231. Star Trek: First Contact
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Actors: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, James Cromwell, Gates McFadden
Plot: Picard and company follow the Borg back in time to stop them from
assimilating Earth before the Earth's first contact with aliens.
232. SLC Punk!
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Merendino
Actors: Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Christopher McDonald, Devon Sawa, Jennifer Lien
Plot: Follows the lives of Stevo and Heroin Bob, two dedicated punks living it up in conservative mecca Salt Lake City, UT in the early 80s.
233. The Fisher King
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, David Hyde Pierce, Lara Harris, Kathy Najimy, Mercedes Ruehl
Plot: A popular radio dj debates taking his own life when he finds pleasure (which he denies) from helping a homeless man figure out his past and point him towards the future.
234. My Best Friend ( Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Claudia Cardinale, Benino Moreno Placido, Eva Mattes
Plot: From the time he was a teenager, Werner Herzog had a fascination with actor Klaus Kinski. When the two moved into an apartment later in life, Kinski flew into a rage and completely destroyed the bathroom. Thus a love-hate-respect developed between the two men and Herzog would cast Kinski in Aguirre, Wrath of God and more films - all the while, their turbulent relationship would continue.
235. Howards End
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: James Ivory
Actors: Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Joseph Bennett, Prunella Scales
Plot: The machinations of the classes in early twentieth century Britain are
illustrated through the interplay between three families: the Schlegels,
a free-spirited set of siblings; the Wilcoxes, part of the landed
gentry; and the Basts, a struggling lower-class couple. When Mrs.
Wilcox bequeaths her beloved house, Howards End, to Margaret Schlegel on
her deathbed, her family sets out to stymie their matriarch's final
wish. But fate stands in the way of their actions.
236. Chaplin
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Richard Attenborough
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Moira Kelly, Anthony Hopkins, Dan Aykroyd, Marisa Tomei
Plot: The life and times of Charlie Chaplin: from his first stage performance
before the age of ten to Vaudeville, to Mack Sennett's movies, to making
his own movies, to winning an Oscar.
237. Lessons of Darkness ( Lektionen in Finsternis )
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Werner Herzog
Plot: Werner Herzog's documentary about the burning of the Kuwaiti oil fields eschews formal interviews and commentary and lets music and striking visuals tell the tale.
238. Empire Records
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Allan Moyle
Actors: Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Ethan Embry, Renée Zellweger, Liv Tyler, Rory Cochrane
Plot: The dying breed of the independent music store is the setting for a group
of employees, many with personal crisis rearing their ugly heads, who need
to come together to keep the store from being swallowed by a mega
corporation.
239. Normal Life
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John McNaughton
Actors: Ashley Judd, Luke Perry, Kate Walsh, Bruce A. Young, Jim True-Frost, Scott Cummins
Plot: A contemporary "Bonnie & Clyde" about a woman living on the edge who marries a young cop and convinces him to join her on a bank robbery spree throughout Chicago.
240. The Boys of St. Vincent
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John N. Smith
Actors: Henry Czerny, Johnny Morina, Brian Dooley, Philip Dinn, Brian Dodd, Ashley Billard
Plot: A film about pedophilia in a Catholic boarding school.
