Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1995

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <TABLE> <TR bgcolor="#000000"><TD><img src=strip95banner.jpg width=100%> </TR></TD> <TR><TD> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0099CC" Size=+2><strong>Top Ten of 1995: World Premieres</strong></b></Font><br>  <a href=movies95us.html>U.S. Releases</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Updated</i></Font>) // <a href=movies95orig.html>Original List</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Jan 98</i></Font>) // <a href=persac95.html>My 1995 Oscar Ballot</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Updated</i></Font>)<br> <Font Size=-1><br></Font> <Table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>1.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=safe.html style="text-decoration:none">Safe</a></b></Font> Dir. Todd Haynes. With Julianne Moore, Xander Berkeley, Peter Friedman <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>2.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=bridges.html style="text-decoration:none">The Bridges of Madison County</a></b></Font> Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>3.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=deadman.html style="text-decoration:none">Dead Man Walking</a></b></Font> Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>4.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=toystory.html style="text-decoration:none">Toy Story</a></b></Font> Dir. John Lasseter. Animated. Voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Wallace Shawn <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>5.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=nixon.html style="text-decoration:none">Nixon</a></b></Font> Dir. Oliver Stone. With Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, James Woods, J.T. Walsh <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>6.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=favfilmsgeorgia.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none">Georgia</a></b></Font> Dir. Ulu Grosbard. With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mare Winningham, Max Perlich <Font Color="#FF0000"><b><b><b>A&#150</b></b></b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>7.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=strdays.html style="text-decoration:none">Strange Days</a></b></Font> Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. With Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis <Font Color="#FF0000"><b><b><b>A&#150</b></b></b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>8.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=favfilmsbabe.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none">Babe</a></b></Font> Dir. Chris Noonan. With James Cromwell, the voice of Christine Cavanaugh <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>9.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Before Sunrise</Font></b></Font> Dir. Richard Linklater. With Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Karl Bruckschwaiger <Font Color="#FF0000"><b><b><b>A&#150</b></b></b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>10.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=favfilmshomehold.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none">Home for the Holidays</a></b></Font> Dir. Jodie Foster. With Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr. <Font Color="#FF0000"><b><b><b>A&#150</b></b></b></Font></TD></TR> </Table> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond><b>Runners-Up (alpha):</b></Font> <Font Color="#003399"><i>12 Monkeys</i></Font>, <Font Color="#003399"><i>Cremaster 4</i></Font>, <a href=lvegas.html style="text-decoration:none"><i>Leaving Las Vegas</i></Font>, <Font Color="#003399"><i>Persuasion</i></Font>, <br> &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a href=welcdoll.html style="text-decoration:none"><i>Welcome to the Dollhouse</i></Font> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond><b>Exemplary Television Miniseries:</b></Font> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Pride and Prejudice</i></Font> <br><hr> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Size=+2 Face=Garamond><b>Reviews from 1995: World Premieres</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0099CC">&#169</Font> <b> = Capsule-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font> <b>&nbsp= Blog Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=addictn.html style="text-decoration:none">The Addiction</a></b></Font> Dir. Abel Ferrera. With Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=antoline.html style="text-decoration:none">Antonia's Line</a></b></Font> Dir. Marleen Gorris. With Willeke Van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>F</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=favfilmsbabe.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Babe</a></b></Font> Dir. Chris Noonan. With James Cromwell, voice of Christine Cavanaugh <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=brvheart.html style="text-decoration:none">Braveheart</a></b></Font> Dir. Mel Gibson. With Mel Gibson, Patrick McGoohan, Sophie Marceau <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=favfilmshomehold.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Home for the Holidays</a></b></Font> Dir. Jodie Foster. With Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr. <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=nixon.html style="text-decoration:none">Nixon</a></b></Font> Dir. Oliver Stone. With Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, James Woods, J.T. Walsh <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=favfilmsjfknixon.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Nixon</a></b></Font> Dir. Oliver Stone. With Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, James Woods, J.T. Walsh <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Size=+1 Face=Garamond><b>More Grades from 1995</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Casino</b></Font> Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Sharon Stone <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Cremaster 4</b></Font> Dir. Matthew Barney. With Matthew Barney, Sharon Marvel, Colette Guimond <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Dolores Claiborne</b></Font> Dir. Taylor Hackford. With Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Flower of My Secret</b></Font> Dir. Pedro Almod&#243var. With Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Frisk</b></Font> Dir. Todd Verow. With Michael Gunther, Raoul O'Connor, Craig Chester <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Mighty Aphrodite</b></Font> Dir. Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a href=lvegas.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>Leaving Las Vegas</b></a></Font> Dir. Mike Figgis. With Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Quick and the Dead</b></Font> Dir. Sam Raimi. With Sharon Stone, Russell Crowe <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Se7en</b></Font> Dir. David Fincher. 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