Films Michael Saw in August 1998
Updated 8/22/99
The numerical ratings listed below are
not mine, but a consensus of forty 'professional' critics. The descriptions are
from Halliwell's Film & Video Guide. Good Luck. - Boys
1996
A frustrated high-school student discovers a
mysterious young woman, who is unconscious after a fall from her horse, and takes
her back to his room.
3.4
- Some Folks Call It A Sling Blade
1993
- Dante's Peak
1997
A vulcanologist warns an unheeding town of an impending disaster.
4.2
- Boogie Nights
1997
DVD
The rise and fall of a well-endowed youth who becomes a star of pornographic movies in the 70s.
8.3
- Amadeus
1984
DVD
Dying in 1823, the jealous composer Salieri claims to have murdered Mozart.
- Glory
1989
DVD
A young and inexperienced Union officer is given command of the first black regiment recruited to fight in the Civil War.
- Anna
1987
A Czech-born actress in the New York fringe theatre is betrayed by a young female admirer.
- Marvin's Room
1996
A woman who cares for her dying father and eccentric aunt discovers that she is terminally ill, and turns for help to her estranged sister, who has family troubles of her own.
7.8
- Two Or Three Things But Nothing For Sure
- Cuba 15
- Brassed Off
1996
A mining community, facing the closure of its pit, struggles to keep its brass band going so that it may play in a national competition.
7.3
- Live Nude Girls
1995
Six women gather for the female equivalent of a stag party, and consider their various relationships.
- Lolita
1998
A college lecturer loves and loses a 12-year-old girl.
6.4
- Normal Life
1996
A Chicago cop marries an alcoholic, drug-addicted blonde, loses his job and turns to bank roberry.
- Saving Private Ryan
1998
9.5
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