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Two Days in the ValleyTwo Days in the Valley (2 Days in the Valley) (1996) Aro Favourite
Dir. John Herzfeld
Feat. James Spader, Danny Aiello, Teri Hatcher…
Devilishly hip comedy fires off rounds of tension and big laughs with oozy confidence. A ruddy collection of LA stereotypes – hitmen, hustlers…
Ultraman - Zearth 1Ultraman - Zearth 1 (1996)
Dir. Shinya Nakajima
A mockingly ludicrous homage to the long–running Japanese TV serial, in which the heroic MYDO (Mysterious Yonder Defence Organisation) must…
Van, TheVan, The (1996)
Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Ger Ryan…
Conclusive chapter of writer Roddy Doyle's informal trilogy started by THE COMMITMENTS and THE SNAPPER. Colm Meaney returns as the cheery Irish…
Vanity Fair (TV Mini-series)Vanity Fair (TV Mini-series) (1996)
Dir. Marc Munden
Feat. Natasha Little, Nathaniel Parker, Frances Grey
BBC adaptation of William Thackery's 19th century satire of class snobberies in which social–climbing Natasha Little socially negotiates the…
Walking and TalkingWalking and Talking (1996) Recommended
Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Liev Schreiber
A sort of femme flipside to 'Swingers', two women – one single, one about to be married – work out their romantic hangups in original and…
Water Rats (TV Series)Water Rats (TV Series) (1996)
Feat. Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Steve Bisley…
Classic Aussie sea–going crime–fighting police action show from the 90s, somewhat like an antipodean version of Baywatch. Ran for six…
Weatherwoman ReturnsWeatherwoman Returns (1996)
Dir. Tomoaki Hosoyama
Feat. Misa Aika, Kiyomi Ito, Ayako Kato
Sequel to WEATHERWOMAN, is equally unsettling in the way its nasty thrills are clad in cheap satire. As in the first, the rivalry between various TV…
Welcome to the DollhouseWelcome to the Dollhouse (1996) Recommended
Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. Heather Matarazzo, Victoria Davis
Winner of the grand prize at Sundance '96, this is a blackly comic portrait of a dreaded kind of coming–of–age. Teenage persecution and…
West, The (TV Series)West, The (TV Series) (1996) Recommended
Dir. Stephen Ives
Steered by a protégé of documentary–guru Ken Burns (JAZZ), this epic TV–study of the conquest and reshaping of the American West shares…
When We Were KingsWhen We Were Kings (1996) Recommended
Dir. Leon Gast
Dateline: Zaire, 1974, the 'Rumble in the Jungle'. The hype and drama of the Muhammad Ali/George Foreman boxing match is brilliantly caught in this…

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