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Kazaam
Kazaam (1996) on 17 july 1996
, 1h33
Directed by Paul Michael Glaser
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Shaquille O'Neal, Francis Capra, Ally Walker, John Costelloe, Marshall Manesh, Efren Ramirez
Rating31% 1.5563851.5563851.5563851.5563851.556385
The film begins with a very big wrecking ball destroying an abandoned building. The impact knocks over a magic lamp inside of the building, causing it to land on a boombox. The genie inside decides to make residence inside the boombox from there on in.
Walking and Talking
Walking and Talking (1996) on 17 july 1996
, 1h26
Directed by Nicole Holofcener
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Todd Field, Liev Schreiber, Kevin Corrigan, Vincent Pastore
Rating66% 3.346063.346063.346063.346063.34606
Amelia (Keener) and Laura (Heche) are childhood best friends. Amelia is left feeling vulnerable when Laura and her boyfriend Frank get engaged. She begins to date Bill (Kevin Corrigan), the local clerk at the video rental store she frequents. Though she initially is off put by his looks and his obsession with scifi and horror films she begins to grow attracted to him when she learns he is working on a screenplay about the life of Colette. The two have sex, however while Amelia is in the bathroom she receives a call from Laura asking how her date was with "the ugly guy". Hurt after hearing this Bill abruptly leaves.
Multiplicity
Multiplicity (1996) on 19 july 1996
, 1h57
Directed by Harold Ramis
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Clonage, Comedy science fiction films
Actors Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Eugene Levy, Harris Yulin, Richard Masur, John de Lancie
Rating60% 3.0475553.0475553.0475553.0475553.047555
Doug Kinney (Michael Keaton) is a Los Angeles construction worker whose job is constantly getting in the way of his family. On one job to build a new wing of a scientific facility, Doug meets up with Dr. Leeds (Harris Yulin), a friendly scientist who has developed a successful method for cloning humans, and is introduced to Dr. Leeds' clone as proof. The scientist, who is sympathetic to Doug's troubles, allows Doug to make a clone of himself that can take over for him at work, while he tries to spend some quality time with his family. The clone, called "Two" (who calls himself Lance), has all of Doug's memories and knowledge, but is overly macho. Although the clone seems to be a dream come true, while taking his wife, Laura (Andie MacDowell), out to a restaurant for dinner, he finds that Two is on his own date. Doug realizes clones are not as great as they seem, and Doug begins to worry about his clone being revealed.
Fled
Fled (1996) on 19 july 1996
, 1h38
Directed by Kevin Hooks
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Buddy films, Chase films
Actors Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton, Robert John Burke, Salma Hayek, Robert Hooks
Rating54% 2.702632.702632.702632.702632.70263
Charles Piper (Laurence Fishburne) and Luke Dodge (Stephen Baldwin) are two convicts who end up shackled together due to fighting while on work detail. Another prisoner, Mill, who incited the fight, steals a gun from an officer and wipes out half of the officers. Piper and Dodge take off and soon the Attorney General's office has U.S. Marshal Pat Schiller (Robert John Burke) on the case.
Raven Hawk
Raven Hawk (1996) on 20 july 1996
, 1h28
Directed by Albert Pyun
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors John Enos III, Nicholas Guest, Vincent Klyn, Ed Lauter, Thom Mathews, Matt Clark
Rating51% 2.555562.555562.555562.555562.55556
A Native American woman (Rachel McLish) is framed for the murder of her parents and forced to flee her reservation. Years later, she returns to exact revenge on the real killers.
The Frighteners
The Frighteners (1996) on 18 july 1996
, 1h50
Directed by Peter Jackson
Origin Nouvelle zelande
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace, Jeffrey Combs
Rating70% 3.548293.548293.548293.548293.54829
In 1990, architect Frank Bannister loses his wife Debra in a car accident. He gives up his profession, letting his unfinished "dream house" sit incomplete for years. Following the accident, Frank gains the power to see ghosts and befriends three: 1970s gangster Cyrus, 1950s nerd Stuart, and the Judge, a gunslinger from the Old West. The ghosts haunt houses in the area to generate work for Frank's ghostbusting business; Frank then "exorcises" the houses for a fee. Most locals see him as a con man.