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Cleopatra (miniseries)
Cleopatra (miniseries) (1998) on 23 may 1999
, 2h57
Directed by Franc Roddam
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Leonor Varela, Timothy Dalton, Billy Zane, Rupert Graves, Sean Pertwee, John Bowe
Rating68% 3.445373.445373.445373.445373.44537
The film begins in Alexandria with Cleopatra VII, Egypt's rightful Queen, in exile, while her sister Arsinoe and brother, Ptolemy have stolen the throne. Roman general Julius Caesar comes to collect Egypt's tax debt. After conversing with a courtesan, Cleopatra smuggles herself into the palace wrapped in a carpet; a gift from her to Caesar. He accepts the gift and the young queen is revealed to Caesar. The two spend the night together, and the next morning, Cleopatra and Ptolemy are betrothed to marry by Caesar. Shortly after the siblings are wed, Cleopatra is proclaimed Queen of Egypt, forcing Ptolemy to join forces with Arsinoe and drive their sister out of Alexandria.
Alien Arsenal
Alien Arsenal (1999) on 17 may 1999
, 1h30
Directed by David DeCoteau
Genres Science fiction, Action
Actors Josh Hammond, Danielle Hoover, Michele Nordin, Riley Smith, Chris Olivero, Jessica "Sugar" Kiper
Rating35% 1.7582951.7582951.7582951.7582951.758295
When two high school nerds find a secret hoard of hi-tech weapons and armor, their superhero dreams become reality. But the alien owners are alerted to the discovery, and return to claim their property in a bid to use it to wipe out humanity. Can the geeks stop them?
Besieged
Besieged (1998) on 21 may 1999
, 1h33
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Thandie Newton, David Thewlis, Claudio Santamaria, Veronica Lazăr, Cyril Nri
Rating67% 3.3982053.3982053.3982053.3982053.398205
David Thewlis plays eccentric English pianist and composer Mr. Kinsky, who lives in a very old, but charming villa in Rome. Thandie Newton plays his housemaid Shandurai, an African refugee whose husband is a political prisoner on “the Black continent”. Kinsky falls in love with Shandurai, sends her gifts regularly, for which she is often mad. Once, having presented her ring, he dares to express the love he feels for her, but she refuses him angrily. When he asks her what he should do to make her love him, she shouts, “Get my husband out of jail!” Then Kinsky for the first time realizes that Shandurai is married.
The Love Letter
The Love Letter (1999) on 21 may 1999
, 1h28
Directed by Peter Ho-sun Chan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Kate Capshaw, Blythe Danner, Ellen DeGeneres, Tom Selleck, Tom Everett Scott, Gloria Stuart
Rating54% 2.748932.748932.748932.748932.74893
Helen MacFarquhar (Kate Capshaw), a middle-aged bookseller, having recently divorced and after sending her daughter off to summer camp, and her nagging ex-husband trying to convince her to pay for some of their daughter's activities is ready to move on to the next stage in her life. One morning, as she is going through the mail, she discovers an anonymous blue love letter, without an envelope and a name. Having discovered this letter in her mail, in her bookstore, she naturally thinks it is for her. But the only question is, who is it from? At first, she thinks it is from George Matthias, the local fireman, but decides it couldn't be him, after trying to give him subtle hints ("have you ever been 'on fire?'") Not having any idea who may be the writer of the love letter, she just puts it away in her purse and tries to forget about it.
The Bird People in China
The Bird People in China (1998) on 20 may 1999
, 1h58
Directed by Takashi Miike
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Renji Ishibashi, Masahiro Motoki, Mako Iwamatsu
Rating73% 3.696263.696263.696263.696263.69626
Obligé de remplacer son collègue malade au pied levé, un jeune Japonais est envoyé par son entreprise en Chine, afin de mettre au jour un filon de pierres précieuses. Le voyage ne s'annonçait pas des plus agréables et la réalité va, de loin, dépasser tout ce que Wada avait pu imaginer. En effet, dès son arrivée en Chine, il va réaliser qu'on ne lui a pas tout dit : sa société doit de l'argent à des yakuzas... et ceux-ci ont entendu parler des pierres. Ils ont donc envoyé un des leurs, Ujiie, afin d'épurer définitivement la dette : colérique, imbu de sa personne, ce dernier ne manquera jamais une occasion pour rendre le périple du jeune salary-man encore plus désagréable qu'il ne l'était à la base. Guidés par un vieil homme qui parle aussi mal japonais qu'il le comprend, les deux hommes vont aller de surprises en surprises, passant de forêts sauvages à des montagnes millénaires, au gré de tempêtes et de crues dévastatrices.
