Subgenre Sampler
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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…
Players Club, The (1998)
- Dir. Ice Cube
Feat. Monica Calhoun, Lisa Raye, Jamie Foxx…
- Proving a talent on his first directorial outing, actor–rapper Ice Cube enlists a no–name cast in this seriocomic glimpse into a tawdry…
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…
Polish Wedding (1998)
- Dir. Theresa Connelly
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Lena Olin, Rade Serbedzija…
- Laid on incredibly thick, Polish accents and all, this is 'ethnic shtick' writ large with Gabriel Byrne, Lena Olin and Rade Serbedzija heading a…
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…
Price Above Rubies, A (1998)
- Dir. Boaz Yakin
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Julianne Margulies…
- Sincere though meddlesome attempt to depict life in the closed society of Hasidic Judaism, finds it hard to measure up to dir. Boaz Yakin's…
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…