211. Mulholland Falls
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lee Tamahori
Actors: Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Jennifer Connelly
Plot: In 1940s L.A., the "hat squad" is a special task force, not above
stretching the law, in order to bring down the criminal elements of the
city. When a young woman is found murdered, they uncover a plot linking
her to several prominent individuals, including an Army general working
for the powerful, new Atomic Energy Commission. But the closer they get to
the truth, the harder it becomes to uncover it.
212. Butterfly Kiss
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Actors: Amanda Plummer, Kathy Jamieson, Saskia Reeves, Des McAleer, Lisa Riley, Freda Dowie
213. Curdled
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Reb Braddock
Actors: Angela Jones, William Baldwin, Bruce Ramsay, Barry Corbin, Daisy Fuentes, Kelly Preston
214. Heaven's Prisoners
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phil Joanou
Actors: Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Roberts, Teri Hatcher, Joe Viterelli
215. Tremors 2: Aftershocks
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: S.S. Wilson
Actors: Fred Ward, Christopher Gartin, Helen Shaver, Michael Gross, Marcelo Tubert
Plot: After surviving the attack in Perfection, Nevada Earl Bassett, having squandered the money from the event, finds himself hunting the subterranean terrors again at the Petromaya oil refinery in Mexico. When the job proves to be more than he can handle, he calls on survivalist Burt Gummer to give him a hand and earn some much-needed cash.
216. Midwinter's Tale, A ( In the Bleak Midwinter )
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Richard Briers, Hetta Charnley, Joan Collins, Nicholas Farrell, Mark Hadfield, Jennifer Saunders
217. Visitors, The ( visiteurs, Les )
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-Marie Poiré
Actors: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Valérie Lemercier, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Bujeau, Didier Pain
218. The Fan
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin, John Leguizamo, Benicio Del Toro, Chris Mulkey
Plot: An all-star baseball player becomes the unhealthy focus of a down-on-his-luck salesman.
219. Last Dance
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bruce Beresford
Actors: Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid, Peter Gallagher, Skeet Ulrich, Jack Thompson
Plot: A young lawyer is handed a clemency case of a female death row inmate and finds himself getting into a deeper relationship than he had anticipated.
220. Harriet the Spy
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Actors: Michelle Trachtenberg, Gregory Smith, Vanessa Lee Chester, Rosie O'Donnell, J. Smith-Cameron, Robert Joy
Plot: A sixth-grade outcast at school spends her time spying on neighbors, taking notes on her discoveries. But when an enemy steals her secret notebook, her world starts to unravel and she has to find a way to get even!
