THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK (1998)

 

Written & Directed by: Randall Wallace  Based On The Novels “Vingt Ans Apres” & “La Victome De Bragalonne” By: Alexander Dumas  Cinematography: Peter Suschitzky Editor: William Hoy

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Gabriel Byrne, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gerard Depardieu, Judith Godreche, Anne Parillaud, Peter Sarsgaard, Edward Atterton, Hugh Laurie, Laura Fraser, Leonor Varela 

Paris is starving, but the King of France is more interested in money and bedding women. When a young soldier dies for the sake of a shag, Aramis, Athos, and Porthos band together with a plan to replace the king. Unknown to many, there is a 2nd king, a twin, hidden at birth, then imprisoned for 6 years behind an iron mask. All that remains now is D'Artagnan, will he stand against his long-time friends, or do what is best for his country?

THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (1998)

 

Directed By: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner & Simon Wells Written By: Philip LaZebnik 

Cast: (Voices) Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Helen Mirren, James Avery, Eden Reigel 

Egyptian Prince Moses learns of his identity as a Hebrew and his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people.

ANTZ (1998)

 

Directed By: Eric Darnell & Tim Johnson  Written By: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz & Todd Alcott  Editor: Stan Webb

Cast: (voices) Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Lopez, Christopher Walken, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtain, Anne Bancroft, Danny Glover, John Mahoney, Paul Mazursky, Grant Shaud, Jim Cummings 

Z, the worker-ant strives to reconcile his own individuality with the communal work ethic of the ant colony. Falling in love with the ant-Princess Bala, Z strives to make social inroads, and then ultimately must save the ant colony from the treacherous schemings of the evil General Mandible that threaten to wipe out the entire worker population. Themes of individuality run rampant.

BABYMOTHER (1998)

 

Directed By: Julian Henriques  Written By: Julian Henriques & Vivienne Howard  Cinematography: Peter Middleton  Editor: Jason Canovas 

Cast: Anjela Lauren Smith, Wil Johnson, Caroline Chickezie, Jocelyn Jee Eisen, Don Warrington, Tameka Empson, Diane Bailey, Vas Blackwood 

A single mother determined to make it as a singer puts together an all-girl reggae group named Neeta, Sweeta, & Nastie with her friends. Living in a housing project with little support, the odds are obviously against her. Emotionally she struggles too as she learns at her mother's death that her actual mother is the woman she had thought was her older sister. With the help of a female agent, the group starts to get some exposure and rises above their setting.

EDGE OF SEVENTEEN (1998)

 

Directed By: David Moreton Written By: Todd Stephens  Cinematography: Gina Degirolamo Editor: Tal Bel-David 

Cast: Chris Stafford, Tina Holmes, Lea DeLaria, Andersen Gabrych, Stephenie McVay

A gay teen finds out who he is and what he wants, who his friends are, and who loves him, in this autobiographical tale set in middle America in the 1980s. Growing up, learning about life, love, sex, friends, and lovers.

HE GOT GAME (1998)

 

Written & Directed By: Spike Lee Cinematography: Ellen Kuras & Malik Hassan Sayeed  Editor: Barry Alexander Brown 

Cast: Ray Allen, Denzel Washington, Milla Jovovich, Bill Nunn, Rosario Dawson, Ned Beatty, Hill Harper, Rick Fox, John Turturro, Zelda Harris, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Roger Guenveir Smith, Lonette McKee, Arthur J. Nescarella, Jim Brown, Jennifer Esposito, Saul Stein, Ron Cephas Jones, Jamie Hector, Kim Director, Heather Hunter, Jill Kelly 

Jake Shuttlesworth is in prison serving time for killing his wife in a violent family feud. He is released on parole, but with one condition - he must persuade his son, genius basketball player Jesus to sign with the governor's alma mater university, Big State. And Jake only has a week to do it.

