Chinese Box
Theatrical Release Date: 04/17/1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wayne Wang
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Li Gong, Maggie Cheung, Rubén Blades, Michael Hui, Jared Harris
Homegrown
Theatrical Release Date: 04/17/1998
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Actors: John Lithgow, Jon Tenney, Ryan Phillippe, Hank Azaria, Billy Bob Thornton, Kelly Lynch
Major League: Back to the Minors
Theatrical Release Date: 04/17/1998
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Warren
Actors: Scott Bakula, Corbin Bernsen, Dennis Haysbert, Takaaki Ishibashi, Jensen Daggett, Eric Bruskotter
Plot: A Triple A baseball pitcher is hired by the Minnesota Twins to coach the franchise's Minor League team, the Buzz.
Nightwatch
Theatrical Release Date: 04/17/1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ole Bornedal
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin, Lauren Graham, Brad Dourif
Plot: A young married couple (Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette) is struggling with money so the husband takes the nightwatch at a morgue. Suddenly dead prostitutes with toe tags start appearing and the husband is framed for the murders.
The Object of My Affection
Theatrical Release Date: 04/17/1998
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Actors: Paul Rudd, Kali Rocha, Jennifer Aniston, Lauren Pratt, Alan Alda, Allison Janney
Plot: A woman, who is pregnant, breaks up with the father of the baby and asks
her best friend, a gay man to help raise the child.
Paulie
Theatrical Release Date: 04/17/1998
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Roberts
Actors: Gena Rowlands, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Bruce Davison, Jay Mohr, Buddy Hackett
Sour Grapes
Theatrical Release Date: 04/17/1998
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Larry David
Actors: Craig Bierko, Viola Harris, Steven Weber, Jennifer Leigh Warren, Orlando Jones, Philip Baker Hall
Plot: Two cousins battle when one wins $500,000 at an Atlantic City slot machine with change borrowed from the other.
Suicide Kings
Theatrical Release Date: 04/17/1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter O'Fallon
Actors: Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Nina Siemaszko, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto
Plot: A group of desperate young men kidnap a mob boss when one of their sisters
is held for a $2 million ransom.
Wild Man Blues
Theatrical Release Date: 04/17/1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Barbara Kopple
Actors: Letty Aronson, Woody Allen, Soon-Yi Previn, Dan Barrett, Martin Konigsberg, Nettie Konigsberg
Traps ( Pasti, pasti, pasticky )
Theatrical Release Date: 04/16/1998
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Czech
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vera Chytilová
Actors: Zuzana Stivínová, Miroslav Donutil, Tomás Hanák, Milan Lasica, Katerina Hajna, Eva Holubová
The Staircase
Theatrical Release Date: 04/12/1998
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Karen Arthur
Actors: Barbara Hershey, William Petersen, Diane Ladd, Louis Ferreira, David Clennon, Mark Sivertsen
Plot: A story about miraculous construction of an extraordinary spiral staircase in Santa Fe's Loretto Chapel.
