Showing posts with label Year: 1997. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Year: 1997. Show all posts

Career Girls (1997)

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Brilliant comedy-drama written and directed by Mike Leigh. It tells the story of two student friends, played by Katrin Cartlidge and Lynda S...

The Peacemaker (1997)

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Excellent thriller directed by Mimi Leder.  George Clooney and Nicole Kidman have to save the world after 10 nuclear weapons are stolen by R...

The Edge (1997)

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Extremely flawed disaster/survival thriller written by David Mamet.  Anthony Hopkins is the only good thing about the film, and thankfully h...

Addicted to Love (1997)

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Deeply flawed rom-com.  Photographer Maggie (Meg Ryan) and astronomer Sam (Matthew Broderick) team up to spy on and torment their former lov...

The Wings of the Dove (1997)

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Historical drama adapted from the 1902 Henry James novel and directed by Iain Softley.  The wealthy American heiress Milly (Alison Elliott) ...

Donnie Brasco (1997)

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Crime drama directed by Mike Newell.  It’s loosely based on the true story of Joseph D. Pistone (played by Johnny Depp), an FBI agent who in...

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)

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A quirky comedy.  Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow star as two friends who travel from Los Angeles to Tucson, Arizona , to attend their school ...

Face/Off (1997)

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Absurd body-swap action-thriller directed by John Woo and incorporating elements of sci-fi and horror.  A criminal (Nic Cage) and an FBI age...

Deconstructing Harry (1997)

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Written and directed by Woody Allen , this is one of his less impressive efforts. Harry (Allen) is a bestselling writer who has angered frie...

As Good as It Gets (1997)

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Superb comedy about a bitter romantic novelist named Melvin Udall ( Jack Nicholson ), who insults everyone he meets. He also lives with OCD,...

Contact (1997)

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Sci-fi directed by Robert Zemeckis , adapted from the Carl Sagan novel. A radio astronomer, Ellie ( Jodie Foster ) discovers deep-space sign...

Absolute Power (1997)

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Above-average political thriller.  While robbing a billionaire’s mansion, a skilled burglar named Luther Whitney ( Clint Eastwood ) witnesse...

The Fifth Element (1997)

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I hated this film. I don’t think it’s rubbish, necessarily (I’m sure it turned out the way director Luc Besson intended), but I hated it. It...

The Ice Storm (1997)

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Superb drama directed by Ang Lee and adapted from Rick Moody’s novel. It details the interwoven fortunes of two neighbouring families in Con...

Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

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Drama based on real events.  Brad Pitt plays Austrian mountain climber Heinrich Harrer, who abandons a pregnant wife to summit Nanga Parbat...

Starship Troopers (1997)

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Stunning hybrid of sci-fi, horror and war film that cleverly masters those genres while simultaneously pastiching them. Directed by Paul Ver...

Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)

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Extremely sophisticated comedy-drama. John Cusack plays a paid assassin who returns to his hometown to attend a school reunion and to meet...

Gattaca (1997)

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Quietly profound thriller set in a near-future world where genetics are everything. People are graded as “valids” or “in-valids”, depending...

Air Force One (1997)

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Edge-of-the-seat thriller in which Harrison Ford plays the US president. His plane is hijacked by a Russian baddie ( Gary Oldman ). Ford a...

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

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A masterpiece, pretty much. Guido ( Roberto Benigni ) uses his extraordinary imagination to protect his young son from the reality of livin...