The Acid House 1998  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Ewen Bremner, Martin Clunes, Jemma Redgrave, Arlene Cockburn, Kevin McKidd, Maurice Roeves, Stephen McCole, Garry Sweeney, Michelle Gomez, Gary McCormack, Tam Dean Burn, Billy McElhaney, Barbara Rafferty, Doug Eadie, Andrea McKenna
Based on three short stories by Irvine Welsh, these tales about drugs and other abuses include: "The Granton Star Cause" about a man's worst day on Earth, "A Soft Touch" involving the tale of a cheating wife, and "The Acid House" capping off the other two with its plot of a drug experiment in which the user swaps places with the unborn baby of very wealthy parents.
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My Name Is Joe 1998  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Ken Loach
Cast: Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, David McKay, Anne-Marie Kennedy, David Hayman, Gary Lewis, Lorraine McIntosh, Scott Hannah, David Peacock, Gordon McMurray, James McHendry, Paul Clark, Stephen McCole
A recovering alcoholic, Joe Kavanagh (Peter Mullan), lives by A.A.'s creed: "one day at a time." Enter Sarah (Louise Goodall). Falling in love with Sarah and then facing the threat of losing her proves a very difficult emotion that could catapult Joe into a crisis mode.
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Orphans 1997  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Mullan
Cast: Gary Lewis, Douglas Henshall, Rosemarie Stevenson, Stephen McCole, Frank Gallagher, Alex Norton, Laura O'Donnell, Dave Anderson, Gilbert Martin, Lenny Mullan
Four siblings gather in Glasgow the night before their mother's funeral. Various adventures and misadventures occur in this black comedy/dark drama.
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Postmortem 1998  R, 105 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Albert Pyun
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Michael Halsey, Stephen McCole, Gary Lewis, Ivana Milicevic, Dave Anderson, Stephen Docherty, Leigh Biagi, Phil McCall, Ian Hanmore
James McGregor (Charlie Sheen) wants to put his old life, that of a profiler of killers, behind him. Thus, he moves to Scotland and starts work as a novelist. But things aren't peaceful for long; a serial killer is on the loose and faxes to James obituaries of the victims. James is now the prime suspect. Cheap, but watchable.
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 Rushmore 1998 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Seymour Cassel, Brian Cox, Mason Gamble, Sara Tanaka, Stephen McCole, Luke Wilson, Deepack Pallana
Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is a 15-year-old student at Rushmore Academy who scores a 4.0 in extracurricular activities–and a 0.0 in academics. He has a crush on the teacher, Miss Cross (Olivia Williams), becomes obnoxious in his pursuit of her, and is kicked out of the Academy. Max goes to his mentor Herman Blume (Bill Murray) and asks for his help. But, alas, Herman develops his own "crush" on "Miss" Cross.
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| 1. The Acid House (1998)
2. My Name Is Joe (1998)
3. Orphans (1997)
4. Postmortem (1998)
5. Rushmore (1998)
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