Life in a Day
Life in a Day (1999) on 20 may 1999
, 1h29
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Actors Michael A. Goorjian, Chandra West, Linda Kash, Zachary Bennett, Timothy Webber, Roberta Maxwell
Rating58% 2.907812.907812.907812.907812.90781
Dr. Peter Hamilton works for Concord University under Dr. Leo Sardis and Dr. Carla Jennings, and has developed a serum called AccelRate.
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue, 1h15
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Timothy Stack, Thurl Ravenscroft, Roger Kabler, Eric Lloyd, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chris Young
Rating63% 3.187323.187323.187323.187323.18732
Rob McGoarthy, the owner of the appliances and whom they refer to as "the master", is working in a veterinary clinic where he tends to injured animals. One night, while working on a thesis, his computer accidentally crashes caused by a terrible computer virus from an old TLW-728 supercomputer named Wittgenstein. The appliances, along with the rat Ratso who found Wittgenstein, then seek to help Rob by finding Wittgenstein to reverse the effects of his computer virus, hence recovering the master's thesis. Meanwhile, in a dual plot of the film, Mack, Rob's lab assistant, plots to sell the injured animals Rob had been tending, to a place called "Tartaras Laboratories", the same place that Sebastian, an old monkey Rob is tending to, was sent to when he was just a baby. When the appliances find Wittgenstein, they discover him abandoned, all alone and run-down and broken in the basement due to be infected by a computer virus. The miserable supercomputer reveals that he is living on one rare tube, named the "WFC 11-12-55". The appliances learn that unless they find a replacement quickly, Wittgenstein's tube will blow and lead to his apparent death.
Memorial Day
Memorial Day (1999) on 18 may 1999
, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action
Actors Frederick Coffin, Jeff Speakman, Rob LaBelle, Paul Mantee, Stephanie Niznik, Bart McCarthy
Rating33% 1.6753651.6753651.6753651.6753651.675365
Un expert américain en satellites rendu amer par sa carrière peu satisfaisante aide des terroristes à menacer son pays... un homme seul va sauver la nation.
A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying (1999) on 22 may 1999
, 1h45
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer, Irma P. Hall, Brent Jennings, Dana Ivey
Rating66% 3.341163.341163.341163.341163.34116
Dans le Sud américain des années 40, un afro-américain est accusé, à tort, du meurtre d'un gérant de magasin. Au cours de sa défense, son avocat Blanc le compare à un cochon, pour expliquer qu'il n'était pas en pleine possession de ses moyens. Condamné à mort malgré tout, sa mère et sa tante demandent au professeur de l'école locale (joué par Don Cheadle) de rendre visite quotidiennement à leur protégé afin de lui rappeler qu'il n'est pas qu'un animal dénué de raison, mais qu'il est avant tout un humain digne.
