APRIL 1998 RELEASES

The Big Hit

Release date: April 24
Director: Kirk Wong
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips
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• Review: 'The Big Hit' is a big miss

Sliding Doors

Release date: April 24
Director: Peter Howitt
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch
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• Review: 'Tarzan and the Lost City' is jungle rot

Two Girls & A Guy

Release date: April 24
Director: James Toback
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Heather Graham, Natasha Wagner
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• Review: Downey scores with 'Two Girls and a Guy'

Music From Another Room

Release date: April 24
Director: Charlie Peters
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Kevin Kilner, Martha Plimpton
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The Truce

Release date: April 24
Director: Francesco Rosi
Starring: John Turturro, Rade Serbedzija
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• Review: 'The Truce' shows difficulties even in Holocaust's end

Nightwatch

Release date: April 17
Director: Ole Bornedal
Starring: Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette, Ewan McGregor
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• Review: 'Nightwatch' almost works

Wild Man Blues

Release date: April 17
Director: Barbara Kopple
Starring: Woody Allen, Soon-Yi Previn as themselves
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• Feature: Woody Allen documentary deconstructs the legend
• Review: Neuroses with a beat in 'Wild Man Blues'

The Object of My Affection

Release date: April 17
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston
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• Review: Sexless in New York

Sour Grapes

Release date: April 17
Director: Larry David
Starring: Craig Bierko, Philip Baker Hall
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• Review: 'Sour Grapes' unpalatable

Home Grown

Release date: April 17
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Starring: Hank Azaria, Jon Bon Jovi, Jamie Lee Curtis
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Suicide Kings

Release date: April 17
Director: Peter O'Fallon
Starring: Christopher Walken, Denis Leary

• Review: 'Suicide Kings' should jump

The Big One

Release date: April 10
Director: Michael Moore
Starring: Michael Moore
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Species II

Release date: April 10
Director: Peter Medak
Starring: Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen
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City of Angels

Release date: April 10
Director: Brad Silberling
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan
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• Feature: Even Los Angeles can look spiritual in 'City of Angels'
• Review: 'City of Angels' has no spirit

My Giant

Release date: April 10
Director: Michael Lehmann
Starring: Billy Crystal, Kathleen Quinlan
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• Review: 'My Giant' not good at tall

Sonatine

Release date: April 10
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kikumai

• Review: 'Sonatine' shooting for art

The Odd Couple II

Release date: April 10
Director: Howard Deutch
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Christine Baranski
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• Review: 'The Odd Couple II' a rancid rehash

A Price Above Rubies

Release date: April 3
Director: Boaz Yakin
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Julianna Margulies
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• Review: 'A Price Above Rubies' an unexpected gem

Spanish Prisoner

Release date: April 3
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Campbell Scott, Rebecca Pidgeon, Steve Martin
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• Review: Stilted script traps actors in 'Spanish Prisoner'

Mercury Rising

Release date: April 3
Director: Harold Becker
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes
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• Review: 'Mercury Rising' typical Willis fare

Lost in Space

Release date: April 3
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Starring: William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Matt LeBlanc
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• Review: 'Lost in Space'... and it should be

The Butcher Boy

Release date: April 3
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Eammon Owens
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• Review: 'The Butcher Boy' offers inventive, but tasteless, chops