Jingle All the Way
Theatrical Release Date: 11/22/1996
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Brian Levant
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Robert Conrad, Martin Mull
Plot: Trying to appease his son, harried salesman Harold Langston promises to get him the season's hottest toy, Turbo Man, for Christmas. On Christmas Eve he remembers his promise and makes a mad dash around the city looking for the ever-elusive toy.
My Entire Life ( Mr. Reliable )
Theatrical Release Date: 11/22/1996
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nadia Tass
Actors: Colin Friels, Jacqueline McKenzie, Ken Radley, Graham Rouse, Elaine Cusick, Jonathan Hardy
Shine
Theatrical Release Date: 11/22/1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Scott Hicks
Actors: Geoffrey Rush, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Chris Haywood, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Alex Rafalowicz
Plot: Based on the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, this
delightful movie charts the early and traumatic early years. Telling the
story in flashback we see David as he grows up and into a child prodigy
while his father abuses him and his siblings with the memory of his
childhood in Europe and the loss of his family in the concentration
camps. David finally breaks away from his father and goes away to study
overseas, he later suffers a breakdown and returns to Australia and a
life in an institution. Many years later he is released and through
several twists of fate (in reality even more unlikely than film
portrays) he starts playing a piano in a bar before finally returning to
the concert hall
Star Trek: First Contact
Theatrical Release Date: 11/22/1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Actors: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, James Cromwell, Gates McFadden
Plot: Picard and company follow the Borg back in time to stop them from assimilating Earth before the Earth's first contact with aliens.
Far Harbor
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Huddles
Actors: Edward Atterton, Jennifer Connelly, Dan Futterman, Marcia Gay Harden, Andrew Lauren, George Newbern
Sling Blade
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/1996
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, John Ritter, J.T. Walsh, Robert Duvall, Lucas Black
Plot: An institutionalized man is released to live in a small community and start a new life, even though he killed his parents when he was very young.
The War at Home
Theatrical Release Date: 11/20/1996
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Emilio Estevez
Actors: Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Corin Nemec, Carla Gugino
Plot: A Vietnam veteran returns home and suffers from the effects of war. He has even more trouble connecting with his family, who can't begin to understand what he has been through, culminating in a Thanksgiving blow out.
Saint-Ex
Theatrical Release Date: 11/17/1996
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Anand Tucker
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Miranda Richardson, Janet McTeer, Ken Stott, Katrin Cartlidge, Daniel Craig
