Amy Foster ( Swept from the Sea )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Beeban Kidron
Actors: Rachel Weisz, Vincent Perez, Ian McKellen, Kathy Bates, Joss Ackland, Zoë Wanamaker
The Gingerbread Man
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/1998
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr., Daryl Hannah, Tom Berenger, Famke Janssen
Phantoms
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/1998
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joe Chappelle
Actors: Ben Affleck, Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber, Nicky Katt
Plot: The residents of Snowfield, Colorado have suddenly disappeared, leaving only a handful of survivors who must figure out what is behind this mystery before they become the next victims.
Slappy and the Stinkers
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/1998
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Barnet Kellman
Actors: B.D. Wong, Bronson Pinchot, Jennifer Coolidge, Joseph Ashton, Gary LeRoi Gray, Scarlett Pomers
Spice World
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/1998
Overall Rating: 1.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bob Spiers
Actors: Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Kevin Allen
Plot: The Spice Girls prepare to take the stage at London's Royal Albert Hall in
this nod to A Hard Day's Night. But first, the girls will have to fend off
a scheming newspaper owner an in-your-face filmmaker and countless other
pests who want to cash in on their pop superstar status.
Swept from the Sea
Theatrical Release Date: 01/23/1998
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Beeban Kidron
Actors: Rachel Weisz, Vincent Perez, Ian McKellen, Kathy Bates, Joss Ackland, Tony Haygarth
Surrender Dorothy
Theatrical Release Date: 01/21/1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kevin DiNovis
Actors: Peter Pryor, Kevin DiNovis, Jason Centeno, Elizabeth Banks, Marcos Muniz, Keri Merboth
Blind Faith
Theatrical Release Date: 01/20/1998
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Actors: Charles S. Dutton, Courtney B. Vance, Kadeem Hardison, Lonette McKee, Nancy Herard, Garland Whitt
The Prophecy II
Theatrical Release Date: 01/20/1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Greg Spence
Actors: Christopher Walken, Russell Wong, Jennifer Beals, Brittany Murphy, Eric Roberts, Bruce Abbott
Plot: When Gabriel learns that Daniel has conceived a child with a human, he enlists the help of a recent teen who committed suicide to prevent this birth and continue his war against humanity and the angels.
Johnny Skidmarks
Theatrical Release Date: 01/18/1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Raffo
Actors: Peter Gallagher, Frances McDormand, John Lithgow, John Kapelos, Jack Black, Geoffrey Lower
Plot: A crime photographer who also works as a blackmailer, starts to worry that he's next as the other blackmailers he's working with are murdered one by one.
Ruby Bridges
Theatrical Release Date: 01/18/1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Euzhan Palcy
Actors: Lela Rochon, Michael Beach, Penelope Ann Miller, Kevin Pollak, Jean Louisa Kelly, Peter Francis James
Wrestling with Alligators
Theatrical Release Date: 01/18/1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Laurie Weltz
Actors: Aleksa Palladino, Joely Richardson, Claire Bloom, Sam Trammell, Jay O. Sanders, Adrienne Shelly
The Farm: Angola, USA
Theatrical Release Date: 01/17/1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, Jonathan Stack
Actors: Bernard Addison, Burl Cain, George Crawford, Wilbert Rideau, Vincent Simmons, Eugene 'Bishop' Tannehill
Wicked
Theatrical Release Date: 01/17/1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Steinberg
Actors: Julia Stiles, Louise Myrback, William R. Moses, Chelsea Field, Vanessa Zima, Patrick Muldoon
Plot: With the murder of her mother, eldest daughter Ellie takes her place, even going so far as to seduce her father, but a detective investigating the death finds everyone is a suspect.
