THE GOD OF COOKERY (1996)

 

Directed By: Stephen Chow and Lik-Chi Lee Written By: Stephen Chow, Man Sang Lo and Kan-Cheung Tsang Cinematography: Jingle Ma Editor: Ka-Fai Cheung

Cast: Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Vincent Kok, Man-Tat Ng, Tats Lau, Chi-Shing Chan, Jung Chen

The God of Cookery, a brilliant chef who sits in judgment of those who would challenge his title, loses his title when a jealous chef reveals him to be a con-man and humiliates him publicly. As this new chef takes on the God of Cookery's role, the former God tries to pull himself back on top again, to challenge his rival and find once and for all who is the true God of Cookery.

HEAD OF THE FAMILY (1996)

 

Directed & Story By: Charles Band  Written By: Neal Marshall Stevens Cinematography: Adolfo Bartoli  Editor: Poppy Das, Lazar Djokic, Steve Nielson 

Cast: Blake Bailey, Jaqueline Lovell, Bob Schott, James Jones, Dianne Colazzo, Gordon Jennison, J.W. Perra 

The "head" of the family is literally that - a giant head on a tiny body, who psychically controls the rest of his even more unusual family.

THE EVENING STAR (1996)

 

Written & Directed By: Robert Harling  Based on the novel by: Larry McMurtry Cinematography: Don Burgess Editor: David Moritz and Pricilla Nedd-Friendly 

Cast: Shirley McClaine, Juliette Lewis, Bill Paxton, Miranda Richardson, Mackenzie Astin, Scott Wolf, George Newbern, Jack Nicholson, Ben Johnson, Marion Ross, Donald Moffat, Jennifer Grant, China Kantner 

Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter, and another grandson living just above the poverty line.

THE BIRDCAGE (1996)

 

Directed By Mike Nichols  Written By: Elaine May  Based on An Earlier Screenplay By: Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon & Jean Poiret Based in the play La Cage Aux Folles by: Jean Poiret Cinematography: Enrique Lubezki Editor: Arthur Schmidt 

Cast: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Hank Azaria, Christine Baranski, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Tom McGowan, Grant Heslov, Kirby Mitchell, Ann Cusack, Trina McGee-Davis

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.

WHEN THE CAT’S AWAY (aka CHACUN CHERCHE SON CHA) (1996)

Written & Directed By: Cedric Klapisch  Cinematography: Benoit Delhomme  Editor: Francine Sandberg 

Cast: Garance Clavel, Zinedine Soualem, Olivier Py, Renee Le Calm, Simon Abkarian 

Chloe, a young woman, is going on holidays. She entrusts her beloved cat to Madame Renée's care. But one day Madame Renée (an old lady of the neighborhood) can not find the cat. Chloe starts searching the neighborhood... This is the pretext for the exploration of a quarter of Paris and his inhabitants.

JACK (1996)

 Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola  Written by: James DeMonaco & Gary Nadeau  Cinematography: John Toll Editor: Barry Malkin

Cast: Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez, Brain Kerwin, Bill Cosby, Fran Drescher, Adam Zolotin, Todd Bosley, Jurnee Smollett,  Michael Mckean, Don Novello, Keone Young, Seth Smith, Mario Yedidia, Jer Adrianne Lelliott

Because of an unusual disorder that has aged him four times faster than a typical human being, a boy looks like a 40-year-old man as he starts fifth grade at public school after being homeschooled.

FLIRTING WITH DISASTER (1996)

 

Written & Directed by: David O. Russell

Cinematography: Eric Alan Edwards

Editor: Christopher Tellefsen 

Cast: Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Tea Leoni, Josh Brolin, Richard Jenkins, Mary Tyler Moore, Alan Alda, Lily Tomlin, George Segal, Celia Weston, David Patrick Kelly, Nadja Dajani 

Five months after the birth of his son, Mel Coplin remains unable to name the child until he has met his own biological parents and discovered who he "really is." He, his wife Nancy, and his social-worker-in-training Tina Kalb jet off to California to meet his birth mother--who turns out not to be his mother, due to an error with the agency's adoption records. The quartet sets out in search of Mel's real parents, with tensions growing because of the sexual chemistry lacking between Mel and Nancy and growing between Mel and Tina.