Teenage Space Vampires
Teenage Space Vampires (1999) on 18 may 1999
, 1h30
Directed by Martin Wood
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Vampires in film, Teen movie
Actors Robin Dunne, Lindy Booth
Rating27% 1.3973251.3973251.3973251.3973251.397325
Un jeune étudiant, fanatique des films d'horreur, est réveillé par l’éclat du réverbère dans son quartier et, approchant de la fenêtre, semble assisté à un objet volant non identifié au-dessus de la ville de Knollwood. Sans le savoir, l’atterrissage d’un vaisseau a discretement lieu le lendemain. Le jeune homme rencontre une équipe de recherche d’une intelligence extraterrestre, avec qui il convaincra que ces extraterrestres sont des vampires…
Olympia
Olympia (1999) on 23 may 1999
, 1h16
Directed by Bob Byington
Genres Drama
Actors Damian Young
Rating70% 3.5112153.5112153.5112153.5112153.511215
Finding Graceland
Finding Graceland (1999) on 21 may 1999
, 1h37
Directed by David Winkler
Genres Drama
Actors Harvey Keitel, Johnathon Schaech, Bridget Fonda, Gretchen Mol, John Aylward, Susan Traylor
Rating63% 3.1958953.1958953.1958953.1958953.195895
Après un accident de voiture qui a coûté la vie à sa femme, Byron (Johnathon Schaech) se rend au volant de cette même voiture, la portière arrachée, en direction de Memphis. Sur la route, il prend un auto-stoppeur (Harvey Keitel) qui prétend être Elvis Presley ...
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, 2h16
Directed by George Lucas
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Space adventure films, Seafaring films, Monde imaginaire, Transport films, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Terence Stamp
Rating65% 3.2503353.2503353.2503353.2503353.250335
In response to taxation on trade routes in the Galactic Republic, the Trade Federation organizes a blockade of battleships around the planet Naboo. Supreme Chancellor Valorum dispatches Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi to negotiate with the Trade Federation leadership to end the blockade. Darth Sidious, a Sith Lord and the Trade Federation's secret adviser, orders Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray to kill the Jedi and invade Naboo with an army of battle droids. The Jedi flee to Naboo, where Qui-Gon saves Gungan outcast Jar Jar Binks from being killed during the invasion. Indebted to the Jedi, Jar Jar leads them to an underwater Gungan city. There the Jedi try but fail to persuade the Gungan leader, Boss Nass into helping the people of Naboo, though they are able to obtain transportation to Theed, the capital city on the surface. They rescue Queen Amidala, the ruler of the Naboo people, and escape the planet on her royal starship, which is damaged as they pass the Federation blockade.
Michael Landon, the Father I Knew
Michael Landon, the Father I Knew (1999) on 23 may 1999
, 1h29
Directed by Michael Graham Landon, Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors John Schneider, Cheryl Ladd, Joel Berti, Trever O'Brien, Shawn Pyfrom, Sarah Lancaster
Rating58% 2.901612.901612.901612.901612.90161
The film opens with Michael Landon, Jr. as a child (Shawn Pyfrom) living a comfortable and happy life with his family; his father, Bonanza star Michael Landon, Sr. (John Schneider), his mother, Lynn Noe Landon (Cheryl Ladd), and his elder sister, Leslie Landon (Rachel Duncan). Michael Sr. is a compassionate and loving father who dotes on his children and, when Lynn announces a new baby is on the way, the family moves to a larger house in the San Fernando Valley.
8 ½ Women
8 ½ Women (1999) on 22 may 1999
, 1h58
Directed by Peter Greenaway
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors John Standing, Vivian Wu, Toni Collette, Annie Yi, Amanda Plummer, Natacha Amal
Rating56% 2.8016052.8016052.8016052.8016052.801605
After the death of his wife (Claire Johnston), wealthy businessman Philip Emmenthal (John Standing) and his son Storey (Matthew Delamere) open their own private harem in their family residence in Geneva (they get the idea while watching Federico Fellini's 8½ and after Storey is "given" a woman, Simato (Shizuka Inoh), to waive her pachinko debts). They sign one-year contracts with eight (and a half) women to this effect.
The Red Violin
The Red Violin (1998) on 22 may 1999
, 2h20
Directed by François Girard
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Enfant musicien, Violon
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Monique Mercure, Irene Grazioli, Don McKellar, Sylvia Chang
Rating75% 3.7982853.7982853.7982853.7982853.798285
The film frames the history of the "Red Violin" around a Canadian auction in 1997, where the violin is at the centre of multiple bids by interested parties, and a tarot card reading in 1681, where a violinmaker's wife has her future read for herself and her unborn child (and, by extension, that of the violin).