Subgenre Sampler
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Arrival, The (1996)
- Dir. David Twohy
Feat. Charlie Sheen
- Radio astronomer Charlie Sheen detects signs of intelligent life in outer space, and soon discovers hostile ET's, already intent on…
Autumn Sun (Sol de otoño) (1996)
- Dir. Eduardo Mignogna
Feat. Frederico Luppi, Norma Aleandro
- Argentine drama following a Jewish woman who pretends to be in a relationship with a Jewish man from Uruguay (Frederico Luppi, CRONOS) to appease her…
Ballykissangel (TV Series) (1996-2001)
- Feat. Stephen Tompkinson, Dervla Kirwan, Niall Toibin
- Quirky smalltown Irish drama takes a warmly comedic approach to the travails of the 'new priest in town'. It doesn't help that he's English and…
Barb Wire (1996)
- Dir. David Hogan
Feat. Pamela Anderson, Temuera Morrison
- Pam Anderson bounces though an enjoyably trashy catalogue of apocalyptic–future cliches. Aside from the obvious attractions, it's worth seeing…
Basquiat (1996)
- Dir. Julian Schnabel
Feat. Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Gary Oldman…
- The director sends a post–mortem loveletter to his friend and contemporary, Jean–Michel Basquiat, a celebrated but fragile New York black…
BBC Children's Favourites (1996-2002)
- A smorgasbord of television episodes encompassing the best of the BBC's pre–school stable of delights including The Fimbles, The Tweenies, Bill…
Beast Wars (TV Series) (1996)
- CGI–animated TV–series set in a semi–futuristic world where various ‘beasts’ battle it out.
Although the imagery is often…
Beaumarchais (1996)
- Dir. Edouard Molinaro
Feat. Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain
- Wigs and quippery at the ready, this is 18th century French history conceived in vivacious strokes of social satire and perfumed with a savoury wit,…
Beautiful Girls (1996)
- Dir. Ted Demme
Feat. Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Uma Thurman…
- Not about beautiful girls but in fact about almost–thirtysomething blokes who think from between their legs. Lots of beautiful movie stars seem…
Beautiful Thing (1996)
- Dir. Hettie MacDonald
Feat. Linda Henry, Meera Syal, Glen Berry
- An effervescent take on first love between two teenage boys living in the un–secluded environ of a London council tenement block. Their…