Almost Heroes
Theatrical Release Date: 05/29/1998
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher Guest
Actors: Chris Farley, Matthew Perry, Eugene Levy, David Packer, Lisa Barbuscia, Bokeem Woodbine
Plot: Leslie is a pioneer who's ready to stake a claim out West. Of course, he needs a guide to get him there, but his choice is saddled with eccentricities. Will Leslie ever reach his destination, or will the journey itself be his just reward?
Hope Floats
Theatrical Release Date: 05/29/1998
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Forest Whitaker
Actors: Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands, Mae Whitman, Michael Paré, Kathy Najimy
Plot: A woman returns to her childhood home after being humiliated on national TV by who she considered her best friend and rekindles a romance from years past.
Insomnia
Theatrical Release Date: 05/29/1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg
Actors: Maria Mathiesen, Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Gisken Armand, Kristian Figenschow, Bjørn Floberg
Plot: A killer is loose in a Norwegian city currently going through a 24-hour daylight cycles. When a Swedish special investigator is brought in to help catch the elusive man, he has trouble adjusting to the light, and sleep deprivation leads to a critical error - on the killer sees and leads to a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
The Last Days of Disco
Theatrical Release Date: 05/29/1998
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Whit Stillman
Actors: Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Chris Eigeman, Mackenzie Astin, Jennifer Beals, Matt Keeslar
Plot: A group of friends who frequent a local disco palace witness the final days of drugs, sex and excess. Each is searching for something more but with the good times winding down, not everyone will be able to find that connection.
Little Boy Blue
Theatrical Release Date: 05/29/1998
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Antonio Tibaldi
Actors: Ryan Phillippe, Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Shirley Knight, Tyrin Turner, Jenny Lewis
Disenchanted, The ( désenchantée, La )
Theatrical Release Date: 05/27/1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Actors: Judith Godrèche, Marcel Bozonnet, Ivan Desny, Malcolm Conrath, Thérèse Liotard, Thomas Salsmann
I Got the Hook-Up!
Theatrical Release Date: 05/27/1998
Overall Rating: 0.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Martin
Actors: Master P, Anthony Johnson, Gretchen Palmer, Frantz Turner, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Richard Keats
Plot: Two scam artists sell off a shipment of "hot" cell phones but their angry customers come looking for them after the cell phones' signals get crossed.
Curse of the Puppet Master
Theatrical Release Date: 05/26/1998
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David DeCoteau
Actors: George Peck, Emily Harrison, Josh Green, Michael Guerin, Michael Sollenberger, Marc Newburger
Aurora
Theatrical Release Date: 05/25/1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christopher Kulikowski
Actors: Christopher Stapleton, Michael Otis, David Jean Thomas, Christopher Heltai, Markus Botnick, Micheal DiMaggio
Plot: In the 22nds Century a group of seven explorers are sent from Earth the the nearest sister planet, Aurora, to survey it for future colonization. But a malfunction instead leads to a crash landing. The planet proves quite inhospitable and with scant supplies and no hope of rescue, the only option is to make a long, deadly trek the supply bunkers.
