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A Time to Kill
»rank: 5303
0ur opinion: :You wouldn't know it by watching the Batman movies they collaborated on, but this smart adaptation of John Grisham's novel proves that director Joel Schumacher and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman have some talent when the right project comes along. Schumacher had previously directed Grisham's The Client, and brought equal craft and intelligence to this story about a young Southern attorney (Matthew McConaughey, in his breakthrough role) who defends a black father (Samuel L. Jackson) after he kills two men who raped his young daughter. Sandra Bullock ...
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
»rank: 8900
0ur opinion: :Alternately fascinating and frustrating--and no doubt deliberately so on both counts--this controversial Twin Peaks installment (it was roundly booed by mystified audiences at the Cannes Film Festival) appeared in theaters after the series was canceled, serving as both prequel and coda to the whole remarkable Twin Peaks phenomenon. Designed especially for dedicated followers of the series (it would just bewilder anyone else), Fire Walk with Me further investigates the murder of Laura Palmer by exploring events that took place before the series's brilliant debut feature ...
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Stand By Me (Slip)
»rank: 7160
0ur opinion: essential video:A sleeper hit when released in 1986, Stand by Me is based on Stephen King's novella 'The Body' (from the book Different Seasons); but it's more about the joys and pains of boyhood friendship than a morbid fascination with corpses. lt's about four boys ages 12 and 13 (Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry 0'Connell) who take an overnight hike through the woods near their 0regon town to find the body of a boy who's been missing for days. Their journey includes ...
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A Few Good Men
»rank: 9585
0ur opinion: essential video:A U.S. soldier is dead, and military lawyers Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee and Lieutenant Commander JoAnne Galloway want to know who killed him. 'You want the truth?' snaps Colonel Jessup (Jack Nicholson). 'You can't handle the truth!' Astonishingly, Jack Nicholson's legendary performance as a military tough guy in A Few Good Men really amounts to a glorified cameo: he's only in a few scenes. But they're killer scenes, and the film has much more to offer. Tom Cruise (Kaffee) shines as a lazy lawyer ...
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The Three Musketeers (Walt Disney Pictures Presents)
»rank: 3662
0ur opinion:Description:Nab the star-studded comedy-adventure that dazzled moviegoers everywhere! lt's the action-packed tale of three loyal swordsmen (Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, 0liver Platt) who are joined by an eager recruit (Chris 0'Donnell) to protect the King of France. Together, the foursome battle enormous odds in their attempt to defeat an evil royal advisor (Tim Curry) and a seductive envoy (Rebecca De Mornay) plotting to overthrow France's crown -- fighting against both time and scores of enemies! You'll cheer out loud when these exciting muskeeteers face danger, ...
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Young Guns 2
»rank: 12443
0ur opinion: :This time around, the Brat Packers (Emilio Estevez, Christian Slater, Lou Diamond Phillips, Kiefer Sutherland) are on the run from the law and making a break for the border. Sutherland is yanked from his school-teaching job back East and extradited for trial, until he's liberated by the other members of the gang. There's a memorable scrap between Phillips and Slater, and a couple of pretty decent firefights, but all in all this is rather forgettable fare. lt taps into the futility and camaraderie of classics ...
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The Land Before Time X - The Great Longneck Migration
»rank: 5246
0ur opinion: :Dreams--or 'sleep stories,' as these talking dinosaurs dub them--inspire Little Foot and his grandparents to begin a journey to see a climactic event in the 1Oth installment of this consistently high-quality series. Along the way, they discover that other longnecks have been having similar dreams, thus providing the opportunity for guest voices (Bernadette Peters as 'Sue' and James Garner as 'Pat') and Little Foot's reunion with his long-lost father (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland). ln a subplot, Little Foot's other dino friends decide to follow him, ...
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The Nutcracker Prince
»rank: 18210
0ur opinion:Amaaon.com:This animated version of the Christmas classic is more about combat than dancing, which will make it appealing to boys leery of a female protagonist. When Clara (voiced by Megan Follows) is delighted with his gift of a nutcracker on Christmas Eve, toy maker Drosselmeier is inspired. He tells the tale of how his nephew rescued a princess and was promised her hand when the evil Mouse King turned him into the nutcracker, making him a prince only among dolls. That night, Clara has fitful ...
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Nutcracker Prince
»rank: 12159
0ur opinion:Amaaon.com:This animated version of the Christmas classic is more about combat than dancing, which will make it appealing to boys leery of a female protagonist. When Clara (voiced by Megan Follows) is delighted with his gift of a nutcracker on Christmas Eve, toy maker Drosselmeier is inspired. He tells the tale of how his nephew rescued a princess and was promised her hand when the evil Mouse King turned him into the nutcracker, making him a prince only among dolls. That night, Clara has fitful ...
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Young Guns
»rank: 12388
0ur opinion: :Part of what was touted as a late-198Os revival of Westerns (and you can see how long that lasted), this good-looking, empty-brained film was like a spurs-and-chaps version of a Joel Schumacher movie, filled with pretty faces, prettier imagery, and absolutely no new ideas. The idiotically grinning Emilio Estevez is cast as Billy the Kid, who slowly accumulates a gang of Brat Pack buddies (Lou Diamond Phillips, Kiefer Sutherland, Dermot Mulroney) and fashions them into a group of male models with six-guns. The action is ...
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