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Macbeth (1971)
»rank: 7677
0ur opinion: essential video:Roman Polanski's adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy remains one of the most infamous for a number of reasons: the copious amounts of bloody gore, its expert use of location settings (filmed in North Wales), and Lady Macbeth's nude sleepwalking scene. Despite its notoriety, though, this does remain one of the more compelling film adaptations of the Scottish tragedy, if one of the more pessimistic takes on the story of Macbeth and his overreaching ambition. lf you think the play is normally a bit ...
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Dolemite
»rank: 14523
0ur opinion: :Who's the baddest motherf****r to blow onto blaxploitation screens? Forget Shaft and just ask X-rated comic and 'godfather of rap' Rudy Ray Moore. He'll give you the gospel of Dolemite. Street hustler, pimp, and all-around ghetto superhero Dolemite began life as a character in Moore's nightclub act and was a natural character for his self-financed film debut, a revenge tale set on the corrupt streets of L.A.Dolemite is sprung from prison by an impossibly understanding warden so he can find the drug-dealing, gun-smuggling crooks who ...
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The Pajama Game
»rank: 3842
0ur opinion: essential video:This 1957 version of the Tony-winning Pajama Game is one of the finest film adaptations of a hit Broadway musical. The story is simple enough: Babe Williams, the head of a pajama company's grievance committee, falls for an exec--the new superintendent--Sid Sorokin (John Raitt). Doris Day, as Babe, has never been so efficiently cute. Raitt starred in the Broadway version, as did much of the film's cast (Day replaced original stage star Janis Paige). The Pajama Game is filled with recognizable, classic songs, ...
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Rhodes: Life & Legend of Cecil Rhodes
»rank: 11982
0ur opinion: essential video:This 1957 version of the Tony-winning Pajama Game is one of the finest film adaptations of a hit Broadway musical. The story is simple enough: Babe Williams, the head of a pajama company's grievance committee, falls for an exec--the new superintendent--Sid Sorokin (John Raitt). Doris Day, as Babe, has never been so efficiently cute. Raitt starred in the Broadway version, as did much of the film's cast (Day replaced original stage star Janis Paige). The Pajama Game is filled with recognizable, classic songs, ...
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Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
»rank: 14981
0ur opinion: essential video:Dog Day Afternoon. Annie Hall. Taxi Driver. ln the pantheon of classic New York films, these three take pride of place. But there are, of course, others, some of which have fallen through the cracks over the years, criminally overlooked and unjustly relegated to commercial-riddled Saturday-afternoon TV broadcasts. Joseph Sargent's The Taking of Pelham 0ne Two Three is just such a picture. This taut 1974 thriller about four armed men who highjack a New York City subway train and hold it and its ...
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Audience With Mel Brooks
»rank: 10814
0ur opinion: essential video:Dog Day Afternoon. Annie Hall. Taxi Driver. ln the pantheon of classic New York films, these three take pride of place. But there are, of course, others, some of which have fallen through the cracks over the years, criminally overlooked and unjustly relegated to commercial-riddled Saturday-afternoon TV broadcasts. Joseph Sargent's The Taking of Pelham 0ne Two Three is just such a picture. This taut 1974 thriller about four armed men who highjack a New York City subway train and hold it and its ...
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Operation Daybreak
»rank: 16240
0ur opinion:Description:During World War 2 a squad of Czech expatriates are parachuted into Czechoslovakia in order to assassinate the German governor Reinhard Heydrich. 0peration Daybreak, based on a true story, details the preparations, execution, and aftermath of this operation.
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Hotel Reserve
»rank: 18513
0ur opinion:Description:During World War 2 a squad of Czech expatriates are parachuted into Czechoslovakia in order to assassinate the German governor Reinhard Heydrich. 0peration Daybreak, based on a true story, details the preparations, execution, and aftermath of this operation.
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Runaway
»rank: 19710
0ur opinion:Description:During World War 2 a squad of Czech expatriates are parachuted into Czechoslovakia in order to assassinate the German governor Reinhard Heydrich. 0peration Daybreak, based on a true story, details the preparations, execution, and aftermath of this operation.
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Golden Voyage of Sinbad
»rank: 21965
0ur opinion: :John Phillip Law stars as the legendary sailor this time around as he finds a talisman and sets sail with his crew for an uncharted island. With a beautiful slave girl (Caroline Munro) in tow, Sinbad takes on the evil sorcerer Koura (Tom Baker), who wants Sinbad's golden talisman to complete a spell. En route to the island, Koura brings the ship's figurehead to life to wreak havoc on the ship and crew. 0nce there, Sinbad and crew must do battle with a six-armed figure ...
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