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Secrets & Lies
Secrets & Lies (1996) on 24 may 1996
, 2h15
Directed by Mike Leigh
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families
Actors Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Claire Rushbrook, Liz Smith
Rating79% 3.9968553.9968553.9968553.9968553.996855
The film tells the story of Hortense Cumberbatch, a successful black middle class optometrist in London, who is adopted and has chosen to trace her family history after the death of her adoptive mother. After being warned by public officials about the troubles she could face by tracking her birth mother down, she continues her investigation and is baffled to learn that her birth mother is white but does not resent her and wants to know more about her past. Her birth mother, Cynthia Purley, is working class and downwardly mobile. Hortense meets her and later meets Cynthia's brother, Maurice Purley, a photographer, his wife Monica, and Cynthia's daughter Roxanne, a street cleaner.
Guimba the Tyrant
Guimba the Tyrant (1995) on 24 may 1996
, 1h33
Origin Mali
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Balla Moussa Keïta, Habib Dembélé, Falaba Issa Traoré
Rating64% 3.234243.234243.234243.234243.23424
The film opens with a village griot reciting the story of Guimba the tyrant, of the Dunbuya family. The setting moves to an old Malian village ruled by the evil and tyrannical leader Guimba and his dwarf son Janguine. Janguine has been betrothed from childhood to the village beauty Kani from the Diarra family - the other powerful family in the village. Janguine, however, has his eyes on Kani's well-endowed mother Meya, and hence Guimba offers to marry Kani, asking Kani's father for a divorce so that Janguine can marry Meya. When he refuses, he is banished from the village. Protests break out, leading to the killings, and subjugation.
Thrill
Thrill (1996) on 20 may 1996
, 1h35
Directed by Sam Pillsbury
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Stepfanie Kramer, Christine Harnos
Rating45% 2.294852.294852.294852.294852.29485
Après s'être livré à plusieurs sabotages dans un parc d'attractions, un inconnu s'attaque au plus impressionnant des manèges et sème une terrible panique.
Spy Hard
Spy Hard (1996) on 24 may 1996
, 1h21
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Andy Griffith, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden, Barry Bostwick
Rating53% 2.650932.650932.650932.650932.65093
Secret agent WD-40 Dick Steele (Leslie Nielsen) has his work cut out for him. Along with the mysterious and lovely Veronique Ukrinsky, Agent 3.14, he must rescue the kidnapped Barbara Dahl and stop the evil genius, a General named Rancor (Andy Griffith), from seizing control of the entire world.
Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus, 1h32
Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Actors Marc Singer, Tony Todd, Joey Zimmerman, Sandra Hess, Casper Van Dien, Patrick Kilpatrick
Rating39% 1.9643451.9643451.9643451.9643451.964345
In the third installment in the series, Dar, the Beastmaster (Marc Singer) teams up with Seth (Tony Todd) to rescue his brother King Tal (Casper Van Dien). They learn that the boy was captured by the evil Lord Agon (David Warner), who has been sacrificing young prisoners in order to magically retain his youth, and seeks to gain immortality by releasing the dark god Braxus from his prison (a magical, prison-like realm). Along the way, the heroes are assisted by a beautiful witch named Morgana (Lesley-Anne Down), her acrobatic sidekick Bey (Keith Coulouris), and a warrior woman named Shada (Sandra Hess).
Kidz in the Wood
Kidz in the Wood (1996) on 25 may 1996
, 1h35
Directed by Neal Israel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Dave Thomas, Julia Duffy, Tatyana Ali, Candace Cameron Bure, David Lascher, Darius McCrary
Rating59% 2.99762.99762.99762.99762.9976
The film is about a class field trip to the Oregon Trail that results in the class and teacher getting lost.
A Boy Called Hate
A Boy Called Hate (1996) on 22 may 1996
, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Scott Caan, Kevin Michael Richardson, James Caan, Elliott Gould, Duane Davis, Scott Patterson
Rating50% 2.521242.521242.521242.521242.52124
Steve (Scott Caan) is a maladjusted Los Angeles teenager who renames himself “Hate” following a run-in with the local police. He lives with his father (James Caan), who is bilking a former employer in a workers compensation fraud scheme. One evening while taking a motorcycle ride, Hate witnesses what appears to be an attempted rape. He shoots the would-be attacker and takes off with Cindy, the young girl being assaulted (Missy Crider). It turns out that the rapist is an assistant district attorney (Elliott Gould), who survives the shooting and falsely reports that he was the victim of a robbery. Hate and Cindy leave Los Angeles, but their situation deteriorates when Hate fatally shoots a motorcycle officer whom he mistakenly believes has come to arrest him.
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible (1996) on 22 may 1996
, 1h50
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames
Rating71% 3.597983.597983.597983.597983.59798
Several years after the events of the series, Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) and his team, the Impossible Mission Force, are assigned to retrieve the IMF non-official cover list from the American embassy in Prague. Their mission fails: Phelps is shot point blank, his wife Claire (Emmanuelle Beart) dies in a car bombing, and the rest of the team except agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) are eliminated by an unknown assassin. Meeting later with IMF director Eugene Kittridge (Henry Czerny), Hunt learns the job was a setup designed to lure out a mole within IMF, whom IMF believes to be in contact with an arms dealer known as "Max" as part of "Job 314." As Hunt is the only member left, Kittridge suspects him of being the mole, and Hunt flees.
Earth
Earth (1996) on 20 may 1996
, 2h5
Directed by Julio Medem
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Carmelo Gómez, Emma Suárez, Karra Elejalde, Nancho Novo, Silke, Pepe Viyuela
Rating72% 3.645483.645483.645483.645483.64548
Ángel Bengoelxeo souffre d'un trouble dissociatif de l'identité et sort de l'hôpital psychiatrique. Missionné pour désinfecter des vignes d'une épidémie de cochenilles, qui donnent au vin un goût de terre, il rencontre deux femmes : la timide Ángela et l'effrontée Mari.
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996) on 24 may 1996
, 1h28
Directed by Todd Solondz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about families
Actors Heather Matarazzo, Brendan Sexton III, Eric Mabius, Christina Vidal, Ken Leung, Matthew Faber
Rating73% 3.698033.698033.698033.698033.69803
Eleven-year-old Dawn Wiener is a shy, unattractive, unpopular seventh grader living in a middle-class suburban community in New Jersey. Her 17-year-old brother Mark is a nerdy, snooty high school student who plays clarinet in a garage band and shuns girls in order to prepare for college. Dawn's younger sister, 8-year-old Missy, is a spoiled, manipulative little girl who pesters Dawn and dances happily all around the house in a tutu. Their mother is a shrewish, overbearing woman who dotes on Missy and always sides with her in disputes with Dawn. Their father is a meek, immature, selfish man who always sides with Dawn's mother in her arguments with Dawn. Dawn's only friend is an effeminate fifth-grade boy named Ralphy, with whom she shares a dilapidated clubhouse in her backyard.