1995: Movies Seen
Submitted by Imposter on Wed, 07/21/2004 - 04:09
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- Before Sunrise - dir: Richard Linklater; st: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
****½
- Babe - dir: Chris Noonan; st: Christine Cavanaugh, James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Miriam Margolyes
- Clueless - dir: Amy Heckerling; st: Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy, Stacey Dash
- Dead Man Walking - dir: Tim Robbins; st: Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, Robert Prosky, R. Lee Ermey
- Fallen Angels - dir: Wong Kar Wai; st: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Karen Mok, Charlie Yeung
- Maborosi - dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda; st: Makiko Esumi, Takashi Naito, Tadanobu Asano, Gohki Kashiyama, Naomi Watanabe
- Shanghai Triad - dir: Zhang Yimou; st: Gong Li, Li Boatian, Xiaoxiao Wang, Li Xuejian, Sun Chun, Fu Biao
- Toy Story - dir: John Lasseter; st: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn
- Welcome To The Dollhouse- dir: Todd Solondz; st: Heather Matarazzo, Brendon Sexton Jr., Eric Mabius, Matthew Faber
****
- 12 Monkeys - dir: Terry Gilliam; st: Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe, Christopher Plummer
- Antonia's Line - dir: Marleen Gorris; st: Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans, Mil Seghers, Wimie Wilhelm, Veerle van Overloop
- Apollo 13 - dir: Ron Howard; st: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris
- Casino - dir: Martin Scorsese; st: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles
- Dead Man - dir: Jim Jarmusch; st: Johnny Depp, Crispin Glover, Gibby Haynes, John Hurt
- Heavy - dir: James Mangold; st: Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shelley Winters, Liv Tyler, Deborah Harry
- Living In Oblivion - dir: Tom DiCillo; st: Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney, Danielle von Zerneck
- Rumble In The Bronx - dir: Stanley Tong; st: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Françoise Yip, Bill Tung
- Stuart Saves His Family - dir: Harold Ramis; st: Al Franken, Laura San Giacomo, Vincent D'Onofrio, Shirley Knight, Lesley Boone
- The Usual Suspects - dir: Bryan Singer; st: Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro
***½
- Crimson Tide - dir: Tony Scott; st: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, Matt Craven, George Dzundza, Viggo Mortensen
- Desperado - dir: Robert Rodriguez; st: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Cheech Marin
- Getting Any? - dir: Takeshi Kitano; st: Dankan, Takeshi Kitano, Moeko Ezawa, Ren Osugi, Gadakanaru Taka
- Leaving Las Vegas - dir: Mike Figgis; st: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis
- Mighty Aphrodite - dir: Woody Allen; st: Woody Allen, Helena Bonham Carter, Mira Sorvino, David Ogden Stiers
- Outbreak - dir: Wolfgang Petersen; st: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland
- Rob Roy - dir: Michael Caton-Jones; st: Liam Neeson, Tim Roth, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Eric Stolz
***
- Braveheart - dir: Mel Gibson; st: Mel Gibson, James Robinson, Sean Lawlor, Sandy Nelson
- Empire Records - dir: Allan Moyle; st: Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Debi Mazar, Liv Tyler, Renée Zellweger
- Goldeneye - dir: Martin Campbell; st: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Judi Dench
- Grumpier Old Men - dir: Howard Deutch; st: Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret, Sophia Loren, Burgess Meredith
- Heat - dir: Michael Mann; st: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore
- Se7en - dir: David Fincher; st: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow, R. Lee Ermey
**½
- The Brady Bunch Movie - dir: Betty Thomas; st: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Christine Taylor, Christopher Daniel Barnes
- Canadian Bacon - dir: Michael Moore; st: John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, Kevin Pollack, Rip Torn
- Die Hard: With A Vengeance - dir: John McTiernan; st: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene
- Four Rooms - dir: Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriquez, Quentin Tarantino; st: Tim Roth
- Mallrats - dir: Kevin Smith; st: Jason Lee, Jeremy London, Shannon Doherty, Claire Forlani, Ben Affleck
- To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar - dir: Beeban Kidron; st: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo
**
- Batman Forever - dir: Joel Schumacher; st: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnel
- Waterworld - dir: Kevin Reynolds; st: Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Hopper
*½
- Judge Dredd - dir: Danny Cannon; st: Sylvester Stallone, Diane Lane, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider
You've been on quite the Zhang Yimou kick, which of course makes me a happy boy. You don't really have that many left to watch at this point, do you?
I really need to rewatch Shanghai Triad. I only saw it once when it first came out, and remember thinking it was a lesser (but still very good) work from Zhang. Many other respected viewers (including you) seem to think better of it.
It looks like I've knocked down about half of Yimou's films so far, and of the ones which aren't terribly difficult to find, I think I've got just Qui Ju and Not One Less to go through. I managed to acquire a copy of House Of Flying Daggers recently which I hope to check out this week.
You know, this Zhang Yimou guy, it turns out he's pretty good!
I seriously considered giving Shanghai Triad the full five star rating, being so knocked out by the idea 1930s Chinese gangster story (and because Ebert didn't seem to like it). The cinematography was fantastic, and Gong Li isn't so bad to look at, either. I think I may have to revise my ratings soon, since I have Hero as the only Yimou w/ five stars (it totally rocks, but I'd have to say that Red Lantern is my favorite thus far).
And of course, the Yimou kick is due to your praises, so thanks!
:-) You're welcome! And I owe you for some of the Kurosawa I've been taking in lately, so thanks to you as well!
I'll be curious to see where you rank HofD. The action is getting universal praise, but everything else is getting mixed reviews. I've resisted the region-free DVD temptation, as I'd really like to see that one on the big screen, especially having only seen Hero on my pathetic little television.