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Planet Ustinov - Following the Equator with Peter Ustinov (1998)
- Mark Twain's 1898 account of his epic journey around the globe is traced by Peter Ustinov in this part travelogue, part history lesson, which takes…
Pleasantville (1998)
- Dir. Gary Ross
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy…
- A pair of nineties teenagers are beamed into a starched black and white 50s TV show, where their modern 'freedoms' gradually liberate/corrupt the…
Postman, The (1998)
- Dir. Kevin Costner
Feat. Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate…
- The postie, Kevin Costner, delivers another clutch of post–apocalyptic improbabilities a la WATERWORLD. Again playing Man From Nowhere, here he…
Practical Magic (1998)
- Dir. Griffen Dunne
Feat. Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman
- Modern–day witchy women Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman contend with the family curse, whereby their husbands always seem to die (shortly…
Primary Colors (1998)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton…
- In charting the rise of a controversial Southern Governor through the US Democratic primary campaign, John Travolta rises admirably to his most…
Prince of Egypt, The (1998)
- Dir. Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells
- Inspired translation of biblical grandeur by Disney rival, Dreamworks, telling the story of Moses with a handful of hummable, Oscar–winning…
Proposition, The (1998)
- Dir. Lesli Linka Glatter
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, John Hurt, Madeleine Stowe
- A less than saintly love–tryst involves man of the cloth, Kenneth Branagh, with rich, love–starved couple William Hurt and Madeleine…
Psycho (1998)
- Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore
- Colour remake of Hitchcock's most famous film closely follows the original but never comes close to being anything other than a cheap gimmick.
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Quiet Family, The (Choyonghan kajok) (1998)
- Dir. Ji-woon Kim
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Min-sik Choi
- A deliciously deadpan black comedy in which a respectable family decide to leave the rat race behind, buy a hotel in remote mountains and lead more…
Radiohead - Meeting People Is Easy (1998)
- Dir. Grant Gee
- The album OK COMPUTER took the Oxford quintet into the rock stratosphere, a place where, on this evidence, they'd often rather not be.…