Best Man, The ( testimone dello sposo, Il )
Theatrical Release Date: 08/21/1998
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pupi Avati
Actors: Diego Abatantuono, Inés Sastre, Dario Cantarelli, Cinzia Mascoli, Valeria D'Obici, Mario Erpichini
Blade
Theatrical Release Date: 08/21/1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Norrington
Actors: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, Udo Kier, Donal Logue, Traci Lords
Plot: Blade's mother was bit by a vampire while she was pregnant with him. In turn he doesn't have any of the weaknesses of other vampires and spends his life hunting them down.
Carnival of Souls
Theatrical Release Date: 08/21/1998
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Adam Grossman, Ian Kessner
Actors: Bobbie Phillips, Shawnee Smith, Larry Miller, Paul Johansson, Henry G. Sanders, Cleavant Derricks
Plot: A young girl sees a circus clown rape and kill her mother. After putting the man behind bars, and suffering from nightmares and mental problems, the man escapes, finally pushing her over the edge.
Dance With Me
Theatrical Release Date: 08/21/1998
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Randa Haines
Actors: Vanessa Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson, Joan Plowright, Jane Krakowski, Beth Grant
Dead Man on Campus
Theatrical Release Date: 08/21/1998
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Cohn
Actors: Tom Everett Scott, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Poppy Montgomery, Lochlyn Munro, Alyson Hannigan, Corey Page
Plot: A slacker and college roommate in danger of losing his scholarship discover a clause granting all A's to anyone who loses a roommate due to suicide. They decide to track down the perfect candidate in order to save their grades.
Eel, The ( Unagi )
Theatrical Release Date: 08/21/1998
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shohei Imamura
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, Akira Emoto, Fujio Tsuneta, Sho Aikawa
Plot: After finding out his wife is having an affair while he is working,
Yamashita strikes out - murdering her in a crime of passion. Eight years
later, he is out of prison and moves to a village to begin again. Working
as a barber (a trade he picked up in prison) he leaves everyone alone -
until a young woman comes into is life - one that reminds him very much of
his dead wife.
Next Stop, Wonderland
Theatrical Release Date: 08/21/1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brad Anderson
Actors: Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Callie Thorne, Ken Cheeseman, Pamela Hart, Diane Beckett
Wrongfully Accused
Theatrical Release Date: 08/21/1998
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Pat Proft
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Richard Crenna, Kelly LeBrock, Melinda McGraw, Michael York, Sandra Bernhard
Your Friends & Neighbors
Theatrical Release Date: 08/19/1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Neil LaBute
Actors: Amy Brenneman, Aaron Eckhart, Catherine Keener, Nastassja Kinski, Jason Patric, Ben Stiller
Plot: An affair between a theater instructor and student starts a chain of
events between couples that sees various people hopping from bed to bed as
the web of relationships grow.