FEELING MINNESOTA (1996)

Written & Directed By: Steven Baigelman 
Cinematography: Walt Lloyd 
Editor: Martin Walsh & Thom Noble 
Music By: Los Lobos 

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, Delroy Lindo, Vincent D’Onofrio, Tuesday Weld, Courtney Love, Dan Aykroyd 


Freddie is a former stripper marrying Sam to repay a debt owed to nightclub owner Red. But Freddie is in love with Jjaks, Sam's brother. Jjaks and Freddie run off together, and Sam finds where they have been hiding and calls the cops. Meanwhile someone calls to blackmail Sam and Jjaks. In the end will it all work out?

SHE'S THE ONE (1996)

Written & Directed By: Edward Burns 
Cinematography: Frank Prinzi 
Editor: Susan Graef 

Cast: Edward Burns, Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, Amanda Peet, John Mahoney, Mike McGlone, Leslie Mann, Frank Vincent, Maxine Bahns 

The love lives of two brothers, Mickey and Francis, interconnect as Francis cheats on his wife with Mickey's ex-girlfriend, while Mickey impulsively marries a stranger.

TALES FROM THE CRYPT: BORDELLO OF BLOOD (1996)

Directed By: Gilbert Adler 
Written By: A.L. Katz & Gilbert Adler 
 Story By: Bob Gale & Robert Zemeckis 
Based on the Comic Books “TALES FROM THE CRYPT: By: William M. Gaines Cinematography: Tom Priestley 
Editor: Stephen Lovejoy 

Cast: Dennis Miller, Angie Everhart, Erika Eleniak, Chris Sarandon, Corey Feldman, Aubrey Morris, Phil Fondacro, John Kassir, William Sadler, Robin Douglas 


The old bag of bones 'Cryptkeeper' returns for his second full length feature flick about a funeral home that's a front for a whorehouse run by vampires.

THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS (1996)

Directed By: Tim Pope  
Written By: David S. Goyer 
Based on the Comic Book Series By: James O’Barr 
Cinematography: Jean-Yves Escoffier 
Editor: Michael N. Knue & Anthony Redman 

Cast: Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Richard Brooks, Iggy Pop, Thomas Jane, Thuy Trang, Beverley Mitchell, Vincent Castellanos 

Some time ago, Ashe Corven and his son Danny were killed when they stumbled across a pack of drug dealers murdering a fellow dealer. The dealers work for Los Angeles drug kingpin Judah Earl. Local tattoo artist Sarah, who has great knowledge of the crow legend because of what happened with her late friend Eric Draven, has been having dreams about Ashe and Danny. One night when a crow leads her to the scene of the murders of Ashe and Danny, Ashe appears before her. The crow has resurrected Ashe, so Ashe can go after Judah and his right hand man Curve. With the guidance of the crow, Ashe starts killing off Judah's men one by one, on his way to Judah.

FEAR (1996)

Directed By: James Foley 
Written By: Christopher Crowe 
Cinematography By: Thomas Kloss 
Editor: David Brenner 


Cast: Mark Wahlberg, William Peterson, Reese Witherspoon, Alyssa Milano, Amy Brenneman, Gary Riley, Jason Kristofer 

When Nicole met David; handsome, charming, affectionate, he was everything. It seemed perfect, but soon she sees that David has a darker side. And his adoration turns to obsession, their dream into a nightmare, and her love into fear.

THE FAN (1996)

Directed By: Tony Scott 
Written By: Pheoff Sutton 
Based On The Book By: Peter Abrahms 
Cinematography By: Dariusz Wolski 
Editor: Claire Simpson & Christian Wagner 

Cast: Robert DeNiro, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo, Benecio Del Toro, Ellen Barkin, Patti D’Arbanville-Quinn, Brandon Hammond, Chris Mulkey, Dan Butler, Kurt Fuller, Michael Jace, M.C. Gainey, Richard Riehle, John Carroll Lynch 

Three-times MVP baseball player Bobby Rayburn joins the San Francisco Giants, and obsessive fan, whose profession is selling hunting knives, Gil Renard is excited over that. But Rayburn plays the worst season of his career and Renard tries to do everything to help him, but goes too far.

