Balto
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Animation
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Simon Wells
Actors: Kevin Bacon, Bob Hoskins, Bridget Fonda, Jim Cummings, Phil Collins, Miriam Margolyes
Plot: Stray Balto, who is half wolf and half dog, endures the taunts of disapproving humans and the evil canine pack-leader Steele as he guides a precious cargo of serum through the Alaskan winter. Loosely based on a true 1920s tale of a diphtheria outbreak in the village of Nome.
Cutthroat Island
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/1995
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Renny Harlin
Actors: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin, Patrick Malahide, Stan Shaw
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/1995
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mel Brooks
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Peter MacNicol, Steven Weber, Amy Yasbeck, Lysette Anthony, Mel Brooks
Plot: Mel Brooks takes on vampire mythology: when Dracula comes to town, it's up
to Van Helsing to save the day.
Grumpier Old Men
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/1995
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Howard Deutch
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Sophia Loren, Daryl Hannah
Plot: The two grumpy old men are grumpier more now than ever before. But this
time, there's a new owner of the bait shop to contend with.
Sudden Death
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/1995
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Raymond J. Barry, Whittni Wright, Ross Malinger, Dorian Harewood
Plot: A former firefighter tries to save the life of the Vice President as he attends the seventh game of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Tom and Huck
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/1995
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Hewitt
Actors: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brad Renfro, Eric Schweig, Rachael Leigh Cook, Amy Wright, Michael McShane
Plot: The incorrigible duo try to steal a treasure map from the pocket of the
treacherous "Injun Joe" in order to save an innocent man's life.
Waiting to Exhale
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/1995
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Forest Whitaker
Actors: Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Gregory Hines, Dennis Haysbert
Plot: Based on the novel by Terry McMillan: four African-American women have very different lives, but the bond between them remains strong no matter what direction they go.
Blade, The ( Dao )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hark Tsui
Actors: Xin Xin Xiong, Moses Chan, Man Cheuk Chiu, Valerie Chow, Collin Chou, Jason Chu
apprentis, Les
Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/1995
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pierre Salvadori
Actors: François Cluzet, Guillaume Depardieu, Judith Henry, Claire Laroche, Philippe Girard, Bernard Yerlès
Butterfly Effect, The ( efecto mariposa, El )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fernando Colomo
Actors: Coque Malla, María Barranco, Rosa Maria Sardà, Peter Sullivan, James Fleet, John Faal
Lamerica
Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gianni Amelio
Actors: Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Carmelo Di Mazzarelli, Elida Janushi, Sefer Pema
Nixon
Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, E.G. Marshall
Plot: Oliver Stone's examination of Richard Nixon - from his strict Quaker upbringing to early political stirrings and the devastating loss to John F. Kennedy. Although sharing little charisma, his political machinations eventually pay off when he is elected president in 1968 - but, though safely ahead in polls, is brought down by paranoia when the Watergate scandal hits.
Shanghai Triad ( Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Li Gong, Baotian Li, Wang Xiaoxiao, Xuejian Li, Chun Sun, Baoying Jiang
Men of War
Theatrical Release Date: 12/19/1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Perry Lang
Actors: Dolph Lundgren, Charlotte Lewis, B.D. Wong, Anthony John Denison, Tim Guinee, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister
