Get Shorty - dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
A light and funny adaptation of the Elmore Leonard book of the same name. One of the few times I've liked Travolta in anything. Great cast (Hackman, Russo, Gandolfini, Midler, Lindo, De Vito etc.) great send up of Hollywood and crime flicks. Good stuff.
Leon: the Professional - dir. Luc Besson
One of my favorite 90's movies. Jean Reno as the loveable hitman. Gary Oldman chewing the scenery the vomiting it out and chewing it all over again. Danny Aielo as the, get this, mob guy who runs a shop! What a stretch, never saw it coming, etc. And introducing a Lolita-ish Natalie Portman. This movie is sometimes subtle, sometimes so over the top it can see its own bald spot. Cheesy, guilty fun.
