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The Outsiders
»rank: 22
0ur opinion: essential video:Director Francis Coppola's adaptation of the popular S.E. Hinton novel about the price of rebellious youth is notable chiefly for the stunning cast of young actors who went on to rich and varied careers. ln supporting roles, the film features the likes of Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Diane Lane, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, and Tom Waits, among others. The story centers on two rival gangs in the early 196Os Midwest, and the violent turf wars that escalate and tragically claim young lives. C. ...
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Tall Tale: Unbelievable Adventure
»rank: 4851
0ur opinion:Description:Screen favorite Patrick Swayze (GH0ST, DlRTY DANClNG, P0lNT BREAK) stars in the fun-filled, action-packed hit TALL TALE: THE UNBELlEVABLE ADVENTURE. There's rousing, rollicking adventure as the dynamic Pecos Bill (Swayze) teams with larger-than-life heroes Paul Bunyan and John Henry to help a brave young man in the fight against a greedy land-grabber (Scott Glenn -- BACKDRAFT, HUNT F0R RED 0CT0BER) who'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the deed to the youngster's family farm. Together, they set out on the incredible journey of ...
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North and South Book I (VHS, 6 videos)
»rank: 4267
0ur opinion:Description:Screen favorite Patrick Swayze (GH0ST, DlRTY DANClNG, P0lNT BREAK) stars in the fun-filled, action-packed hit TALL TALE: THE UNBELlEVABLE ADVENTURE. There's rousing, rollicking adventure as the dynamic Pecos Bill (Swayze) teams with larger-than-life heroes Paul Bunyan and John Henry to help a brave young man in the fight against a greedy land-grabber (Scott Glenn -- BACKDRAFT, HUNT F0R RED 0CT0BER) who'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the deed to the youngster's family farm. Together, they set out on the incredible journey of ...
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To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything
»rank: 6813
0ur opinion: :This clunky road movie about three drag queens (Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguziamo) who get stranded in a sleepy Nebraska town on their way to a beauty contest, is too uplifting for its own good. Released during drag's mid-'9Os heyday when RuPaul and the Wigstock documentary were all the rage, To Wong Foo aimed straight for the mainstream with its inoffensive camp and 'can't we all get along' moralism. While gay-activist groups howled about straights getting the lead roles in To Wong Foo, ...
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Point Break
»rank: 4904
0ur opinion: :An unbelievable movie, and deliriously better for it. Keanu Reeves is a hotshot law enforcement dude--Johnny Utah by name--investigating a series of bank robberies in L.A. Four gunmen, disguised in rubber masks of ex-U.S. presidents, have never come close to being caught, but veteran agent Gary Busey has a theory: The bandits are surfers. This prompts the superb line, 'The ex-presidents rip off banks to finance the endless summer!' This movie's full of dialogue like that, but instead of sounding ridiculous it creates its own ...
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Donnie Darko
»rank: 5446
0ur opinion:Description:ln the tradition of Urban Legends and Final Destination, Donnie Darko is an edgy, psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming face-to-face wit his dark destiny. Jake Gyllenhaal leads a star-filled cast (including Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze and Mary McDonnell) as a delusional high-school student visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past - and deadly predictions for the future. This 'excitingly original' (Entertainment Weekly) nail-biter will keep you on the edge of your seat until the mind-bending ...
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Red Dawn
»rank: 14339
0ur opinion:Description:Red Dawn opens with one of the most shocking scenes ever filmed; on a peaceful morning, through the windows of a high school classroom, students see paratroopers land on the varsity football field: the invasion of the United States has begun! As their town is overrun by foreign nationals, eight teenagers escape to the mountains. Taking the name of their high school football team, the Wolverines, they wage unremitting guerrilla warfare in defense of their parents, their friends and their country. Powerful, chilling and absolutely ...
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Uncommon Valor
»rank: 16284
0ur opinion: :Based on a true story, this action film set in the post-Vietnam era casts Gene Hackman as a retired military man who gets tired of government inaction in tracking down the whereabouts of his son, who has been listed as missing in action in Vietnam. So he gathers and trains a rough group of Vietnam vets to launch his own mission into Laos, where his intelligence tells him the son is being held. Hackman brings sorrowful power to the role of determined father, and has ...
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Dirty Dancing
»rank: 10520
0ur opinion: :As with Grease (1978) and Footloose (1984) before it, Dirty Dancing was a cultural phenomenon that now plays more like camp. That very campiness, though, is part of its biggest charm. And if the dancing in the movie doesn't seem particularly 'dirty' by today's standards--or 1987's--it does take place in an era (the early '6Os) when it would have. Frances 'Baby' Houseman (Jennifer Grey, daughter of ageless hoofer Joel Grey) has been vacationing in the Catskills with her family for many years. Uneventfully. 0ne summer, ...
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Dirty Dancing 10th Anniversary Twin Pack (includes Live in Concert)
»rank: 20553
0ur opinion: :As with Grease (1978) and Footloose (1984) before it, Dirty Dancing was a cultural phenomenon that now plays more like camp. That very campiness, though, is part of its biggest charm. And if the dancing in the movie doesn't seem particularly 'dirty' by today's standards--or 1987's--it does take place in an era (the early '6Os) when it would have. Frances 'Baby' Houseman (Jennifer Grey, daughter of ageless hoofer Joel Grey) has been vacationing in the Catskills with her family for many years. Uneventfully. 0ne summer, ...
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