Dead Man Walking
Theatrical Release Date: 12/29/1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Robbins
Actors: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry, R. Lee Ermey, Celia Weston
Plot: A man is sentenced to death for murder. And, while on death row, he is counseled by a nun.
Mr. Holland's Opus
Theatrical Release Date: 12/29/1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stephen Herek
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy, Alicia Witt
Plot: An aspiring musician and composer takes a teaching job to pay the rent
while he writes his masterpiece. His life is forever changed by the impact
he has on students and the impact they in turn make on him.
Restoration
Theatrical Release Date: 12/29/1995
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Hoffman
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, David Thewlis, Meg Ryan, Ian McKellen, Hugh Grant
Plot: A young physician, Robert Merivel, finds himself in the good graces of King Charles II and is granted the wealth and privilege of someone in his position. When a mistress of the king grows suspicious, he has Merivel marry another one of his mistresses to divert attention and gives him just one command: to not fall in love. However, love in inevitable and when the king learns of it - strips Merivel of his status. But this setback allows Merivel to once again find his true calling: as a physician.
Richard III
Theatrical Release Date: 12/29/1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Loncraine
Actors: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith
Plot: Director Richard Loncraine resets Shakespeare's Historical Drama Richard III in the Facist Era. Tanks replace horses, but the treachery is timeless.
Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave
Theatrical Release Date: 12/29/1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nick Park
Actors: Peter Sallis, Anne Reid
Plot: During a window washing job, Wallace finds himself falling for wool store owner Wendolene. But Gromit finds himself framed for sheep rustling and thrown in jail. Wallace, Wendolen (and the sheep) work together to get Gromit freed.
Carl Th. Dreyer: Min metier
Theatrical Release Date: 12/28/1995
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Danish
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Torben Skjødt Jensen
12 Monkeys
Theatrical Release Date: 12/27/1995
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe, Christopher Plummer, David Morse, Jon Seda
Plot: In a future devasted by a virus, a convict is sent back in time by a group of scientists in hopes of learning how to stop the disease.
Timemaster
Theatrical Release Date: 12/27/1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Glickenhaus
Actors: Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus, Pat Morita, Joanna Pacula, Duncan Regehr, Michael Dorn, Michelle Williams
Four Rooms
Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1995
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Alexandre Rockwell, Allison Anders
Actors: Quentin Tarantino, Antonio Banderas, Tim Roth, Marisa Tomei, Bruce Willis, Kathy Griffin
Plot: On new years eve, a bell hop always seems to fall into the wrong hotel room at the wrong time. 4 interlocking stories are told from various perspectives involving completely different characters.
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
Theatrical Release Date: 12/25/1995
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Roy Allen Smith
Actors: Scott McAfee, Candace Hutson, Heather Hogan, Jeff Bennett, Rob Paulsen, John Ingle
