Ronin (1998)
The Japanese word for a master-less samurai is “Ronin”. Fittingly enough, a group of international mercenary covert op specialists are employed by a mysterious underground spy organization to obtain a suitcase they do not...
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Ashes of Time (1994)
In ancient China, a desert-dweller named Ou-Yang (Leslie Cheung) gets in the middle of a circle of stories involving various swordsmen. Huang (Tony Leung) is a swordsman who drinks some magic wine in order to forget...
City of Angels (1998)
An angel wants to find out more about humanity and what it is to love. He falls in love with a surgeon, and turns in his wings for his taste at being human and...
Wild Things (1998)
A high school guidance counselor (Dillon, In & Out) is accused of rape by a student (Richards, The World is Not Enough) who is the daughter of a wealthy and powerful widow (Russell, Spider-Man 3). After it is found...
Primary Colors (1998)
John Travolta (Face/Off, Phenomenon) plays Governor Jack Stanton — well, actually, he plays Governor Bill Clinton, in this very loose portrayal of Clinton’s rise to grab the Democratic nomination in 1992. Along the way, there...
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Leonardo DiCaprio plays dual roles as the King of France and his twin brother Phillippe, who was cast in an iron mask to conceal his identity and thrown in prison to spend the rest...
Double Indemnity (1944)
Is an introduction really necessary for one of the greatest noir films ever created? Even after the plot has been hashed and rehashed by countless other films in the last 60+ years, Double Indemnity is still...
Event Horizon (1997)
In astronomy, an “event horizon” is the point where light falls victim to the pull of a black hole – the point of no return. Black holes have long been theorized to be portals...
The Big Lebowski (1998)
An out-of-work amateur bowler (Bridges) gets mistaken for a wealthy business man due to having the same last name and becomes embroiled in a quagmire of trouble when the rich Lebowski’s daughter gets kidnapped and...
Twilight (1998)
A private detective (Newman) living in the home of a dying wealthy friend (Hackman) unknowingly stumbles in the middle of a mysterious and murderous plot which may involve the very people he works for. Terrific performances...