It's 1957 in Coalwood, West Virginia and while most of the town mines the earth, young Homer Hickman dreams of only the sky. ... more about October Sky
Scientists have discovered a way to bring dinosaurs back from extinction. On a far off island is essentially a dinosaur zoo, but when a greedy, disgruntled employee deactivates the security, the creatures are able to roam free. ... more about Jurassic Park
Actor Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
Lula's psychopathic mother goes crazy at the thought of Lula being with Sailor, who just got free from jail. Ignoring Sailor's probation, they set out for California. However their mother hires a killer to hunt down Sailor. ... more about Wild at Heart
Ruth Stoops is a poor indigent drug-user (a huffer - inhaling glue and paint for a high) whose down and out existence is complicated once more by becoming pregnant (she has had and lost four children already). ... more about Citizen Ruth
After escaping from a Huntsville prison, convict Butch Haynes and his partner Terry Pugh kidnap a young boy, Philip Perry, and flee across Texas. ... more about Perfect World
A young actress on the verge of a blooming career in Hollywood is cast in an unfinished movie rumored to be cursed. As she falls in love with her co-star she begins to lose her sense of reality and become lost in her character. ... more about Inland Empire
In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. ... more about Focus
In the quintenssencial American town two best friend couples frequently share holidys, birthdays and dinners together. All are struggling with their place in life and begin to take comfort in the affairs they are having with eachothers spouses. ... more about We Don't Live Here Anymore
Actor Awards
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Supporting Actress
Eight years after the InGen incident, Dr. Alan Grant is happy with his life far from any dinosaurs other than fossilized. ... more about Jurassic Park III
An ensemble cast telling 10 stories with intertwining characters. One story is about a father and son who are dating the same woman . ... more about Happy Endings
In real life, Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific head of the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built. General Leslie Groves was in overall command of it. ... more about Fat Man and Little Boy
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. ... more about I Am Sam
Rusty Dennis is the mother of Rocky, a seriously deformed but extremely intelligent and emotionally warm child. Rusty is a no-nonsense mother whose wild lifestyle is often at odds with her tenderness and protectiveness towards Rocky. ... more about Mask
Dr. Sullivan Travis (Gere) is a man at the top of his game, a rich and successful Dallas gynecologist whose "religion" is women. Once a man in complete control of his universe, Dr. T now finds himself buffeted by chaos and confusion. ... more about Dr. T and the Women
When an Uncle (Jim Varney) is charged with murder, the event reverberates throughout a poor Arkansas family, including a struggling musician (Thornton) and his wife (Dern), her mother (Ladd), her sister (Preston), and his father (Andy Griffith). ... more about Daddy and Them
Set during the last days of World War II, this is the story of a Brooklyn man and his wife (Macy, Dern) who are mistaken for Jews by their anti-Semitic neighbors. ... more about Focus
Based on the short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been", by Joyce Carol Oates, this film chronicles a 15-year-old girl, Connie's, sexual awakening in the Northern California suburbs. ... more about Smooth Talk
Rosanna Arquette informally interviews several contrasting actresses about how they cope with being a woman in the entertainment industry. ... more about Searching for Debra Winger
Rose, is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Rose's appearence and personality is such that all men fall for her, and Rose knows it. ... more about Rambling Rose
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
A group of four teenage girls in the San Fernando Valley, and the usual problems teenagers has to cope with. Deidre is fascinated by sex, Madge is unhappily overweight, Annie is into drugs and Jeanie has to take care of all of them. ... more about Foxes
A teacher overcomes his frustration in a high-school full of flunkies. As he attempts to educate his students, his attempts to help them gets him into trouble with the school board, which only adds to his problems. ... more about Teachers
Based on the infamous Summer of 1816 when Mary Shelley wrote "Frankenstein", it chronicles the mind games and manipulations that were the halmarks of the intense and neurotic relationships that existed among Byron, Shelley, Mary, and her step-sister ... more about Haunted Summer