CELEBRITY (1998)

 

Written & Directed by: Woody Allen  Cinematography: Sven Nykvist Editor: Susan E. Morse 

Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Winona Ryder, Famke Janssen, Leonardo DiCaprio, Gretchen Mol, Greg Mottola, Charlize Theron, Judy Davis, Douglas McGrath, Joe Mantegna, Andre Gregory, Sam Rockwell, Adrian Grenier, Michael Lerner, Melanie Griffith, J.K. Simmons, Famke Janssen, Becky Ann Baker, Issac Mizrahi, Anthony Mason, Kate Burton, Debra Messing, David Marguiles, Tony Sirico, Bebe Neuwirth, Patti D’Arbanville, Ingrid Rogers, Jeffrey Wright, Hank Azaria, Karen Duffy, Aida Turturro, Allison Janney, Donna Hanover, Celia Weston, Wood Harris, Donald Trump 

Lee Simon, unsuccessful journalist and wanna-be novelist, tries to get his foot in the door with celebrities. After divorcing his wife Robin, Lee gets to meet a lot folks of the rich and/or beautiful, partly through journalism, and partly because he has a script to offer. But life amongst those from out-of-this-world is hard, and his putative success always results in defeat. Meanwhile, Robin meets a very desirable television producer and takes the first steps in the world of celebrities.

LETHAL WEAPON 4 (1998)

Directed By: Richard Donner 
Written By: Channing Gibson 
 Story By: Jonathan Lemkin, Alfred Gough & Miles Millar 
Based On Characters Created By: Shane Black 
Cinematography: Andrzej Bartkowiak 
Editor: Dallas Puett, Kevin Stitt, Eric Strand & Frank J. Urioste 


Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Jet Li, Joe Pesci, Chris Rock, Rene Russo, Kim Chan, Steve Kahan, Darlene Love, Richard Riehle, Mary Ellen Trainor, Ebonie Smith 


With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chinese triads that are trying to free their former leaders out of prison and onto American soil.

URBAN LEGEND (1998)

Directed By: Jamie Blanks 
Written By: Silvio Horta 
Cinematography: James Chressanthis 
Editor: Jay Cassidy 


Cast: Alicia Witt, Tara Reid, Rebecca Gayheart, Jared Leto, Joshua Jackson, Michael Rosenbaum, Loretta Devine, John Neville, Robert Englund, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Danny Comden 

 A college student suspects a series of bizarre deaths are connected to certain urban legends.

VELVET GOLDMINE (1998)

Written &  Directed By: Todd Haynes 
Story By: Todd Haynes & James Lyons 
Cinematography: Maryse Alberti 
Editor:James Lyons 

Cast: Christian Bale, Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Toni Collette, Eddie Izzard, Emily Woof, Michael Feast 

1971: Glamrock explodes all over the world and challenges the seriousness within the flower power generation by means of glitter and brutal music. Brian Slade, a young rock star, inspires numerous teenage boys and girls to paint their nails and explore their own sexuality. In the end Slade destroys himself. Unable to escape the character role of "Maxwell Demon" that he created, he plots his own murder. When fans discover the murder is not real, his star falls abruptly and he is quickly forgotten about. 1984: Arthur, a journalist working for a New York newspaper, gets assigned the tenth anniversary story about the fake murder of Brian Slade. When Arthur was young and growing up in Manchester, he was more than a fan of Slade. Reluctantly he accepts the assignment and starts to investigate what happened to his old glamrock hero.

RETURN TO PARADISE (1998)

Directed By: Joseph Rueben 
Written By: Wesley Strick & Bruce Robinson 
Based on the original Screenplay FORCE MAJEURE by: Pierre Jolivet & O. Schatzky Cinematography By: Reynaldo Villalobos 
Editor: Craig McKay & Andrew Mondshein 


Cast: Vince Vaughn, Jada Pinkett Smith, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix, David Conrad, Vera Farminga, Nick Sandow, David Zayas, Richard Yang, Elizabeth Rodriguez 


Three friends share an exciting vacation in Malaysia, full of fun, drinks, women and hash. When the vacation is over, each have dreams of continuing their lives, and they all go their separate ways. One of them remains on the tropical paradise to fulfill a dream of working with apes for research. Two years later, a lawyer comes to New York and hunts down the other two friends to give some sad news. A few days after they left the island, police raided their camp and found amazingly large quantities of hash left about. Phoenix was still residing there, so he had to take the blame. He is set to be put to death in 8 days, and the only way the charges can be decreased is if the two friends come back to paradise and take their share of the responsibilty. If they do, they both will spend three years in prison. If only one does, he will spend six years behind bars.

