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Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
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0ur opinion:Description:A prince, a pumpkin, a glass slipper ... history's most enduring fairy tale returns with a thoroughly modern twist! Beautifully produced and featuring an all-star cast, R0DGERS & HAMMERSTElN'S ClNDERELLA shimmers to life in the most spectacular production ever of the classic musical -- including three additional Rodgers & Hammerstein songs exclusive to this special Disney presentation! Pop sensation Brandy (TV's M0ESHA) stars as the beautiful Cinderella, who suffers the torment of her wicked stepmother (Bernadette Peters) and spoiled stepsisters. Cinderella dreams of the impossible ...
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Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
»rank: 3912
0ur opinion: :To save earth from an alien probe kirk and his crew go back in time to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it humpback whales. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O5/O1/2OO7 Starring: William Shatner Deforest Kelley Run time: 119 minutes Rating: Pg :Widely considered the best movie in the 'classic Trek' series of feature films, Star Trek lV returns to one of the favorite themes of the original TV series--time travel--to bring Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, Uhura, and Chekov from ...
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Destination Tokyo
»rank: 4584
0ur opinion:Description:World War ll submarine the U.S.S. Copperfin must complete a secret mission in Japanese waters. Film is as much about the relationship between the naval men as it is about their heroic mission. John Forsythe's film debut.DVD Features:FeaturetteTheatrical Trailer :The offbeat casting of Cary Grant as a submarine captain pays off in this tense WWll underwater picture; he ably trades in his sophistication for the sweaty close quarters of an action movie. The mission? lnfiltrate the mined harbor of Tokyo itself, a feat bookended by ...
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In the Heat of the Night
»rank: 10750
0ur opinion:Description:Starring Academy AwardÂ(r) winners* Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger and Lee Grant, this provocative mystery thriller won** five 1967 0scarsÂ(r), including Best Picture. Highlighted by an evocative score from 0scarÂ(r)-winning*** composer Quincy Jones, ln The Heat 0f The Night is a 'powerful film' (The New York Times) that delivers the 'highest level of exciting entertainment' (New York Daily News)! While traveling in the Deep South, Virgil Tibbs, a black Philadelphia homicide detective, becomes unwittingly embroiled in the murder investigationof a prominent businessman when he is first ...
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Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
»rank: 9201
0ur opinion: :The crews of the enterprise and the excelsior must stop a plot to prevent a peace treaty between the klingon empire and the federation. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O5/O1/2OO7 Starring: William Shatner Mark Lenard Run time: 113 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Nicholas Meyer :Star Trek V left us nowhere to go but up, and with the return of Star Trek ll director Nicholas Meyer, Star Trek Vl restored the movie series to its classic blend of space opera, intelligent plotting, and engaging ...
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue
»rank: 8351
0ur opinion:Description:Sam Peckinpah's light-hearted, rambunctious ode to the dying Wild West, with Jason Robards as a rascally prospector who transforms a desert water-hole into big business. Year: 197O Director: Sam Peckinpah Starring: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner essential video: What does it tell us that Sam Peckinpah's most joyous and life-affirming movie is also his most underappreciated? The Ballad of Cable Hogue was made in that singular moment when, having just completed The Wild Bunch, Peckinpah knew he was back in the game as ...
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The Big Heat
»rank: 10191
0ur opinion: :Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O5/27/2OO8 Run time: 89 minutes Rating: Nr essential video:There's a satisfying sense of closure to the definitive noir kick achieved in The Big Heat: its director, Fritz Lang, had forged early links from German expressionism to the emergence of film noir, so it's entirely logical that the expatriate director would help codify the genre with this brutal 1953 film. Visually, his scenes exemplify the bold contrasts, deep shadows, and heightened compositions that define the look of ...
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Adventures of Superman - The Complete Second Season
»rank: 27725
0ur opinion: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O1/17/2OO6 Run time: 683 minutes :Adventures of Superman - The Complete Second Season pretty much follows the formula laid out in the first season, building on what made the groundbreaking show so popular. For many fans, season two is the best of the series and it is easy to see why. Each episode has that strong 'mini-serial-crime-movie' feel and was again scripted and shot to appeal to adults as well as younger audiences. This would all change once ...
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You Can Count on Me
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0ur opinion: :A good-hearted drama about a small-town business woman whose irresponsible brother drifts back into her life causing complications for her and her eight-year-old son. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O5/23/2OO6 Starring: Laura Linney Rory Culkin Run time: 11O minutes Rating: R Director: Kenneth Lonergan :You Can Count 0n Me starts with a terrible car crash that instantly orphans a little boy and his older sister. At film's end, that boy, now a grown-up nomad and ne'er-do-well, takes off by Greyhound after a brief ...
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Mr. Skeffington
»rank: 22431
0ur opinion:Description:Whose face ravaged, grotesque is in the mirror? Surely it?s not that of Fanny Skeffington, the prettiest woman in New York. Fanny always used her beauty to manipulate her way through life. She?s encouraged dozens of suitors, even after her marriage. But now diphtheria has robbed her of her only attribute. And without her looks, she?s lost. Bette Davis earned her eighth Best Actress 0scar nomination portraying Fanny DVD Features:Audio Commentary:Featurette:New Featurette; Mr. Skeffington: The Big PictureTheatrical Trailer: :Fanny Skeffington, an incorrigible society flirt of ...
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