Dale's Movie Reviews: Sorted by Director

• Woody Allen
  • Everyone Says I Love You (1996) ***
• Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Boogie Nights (1997) ***1/2
• Jean-Jacques Annaud
  • Seven Years in Tibet (1997) ***1/2
• Bille August
  • Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997) **1/2
• Tony Bancroft
  • Mulan (1998) *** (co-directed)
• Michael Bay
  • The Rock (1996) *
• Warren Beatty
  • Bulworth (1998) ***1/2
• Robert Benton
  • Twilight (1998) **1/2
• Michael Berger
  • The Thief of Bagdad (1940) **** (co-directed)
• Luc Besson
  • The Fifth Element (1997) ***
• Don Bluth
  • Anastasia (1997) *** (co-directed)
• Kenneth Branagh
  • Hamlet (1996) ****
• James L. Brooks
  • As Good as it Gets (1997) ***1/2
• Tim Burton
  • Ed Wood (1994) ****
• James Cameron
  • Titanic (1997) ***1/2
• Marc Caro
  • Delicatessen (1992) **** (co-directed)
• Michael Caton-Jones
  • Rob Roy (1995) ***
• Peter Cattaneo
  • The Full Monty (1997) ***1/2
• Brenda Chapman
  • The Prince of Egypt (1998) ***1/2 (co-directed)
• Ron Clements
  • Hercules (1997) **1/2 (co-directed)
• Rob Cohen
  • Dragonheart (1996) *1/2
• Barry Cook
  • Mulan (1998) *** (co-directed)
• Martha Coolidge
  • Out to Sea (1997) **1/2
• Merian C. Cooper
  • King Kong (1933) ***1/2 (co-directed)
• Francis Ford Coppola
  • The Godfather (1972) ****
  • The Godfather Part II (1974) ***
  • John Grisham's The Rainmaker (1997) **1/2
• Cameron Crowe
  • Jerry Maguire (1996) **1/2
• Eric Darnell
  • Antz (1998) ***1/2 (co-directed)
• Delmer Daves
  • Broken Arrow (1950) ***
• Ted Demme
  • The Ref, (1994) ***
• Jacques Demy
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) ***
• Richard Donner
  • Conspiracy Theory (1997) *
• Clint Eastwood
  • Heartbreak Ridge (1986) ***1/2
  • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) ***1/2
• David Fincher
  • The Game (1997) ***
• Gary Fleder
  • Kiss the Girls (1997) **
• Bill Forsyth
  • Local Hero (1983) ****
• William Friedkin
  • The French Connection (1971) **1/2
• Antoine Fuqua
  • The Replacement Killers (1998) **1/2
• Gary Goldman
  • Anastasia (1997) *** (co-directed)
• Curtis Hanson
  • L.A. Confidential (1997) **
• Trent Harris
  • Plan 10 from Outer Space (1995) ****
  • Rubin & Ed (1991) ***
• Anthony Harvey
  • The Lion in Winter (1968) ***
• Peter Hewitt
  • The Borrowers (1998) ***1/2
• Steve Hickner
  • The Prince of Egypt (1998) ***1/2 (co-directed)
• Scott Hicks
  • Shine (1996) **1/2
• George Roy Hill
  • The Sting (1973) ***1/2
• Gregory Hoblit
  • Fallen (1998) ***
• P. J. Hogan
  • My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) ***
• Savage Steve Holland
  • Better Off Dead (1985) ***1/2
• John Huston
  • The Maltese Falcon (1941) ****
  • The Man Who Would Be King (1975) ****
• Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  • Alien Resurrection (1997) **1/2
  • Delicatessen (1992) **** (co-directed)
• Tim Johnson
  • Antz (1998) ***1/2 (co-directed)
• Irvin Kershner
  • The Empire Strikes Back (1980) ****
• Krzysztof Kieslowski
  • Three Colors Blue (1993) ***1/2
• Stephen King
  • Maximum Overdrive (1986) no stars
• Alexander Korda
  • The Thief of Bagdad (1940) **** (co-directed)
• Zoltan Korda
  • The Thief of Bagdad (1940) **** (co-directed)
• Henry Koster
  • No Highway in the Sky (1951) *1/2
• Stanley Kubrick
  • Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) ****
  • Spartacus (1960) ***1/2
• John Lasseter
  • A Bug's Life (1998) *** (co-directed)
• Mike Leigh
  • Secrets & Lies (1996) ***1/2
• Barry Levinson
