Film Dictionary

Superb writing in the final episode of the popular British series.

Sixth episode from Season 4 of "Golden Girls", with Quentin Tarantino playing an Elvis impersonator.

Controversial drama about the murder of three civil rights activists in rural Mississippi in 1964. Blacks are portrayed as passive victims; ...

Visually interesting documentary about the tragic life of Chet Baker, a West Coast jazz legend.

Wacky and bizarre horror film about two ghosts (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis). They try to scare away the new occupants of their house (Wino...

Whoopi Goldberg plays a Jamaican maid in this quiet little film.

Directed by Vincent Ward. A fantasy film about a group of medieval peasants who find a tunnel that leads to a modern city.

High school students from East L.A. are excelling in math thanks to efforts of an idealistic teacher (Edward James Olmos). Sounds corny, but...

A lame jungle adventure comedy starring Shannon Tweed and Bill Maher. It tries to ridicule feminism, but fails miserably.

The usual mayhem from Jim Van Bebber ("The Manson Family"): gore, violence, etc.

Sigourney Weaver plays Dian Fossey, who devoted her life for protection of mountain gorillas in central Africa.

1. "My Life As A Dog" (Lasse Hallstrom, Sweden) 2. "No Way Out" (Roger Donaldson, USA) 3.  "L'Ami de mon ...

"Dirty Dancing" (Emile Ardolino, Vestron)

A tax collector falls in love with a mysterious woman who might be a ghost. A perfect example of the "wu xian pian" genre of Hon...

This comedy follows the careers of three TV journalists: handsome and witless William Hurt, smart and clumsy Albert Brooks, ambitious and ne...

John Huston's last film, a brilliant adaptation of James Joyce's short story about a Christmas reception in Dublin.

A classic of "splat-stick" cinema - a scary, hilarious and very inventive mixture of comedy and gore.

A powerful anti-war movie about a group of US Marines who survive a harrowing training in South Carolina, only to find themselves fighting...

A clever and witty fairy tale about a beautiful princess kidnapped by an evil prince and rescued by a loyal admirer and his two friends.