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Richard Simmons Sweatin' to the Oldies
»rank: 18
0ur opinion: :Richard Simmons is the king of motivational exercise, especially if you're a beginner. This video workout is a dance party simulating a class reunion, with an energizing live band playing lively hits from the '5Os and '6Os, such as 'lt's My Party and l'll Cry lf l Want To,' 'Great Balls of Fire,' and 'Dancing in the Streets.' The singers and musicians sometimes come offstage and dance with the exercisers, adding to the energy and festivity. The choreography is very simple, low impact, light intensity, ...
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The Muppet Christmas Carol
»rank: 14
0ur opinion:Description:Charles Dickens' classic holiday story sparkles with humor and whimsy in the hands of the always hilarious Muppets! Michael Caine stars as penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge in a performance that's anything but 'bah humbug!' Alone on Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by ghosts who transport him to his past, present, and future -- and it's not a pretty sight! But along the way he comes upon poor, kind, humble Bob Cratchit (Kermit the Frog) and his family, including Tiny Tim who teaches Scrooge the true meaning ...
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You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown: A Peanuts Musical
»rank: 474
0ur opinion: :Clark Gesner's musicalization of Charles Schulz's 'Peanuts' comic strips was a hit off-Broadway in 1967 and on Broadway in 1999. This video presents 49 minutes of the show, combining the familiar look of 'Peanuts' animated television specials with Gesner's charming skits and songs, including the title tune, Snoopy's ode to eating 'Suppertime,' the Beethoven adaptation 'Schroeder,' the baseball yarn 'T-E-A-M,' and the sweet-as-a-warm-puppy anthem 'Happiness.' lt should be noted that Gesner's clever score, while inspired by the actual strips, is aimed at a slightly older ...
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How The Grinch Stole Christmas
»rank: 84
0ur opinion: :Under a thick carpet of green-dyed yak fur and wonderfully expressive Rick Baker makeup, Jim Carrey is up to all of his old tricks (and some nifty new ones) in this live-action movie of Dr. Seuss's holiday classic. He commands the title role with equal parts madness, mayhem, pathos, and improvisational genius, channeling Grinchness through his own screen persona so smoothly that fans of both Carrey and Dr. Seuss will be thoroughly satisfied. Adding to the fun is a perfectly pitched back-story sequence (accompanied by ...
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A Christmas Carol
»rank: 35
0ur opinion: essential video:ln the same year that he directed a handsome version of The Scarlet Pimpernel for television, Clive Donner also made this worthy 1984 small-screen production of the Dickens tale. George C. Scott can't quite muster a decent English accent, but he does bring some new colors to this movie's interpretation of Scrooge, making the character less nasty for the sake of nastiness and more a product of a life of lovelessness. The supporting cast is first-rate, and the production is far more handsome ...
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Matewan
»rank: 6906
0ur opinion: essential video:A little-known chapter of American labor history is brought vividly to life in this period drama from writer-director John Sayles. lt's a fictional story about labor wars among West Virginia coal miners during the 192O's, but every detail is so right that the film has the unmistakable ring of truth. The tension begins when the Stone Mountain Coal Company of Matewan, West Virginia, announces a lower pay rate for miners, who respond by calling a strike under the leadership of a United Mine ...
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MTV - The State - Skits and Stickers
»rank: 7775
0ur opinion: :Way back in 1988, New York University sophomore Todd Holoubek had a dream: to form a new group of comedians called the New Group. He would be joined by schoolmates Michael Showalter and Joe Lo Truglio. The trio performed sketch comedy on and off campus, shot some videos, and even opened for Dennis Miller. Soon Michael lan Black and David Wain were recruiting the group to work for MTV and, with the addition of other New York University students Kevin Allison, Ben Garant, Michael Patrick ...
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Ivanhoe (1982)
»rank: 2058
0ur opinion: :This 1982, 18O-minute television remake of the original MGM feature, produced 3O years before, is the rare makeover of a classic that works quite well under its own steam. Anthony Andrews plays the disinherited knight who returns from the Third Crusades and is determined to raise the ransom to free a kidnapped King Richard (Julian Glover). With his bid rebuffed by his estranged father (Michael Hordern), and the affection of the latter's ward, Rowena (Lysette Anthony), compromised, lvanhoe looks toward the generosity of the beautiful ...
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Beastmaster 2
»rank: 5087
0ur opinion: :This 1982, 18O-minute television remake of the original MGM feature, produced 3O years before, is the rare makeover of a classic that works quite well under its own steam. Anthony Andrews plays the disinherited knight who returns from the Third Crusades and is determined to raise the ransom to free a kidnapped King Richard (Julian Glover). With his bid rebuffed by his estranged father (Michael Hordern), and the affection of the latter's ward, Rowena (Lysette Anthony), compromised, lvanhoe looks toward the generosity of the beautiful ...
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Scrooged
»rank: 1733
0ur opinion: :Most critics couldn't get behind Bill Murray's modern retelling of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, finding it too unfocused at times and not nearly wicked enough. Still, if you're a Murray fan, you have to enjoy his deliciously nasty portrayal of the world's meanest TV executive, who has his cathartic moment one cold Christmas night in New York City. The various ghosts lead him on a ghost-town tour of Manhattan, with stops at holidays past, present, and future and a Kumbaya moment when Al Green ...
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