  • Wag the Dog (1997) ***1/2
• George Lucas
  • Star Wars (1977) ***1/2
• Baz Luhrman
  • William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) **
• Alexander Mackendrick
  • Whisky Galore! (1948) ***
• Norman Z. MacLeod
  • Horse Feathers (1932) ***
• James Mangold
  • Cop Land (1997) ***1/2
• Richard Marquand
  • Return of the Jedi (1983) **1/2
• George Marshall
  • Destry Rides Again (1939) ****
• Winsor McCay
  • Complete Films (1911-1921) *1/2-****
• William Cameron Menzies
  • The Thief of Bagdad (1940) **** (co-directed)
• Anthony Minghella
  • The English Patient (1996) ***1/2
• David Mirkin
  • Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) **
• Frederic Mitterand
  • Madame Butterfly (1995) **1/2
• John Musker
  • Hercules (1997) **1/2 (co-directed)
• Ronald Neame
  • Tunes of Glory (1960) ****
• Mike Nichols
  • Catch-22 (1970) ***1/2
• Phillip Noyce
  • The Saint (1997) ***
• Frank Oz
  • In & Out (1997) ***1/2
• Nick Park
  • A Close Shave (1995) ****
  • The Wrong Trousers (1993) ****
• Alan Parker
  • Evita (1996) ***
• Wolfgang Petersen
  • Air Force One (1997) ***
• Michael Powell
  • The Thief of Bagdad (1940) **** (co-directed)
• Alex Proyas
  • Dark City (1998) ****
• Michael Radford
  • Il Postino (1995) ****
• Ivan Reitman
  • Six Days, Seven Nights (1998) **
• Nicolas Roeg
  • Walkabout (1971) ***1/2
• Herbert Ross
  • The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) ***
• Chuck Russell
  • The Mask (1994) ***1/2
• Mark Sandrich
  • So Proudly We Hail! (1943) ***1/2
• John Sayles
  • Lone Star (1996) ****
  • The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) ***
• Franklin J. Schaffner
  • Patton (1970) ****
• Fred Schepisi
  • Roxanne (1987) ***1/2
• Volker Schlondorff
  • Palmetto (1998) ***
• Ernest B. Schoedsack
  • King Kong (1933) ***1/2 (co-directed)
• Joel Schumacher
  • Batman and Robin (1997) *1/2
• Martin Scorsese
  • Kundun (1997) **1/2
  • Taxi Driver (1976) ***1/2
• Ridley Scott
  • Blade Runner (1982) ***1/2
• Tom Shadyac
  • Liar Liar (1997) ***
• Iain Softley
  • The Wings of the Dove (1997) ***
• Barry Sonnenfeld
  • Get Shorty (1995) ****
  • Men in Black (1997) ***
• Steven Spielberg
  • Amistad (1997) ***1/2
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) **
  • Schindler's List (1993) ****
• Roger Spottiswoode
  • Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) ***
• Singeetham Sreenivasa Rao
  • Pushpak (1988) ***
• Andrew Stanton
  • A Bug's Life (1998) *** (co-directed)
• Oliver Stone
  • Nixon (1995) **1/2
• Lee Tamahori
  • The Edge (1997) ***1/2
• Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Stalker (1979) ***
• Billy Bob Thornton
  • Sling Blade (1996) ****
• Lars von Trier
  • Breaking the Waves (1996) **
• Gus Van Sant
  • Good Will Hunting (1997) ***
• Paul Verhoeven
  • Starship Troopers (1997) ***
• John Waters
  • Hairspray (1988) ****
• Sam Weisman
  • George of the Jungle (1997) ***
• Simon Wells
  • The Prince of Egypt (1998) ***1/2 (co-directed)
• Wim Wenders
  • Wings of Desire (1988) ***
• Simon West
  • Con Air (1997) **
• James Whale
  • Green Hell (1940) **1/2
• Tim Whelan
  • The Thief of Bagdad (1940) **** (co-directed)
• Billy Wilder
  • Some Like it Hot (1959) ****
• John Woo
  • Face/Off (1997) ****
• Sam Wood
  • A Day at the Races (1937) ***
• William Wyler
  • The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) ****
• Robert Zemeckis
  • Contact (1997) ***
• Fred Zinnemann
  • The Day of the Jackal (1973) ****
  • The Sundowners (1960) ***

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