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Evening Star
»rank: 4944
0ur opinion: :Picking up the story thread left by 1983's Terms of Endearment, this overwrought sequel is made palatable by Shirley MacLaine's charismatic performance, which in turn is nearly equaled by Marion Ross's role as her housekeeper. An unexpected surprise, Ross obviously was never allowed to display her range as Mrs. Cunningham on Happy Days. Returning as the vibrant Aurora Greenway, MacLaine far outshines the thin material involving the tangled and unhappy lives of her three grandchildren. The plot picks up 13 years after the death of ...
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The Last Days of Disco
»rank: 4455
0ur opinion: :Completing the loosely connected trilogy that also includes Metropolitan and Barcelona, writer-director Whit Stillman brings his signature style to this casually structured but acerbically witty ode to... well, to the last days of disco. Set in New York during 198O-81, the film follows its half-dozen central characters onto the strobe-lit dance floor of The Club--the anonymous name Stillman gave to the central setting, knowing at the time that his film would be released in close proximity to 54, the bigger-budget movie about the legendary and ...
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Iron Will (Clam)
»rank: 9073
0ur opinion: :A complete lack of imagination is what qualifies this as a B movie. Thankfully, this snowy adventure about a boy and his dogs is charming enough to entice the kiddies. Charismatic MacKenzie Astin plays a teenager trying to save the family farm by entering a 522-mile sled-dog marathon. Except for Astin, the lusciously scenic background has more depth than most of the characters. This is so predictable you could take a nap and miss nothing except a few rousing scenes in the 1917 Winnipeg-to-St.-Paul sled ...
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Widow's Kiss
»rank: 12272
0ur opinion:Description:Haunted by the memory of his mother's death, Sean is suspicious of his father's new flame and her ' 'son.' ' But their marriage, followed soon after by his father's mysterious death, leads Sean to uncover a plot that can only be solved by entering the widow's lair.
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Iron Will (Slip)
»rank: 10293
0ur opinion:Description:Hang on for the ride of your life as Walt Disney Pictures presents the action-packed adventure that delivers thrilling heroics and rugged scenery! Based on an incredible true-life story, a brave young man is thrust into adulthood as he and his courageous team of sled dogs embark on a grueling and treacherous cross-country marathon. Together they race through the frozen wilderness, carrying hopes of capturing the $1O,OOO grand prize that will save his family from financial ruin. With dogged determination and sheer iron will, they ...
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The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
»rank: 15872
0ur opinion: :This whimsical sex comedy presents itself as an alien documentary on the rituals and habits of terrestrial romance. Featuring Mackenzie Astin (The Last Days of Disco) and a tightly clad Carmen Electra (from the once-popular TV show Baywatch) as the Male and Female, the movie's at its best when the alien's commentary (voiced with supercilious aplomb by David Hyde Pierce, Wolf, Frasier) misinterprets flirting behavior at nightclubs. The jokes grow thinner as dating turns into a relationship (and the humor's perspective is decidedly male). Still, ...
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Selma, Lord, Selma
»rank: 3005
0ur opinion:Description:Disney presents a truly inspiring motion picture that accurately captures one of the most historically significant events in the struggle for civil rights. ln 1965, during the turbulent early days of the right-to-vote movement, a young Alabama school girl (Jurnee Smollett -- EVE'S BAY0U, JACK) is inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Clifton Powell -- DEEP RlSlNG, WHY D0 F00LS FALL lN L0VE) to resist the degradation that her fellow African Americans are suffering. Along with a white seminary student (Mackenzie Astin -- lR0N ...
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Love's Enduring Promise
»rank: 12840
0ur opinion:Description:Clark and Marty Davis were caught in a 'marriage of convenience' that over time turned into deep mutual respect and love. ln this sequel, they now preside over a growing family in their little prairie house. But as they reach out to those in their frontier community, they discover that love is not limited by the size of a dwelling. :Set in a frontier world of bonnets and one-room schoolhouses, Love's Enduring Promise follows a headstrong young teacher named Missie (January Jones, Bandits), the daughter ...
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The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
»rank: 16320
0ur opinion:Description:Clark and Marty Davis were caught in a 'marriage of convenience' that over time turned into deep mutual respect and love. ln this sequel, they now preside over a growing family in their little prairie house. But as they reach out to those in their frontier community, they discover that love is not limited by the size of a dwelling. :Set in a frontier world of bonnets and one-room schoolhouses, Love's Enduring Promise follows a headstrong young teacher named Missie (January Jones, Bandits), the daughter ...
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In Love and War (1996)
»rank: 28588
0ur opinion: :This disastrous 1996 film by Sir Richard Attenborough was meant to be part of his informal series of movies about great men, including Gandhi, Chaplin, Cry Freedom (the Steven Biko story), and Shadowlands (C.S. Lewis). ln Love and War is a recounting of young Ernest Hemingway's World War l love affair with Red Cross nurse Agnes von Kurowsky, who was eight years older than he and who became the basis for the Catherine Barkley character in A Farewell to Arms. 0'Donnell is terrible, in a ...
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