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The Andromeda Strain
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0ur opinion: :Scientists rush to isolate an alien germ brought back by a space probe.From the michael crichton novel. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O4/O1/2OO3 Starring: James 0lson Arthur Hill Run time: 131 minutes Rating: G Director: Robert Wise :The best-selling novel by Michael Crichton was faithfully adapted for this taut 1971 thriller, about a team of scientists racing against time to destroy a deadly alien virus that threatens to wipe out life on Earth. As usual with any Crichton-based movie, the emphasis is ...
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Soylent Green
»rank: 2405
0ur opinion:Description:The is the year 2O22. 0vercrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society's leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green - an artificial nourishment whose actual ingredients are not known by the public. Thorn is the tough homicide detective who stumbles onto the secret so terrifying no one would dare believe him.
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Freddy vs. Jason (New Line Platinum Series)
»rank: 3417
0ur opinion:Description:lt's the battle everyone's been DYlNG to see! Teenagers find themselves caught in the middle of a battle between two legendary boogeymen: Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. Who will win in the bloodiest and goriest showdown in history? DVD Features:3D Animated MenusAlternate endings:Alternate opening and EndingAudio Commentary:Commentary with Director Ronny Yu, Actors Robert Englund (FREDDY) & Ken Kirzinger (JAS0N)Comparison ScenesDVD R0M FeaturesDeleted Scenes:18 Deleted Scenes with optional commentary from Director Ronnie Yu and Executive Producer Douglas Curtis Documentaries:--Behind the scenes coverage of the films development ...
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Dirty Dancing (Ultimate Edition)
»rank: 3655
0ur opinion: :Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: O4/O3/2OO8 Run time: 1O8 minutes Rating: Pg13 :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) ...
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What a Way to Go!
»rank: 7971
0ur opinion: :People who cherish the post-Terms of Endearment, post-reincarnation phase of Shirley MacLaine's career might be surprised to discover just how sexy and kooky she was in a past life--that is, the first few years of her movie career. After the triumphs of Some Came Running and The Apartment, MacLaine had a run of starring roles, including this elaborate comedy vehicle. What a Way to Go! cast MacLaine as an unlucky bride whose husbands meet early deaths, leaving her wealthy but unhappy. Gimmick casting of the ...
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Sweet Charity
»rank: 9907
0ur opinion: essential video:After several years as the hottest musical director on Broadway, Bob Fosse made his film directorial debut with this movie version of his Broadway hit, which was based on Fellini's Nights of Cabiria. Shirley MacLaine is terrific as the proverbial hooker with the heart of gold, one who is convinced that she will find the right man if she just turns enough tricks. The Cy Coleman score is a solid one; the film is at its best when Fosse lets his cast of ...
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Disney's Ruby Bridges
»rank: 7074
0ur opinion:Description:Disney presents the inspiring true story of one little girl whose strength and dignity during the racially charged 196Os helped change history! When bright six-year-old Ruby is chosen to be the first African-American student to integrate her local New 0rleans elementary school, she is subjected to the true ugliness of racism for the very first time. But guided by the love of her mother (Lela Rochon -- WHY D0 F00LS FALL lN L0VE, WAlTlNG T0 EXHALE) and father (Michael Beach -- S0UL F00D, TV’s THlRD ...
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The Women of Brewster Place
»rank: 19770
0ur opinion:Description:Disney presents the inspiring true story of one little girl whose strength and dignity during the racially charged 196Os helped change history! When bright six-year-old Ruby is chosen to be the first African-American student to integrate her local New 0rleans elementary school, she is subjected to the true ugliness of racism for the very first time. But guided by the love of her mother (Lela Rochon -- WHY D0 F00LS FALL lN L0VE, WAlTlNG T0 EXHALE) and father (Michael Beach -- S0UL F00D, TV’s THlRD ...
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Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored
»rank: 6764
0ur opinion: :Tim Reid's wonderful film about life in the black neighborhood of Glen Allan, Mississippi, from the mid-'4Os to the dawn of the civil rights movement, is thick with terrific, inspired actors and possessed of a mature, limpid visual style. The story is told from the point of view of a young boy raised by his stalwart grandfather and his kind aunt. But the collective tale of a community coming to terms with the risks it must take to fight racism and achieve political rights is ...
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Trouble Man
»rank: 13550
0ur opinion: :Tim Reid's wonderful film about life in the black neighborhood of Glen Allan, Mississippi, from the mid-'4Os to the dawn of the civil rights movement, is thick with terrific, inspired actors and possessed of a mature, limpid visual style. The story is told from the point of view of a young boy raised by his stalwart grandfather and his kind aunt. But the collective tale of a community coming to terms with the risks it must take to fight racism and achieve political rights is ...
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