Laura Linney and Frances McDormand give memorable performances in their intelligently written supporting roles. --Jeff Shannon
Only You
Only You
Actors : Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., Bonnie Hunt, Fisher Stevens, Joaquim De Almeida
When Faith was 11, she asked her Ouija board to spell out the name of the man for her. The answer--Damon Bradley--was someone she had never heard of. But days before her marriage, Faith receives a call from her fiance's old school friend... Damon Bradley! And on this slim lead she flies to Italy to track him down.
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