TO GILLIAN ON HER 37TH BIRTHDAY (1996)

Directed By: Michael Pressman 
Written By: David E. Kelly 
Based On The Play By: Michael Brady 
Cinematography By: Tim Shurstedt 
Editor: William Scharf 


Cast: Peter Gallagher, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Baker, Bruce Altman, Wendy Crewson, Laurie Fortier, Freddie Prinze Jr., Seth Green 


David Lewis is affected by the death of his wife Gillian, who fell from the mast pole of their boat on a sailing trip two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with Gillian during walks with her ghost on the beach at night. While David lives in the past, other family problems crop up in the present in the real world. He neglects his teenage daughter Rachel and his in-laws come for a weekend visit to help her. Rachel has lost her mother and needs her father to snap back into the real world and help her.

PUSHER (1996)

Directed By: Nicolas Winding Refn 
Written by: Jens Dahl & Nicolas Winding Refn 
Cinematography By: Morten Soberg 
Editor: Anne Osterud 


Cast: Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbaek, Slavko Labovic, Mads Mikkelsen, Peter Andersson 


Frank is a drug pusher on the roll until he makes a huge deal with dope that he hasn't paid for and he gets busted by the police. He manages to dump the dope in a nearby lake but he owes his supplier a lot of money (not a nice guy to owe money to). Now we follow Frank in his quest to raise money in the underworld of Copenhagen.

BLOOD & WINE (1996)

Directed By: Bob Rafelson 
Written By: Nick Villiers & Alison Cross 
Story By: Bob Rafelson & Nick Villiers 
Cinematography By: Newton Thomas Sigel 
Editor: Steven Cohen 

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Jennifer Lopez, Stephen Dorff, Judy Davis, Harold Perrineau, Mike Starr

A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE & HATE (1996)

Story & Directed By: Martin Lawrence 
Written By: Martin Lawrence, Kim Bass, Kenny Buford & Bentley Kyle Evans 
Cinematography By: Francis Kenny 
Editor: John Carter 


Cast: Martin Lawrence, Regina King, Lynn Whitfield, Della Reese, Malinda Williams, Bobby Brown, Tracy Morgan, Daryl Mitchell, Roger E. Mosely, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Faizon Love, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Tony “Tiny” Lister

BIG BULLY (1996)

Directed By: Steve Miner 
Written By: Mark Steven Johnson 
Cinematography By: Daryn Okada 
Editor: Marshall Harvey 


Cast: Rick Moranis, Tom Arnold, Julianne Phillips, Faith Prince, Curtis Armstrong, Don Knotts, Jeffrey Tambor, Tony Pierce, Stuart Pankin, Blake Bashoff, Carol Kane, Cody McMains

THE CABLE GUY (1996)

Directed By: Ben Stiller 
Written By: Lou Holtz Jr. 
Uncredited Writer: Judd Apatow 
Cinematography By: Robert Brinkmann 
Editor: Steven Weisberg 


Cast: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black, Ben Stiller, George Segal, Owen Wilson, Annabelle Gurwitch, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, Janeane Garofolo, Andy Dick, Diane Baker, Eric Roberts, Kathy Griffin, Charles Napier, Kyle Gass, Amy Stiller, Joel Murray, Sulli McCullough

EDDIE (1996)

Directed By: Steve Rash
Written By: Jon Connolly, David Loucka, Keith Mitchell, Jeff Buhai, Steve Zacharias & Eric Champnella
Story By: Steve Zacharias, David Loucka, Jeff Buhai and Jon Connolly
Cinematography By: Victor J. Kemper
Editor: Richard Halsey

Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Jenkins, Frank Langella, John Salley, Rick Fox, Dennis Farina, Troy Beyer, Lisa Ann Walter,John Benjamin Hickey, Malik Sealey, Mark Jackson