Persons Unknown
Theatrical Release Date: 12/27/1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Hickenlooper
Actors: Joe Mantegna, Kelly Lynch, Naomi Watts, J.T. Walsh, Xander Berkeley, Jon Favreau
The Evening Star
Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1996
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Harling
Actors: Shirley MacLaine, Bill Paxton, Juliette Lewis, Miranda Richardson, Ben Johnson, Scott Wolf
Evita
Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail, Victoria Sus, Julian Littman
Plot: In this musical biopic, a skeptical journalist recounts the rise of Eva Peron -- from unwanted child to big city star to first lady of Argentina.
Hamlet
Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Richard Briers, Julie Christie, John Gielgud, Judi Dench, Gérard Depardieu
Plot: Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in an adaptation of Shakespeare's drama, using the original words as a son comes to avenge his father by murdering his uncle - who is now his step-father. Madness, plots, conspiracy and death will follow in turn.
Michael
Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1996
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Nora Ephron
Actors: John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli, Jean Stapleton
Plot: Two struggling tabloid reporters and an "angel expert" are sent by their boss to check out an old kook who claims to have an angel living with her. Sure enough, the guy's got wings, but he's also into smoking, drinking and womanizing. Unconvinced that Michael is not an Earthly being, the reporters take him to Chicago, when Michael's unconventional methods begin to work heavenly magic.
Mother
Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Albert Brooks
Actors: Paul Collins, Laura Weekes, Albert Brooks, John C. McGinley, Debbie Reynolds, Lisa Kudrow
Plot: A science fiction author who has survived two failed marriages decides that the only way to improve the chance to have a successful relationship is to reconcile with his mother. So he moves in with her.
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Milos Forman
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, James Cromwell, Brett Harrelson, Crispin Glover
Plot: A comical biography of Larry Flynt's life, the birth of Husler Magazine
and his battle for free speech in America.
Some Mother's Son
Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1996
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry George
Actors: Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O'Hara, John Lynch, Ciarán Hinds
Thieves ( voleurs, Les )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1996
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: André Téchiné
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Laurence Côte, Benoît Magimel, Fabienne Babe, Didier Bezace
I'm Not Rappaport
Theatrical Release Date: 12/24/1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Herb Gardner
Actors: Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Craig T. Nelson, Boyd Gaines, Martha Plimpton
The Portrait of a Lady
Theatrical Release Date: 12/24/1996
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jane Campion
Actors: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Donovan, Shelley Winters
Daddy's Girl
Theatrical Release Date: 12/23/1996
Overall Rating: 1.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Kitrosser
Actors: William Katt, Michele Greene, Roxana Zal, Mimi Craven, Peggy McCay, Whip Hubley
Plot: A demented young girl plots to kill people she dislikes.
God of Cookery ( Sik san )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephen Chow, Lik-Chi Lee
Actors: Stephen Chow, Vincent Kok, Karen Mok, Nancy Sit, Tats Lau, Stephen Au