HOME FRIES (1998)

Directed By: Dean Pariscot 
Written By: Vince Gilligan 
Cinematography By: Jerry Zielinski 
Editor: Nicholas C. Smith 


Cast: Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson, Daryl Mitchell, Catherine O’Hara, Jake Busey, Shelley Duvall, Jill Parker-Jones, John Hawkes

RINGMASTER (1998)

Directed By: Neil Abramson 
Written By: Jon Bernstein 
Cinematogrphy By: Russell Lyster 
Editor: Suzanne Hines 

Cast: Jerry Springer, Jaime Pressley, Michael Jai White, Michael Dudikoff, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Molly Hagan, William McNamara, Nicki Michaeux, John Capodice, Thea Vidale, M.C. Gainey

OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (1998)

Directed By: Jason Bloom 
Written By: Steve Bloom & Marc Sedaka 
Cinematography By: Edward J. Pei 
Editor: Luis Colina 

Cast: Paul Rudd, Reese Witherspoon, Christine Taylor, Larry Drake, Tamara Mello, Sarah Silverman, Gary Wolf, Carl Anthony Payne II, Tobin Bell

54 (1998)

Written & Directed By: Mark Christoper 
Cinematography By: Alexander Gruszynski 
Editor: Lee Percy 

Cast: Ryan Philippe, Breckin Meyer, Mike Myers, Neve Campbell, Salma Hayek, Sherry Stringfield, Sela Ward, Lauren Hutton, Heather Matarazzo, Cameron Mathison, Skip Sudduth, Erika Alexander, Mark Ruffalo, Domenick Lombardozzi

HALLOWEEN: H20 - 20 YEARS LATER (1998)

Directed By: Steve Miner 
Written By: Robert Zappia & Matt Greenburg 
Story By: Robert Zappia, Kevin Williamson (Uncredited) 
Based on Characters Created By: Debra Hill & John Carpenter 
 Cinematography By: Daryn Okada 
Editor: Patrick Lussier 

Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Josh Hartnett, Michelle Williams, Adam Hann-Byrd, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Janet Leigh, Adam Arkin, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Branden Williams, LL Cool J

ROUNDERS (1998)

Directed By: John Dahl 
Written By: Brian Koppelman & David Levien 
Cinematography By: Jean-Yves Escoffier 
Editor: Scott Chesnut 

Cast: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Martin Landau, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich, John Turturro, Michael Rispoli, Famke Janssen, Josh Mostel, Melina Kanakaredes, Lenny Clarke

A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks

The Film takes you into the backroom parlors and other places around the city where gambling and illegal gaming is going on.

LETHAL WEAPON 4 (1998)

Directed By: Richard Donner
Written By: Channing Gibson
Story By: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar & Jonathan Lemkin
Based on characters Created By: Shane Black
Cinematography By: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Editor: Dallas Puett, Kevin Stitt, Eric Strand & Frank J. Urioste

CAST: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Chris Rock, Jet Li, Rene Russo, Richard Riehle, Kim Chan, Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe, Ebonie Smith, Damon Hines

SPECIES 2 (1998)

Directed By: Peter Medak
Written By: Chris Brancato
Based on Character By: Dennis Feldman
Cinematography By: Matthew F. Leonetti
Editor: Richard Nord

CAST: Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger, Natasha Henstridge, Mykelti Williamson, Justin Lazard, George Dzundra, James Cromwell, Sarah Wynter

HARD RAIN (1998)

Directed By: Mikael Soloman Written By: Graham Yost Cinematography By: Peter Menzies Jr. Editor: Amnon David, Paul Hirsch & Gillian L. Hutshing CAST: Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Minnie Driver, Randy Quaid, Edward Asner, Ricky Harris, Michael A. Goorjian, Betty White, Richard Dysart.