6.įrom Larry Clark, who did ''Kids,'' the story of two thieves who adopt two young lovers. PRIVATE CONFESSIONS - Ingmar Bergman's newest, directed by Liv Ullmann and starring the lead characters from Bergman's 1995 television play ''Good Intentions.'' Anna, wife of Henrik and mother of three, falls in love with a younger man. No, Moses will not have a cute talking camel sidekick. The animators create some visual spectacles - like the 10 plagues and the parting of the Red Sea - that only God and Cecil B. Moses (the voice of Val Kilmer), born a slave, is plucked from the bulrushes and grows up with the Pharaoh's son (Ralph Fiennes) but learns the truth about his birth and leads his people out of slavery. THE PRINCE OF EGYPT - After its success with ''Antz,'' Dreamworks goes all out with a star-studded animated biblical epic. The snowman is by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. This father-son fantasy adventure also stars Kelly Preston and Joseph Cross. Actually he's just the soul of a musician and neglectful dad who died the Christmas before. JACK FROST - Michael Keaton as a magic snowman. With the voices of Kevin Spacey, Dave Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Phyllis Diller and others, many with pronounced New York accents. This new computer-animated extravaganza is an update of Aesop's grasshopper and ant fable, starring a vicious grasshopper gang, a terrorized ant colony and the unemployed cast of a third-rate flea circus. ![]() Friday.Ī BUG'S LIFE - The team who brought you ''Toy Story'' (Disney and Pixar) try to repeat their success. Trying to return him to the hospital, they encounter a scary forest, a wizard, a wolf and circus monkeys. THE RUGRATS MOVIE - Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica and the twins Lil and Phil, those adorable animated toddlers from Nickelodeon's hit series, deal with mixed feelings about a new baby in the family, Dil (short for Dylan) Pickles. IN DREAMS - A psychological thriller from Neil Jordan, who gave us both ''The Crying Game'' and ''Interview With the Vampire.'' Annette Bening's dreams are coming true, but that's not good because they're being sent to her by a murderer (Robert Downey Jr.) who wants to take over her waking life, too. LEVITATION - A supernatural drama about a young woman's strange nocturnal levitations and the merging of reality and dreams as she explores the California wilderness and her own psyche. William Baldwin and Anne Parillaud (''La Femme Nikita'') star. Or she may be a hit woman dreaming about being a newlywed whose husband is up to no good. SHATTERED IMAGE - A psychological thriller about a young newlywed who has dreams about being a ruthless hit woman. It's a comic drama, directed by John Duigan (''Lawn Dogs,'' ''The Leading Man''). MOLLY - Elisabeth Shue as a mentally retarded woman who has a few experimental treatments and becomes a genius. Directed by Irwin Winkler and based on a true story documented by Oliver Sacks. Kilmer) and the surgery that restores his sight, but at a price. 25.ĪT FIRST SIGHT - Val Kilmer makes blind sexy in a romantic drama about an architect (Mira Sorvino), a sightless massage therapist (Mr. Directed by Tom Shadyac, who did - uh-oh - ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.'' Dec. PATCH ADAMS - Robin Williams as a medical student who discovers the healing powers of laughter and stops at nothing to use it. Steven Zaillian, the ''Schindler's List'' screenwriter, wrote and directed. The good guy gets carried away by greed in a case (a real one, from Jonathan Harr's book) about toxic waste that may have caused leukemia in children. 11.Ī CIVIL ACTION - Noble but materialistic trial lawyer (John Travolta) versus evil corporate lawyer (Robert Duvall). Eric Heumann was named best director at the Berlin Film Festival for this drama. PORT DJEMA - A French surgeon (Jean-Yves Dubois) goes to Africa to search for a child a fellow doctor, now dead, had taken in. Directed by Tony Scott (''Top Gun,'' ''Crimson Tide''). The innocent man's only hope is an underground ''information broker'' (Gene Hackman) who may be hard to find. Opening dates are, as always, subject to repeated change.ĮNEMY OF THE STATE - Will Smith plays it serious as a fast-track lawyer who's framed for murder by a corrupt National Security Administration official (Jon Voight). Here is a selective list of the films ahead. And their roles reflect what a mixed bag the holiday movie season can be, from Oscar-minded dramas to megabudget cartoons. When a hundred or so movies open within a festive two-month period, some busy actors are sure to turn up more than once. And they say there aren't any good roles for women. Bebe Neuwirth turns up as a prostitute and as a high school teacher possessed by aliens. ![]() ![]() Jon Voight is an obsessed Irish policeman, a high school football coach and a homicidal spy. KEVIN SPACEY plays a Hollywood casting director and the voice of a manipulative grasshopper.
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