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Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
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0ur opinion: essential video:Director Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard) and writer Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep) adapted James M. Cain's hard-boiled novel into this wildly thrilling story of insurance man Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray), who schemes the perfect murder with the beautiful dame Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck): kill Dietrichson's husband and make off with the insurance money. But, of course, in these plots things never quite go as planned, and Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) is the wily insurance investigator who must sort things out. From the ...
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Heartbreak Ridge
»rank: 2141
0ur opinion: :Sergeant tom highway a hardened tough veteran of korea and vietnam returns to the united states for his last tour of duty with the u.S. Marine corps. He is assigned to training a recon unit. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/13/2OO7 Starring: Clint Eastwood Bo Svenson Run time: 13O minutes Rating: R Director: Clint Eastwood essential video:The controversial, Reagan-era invasion of Grenada by U.S. troops is, oddly enough, at the center of this initially interesting story of a seasoned Marine sergeant (Clint ...
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Flight to Mars
»rank: 6711
0ur opinion:Description:Four men and a girl crash-land on the red planet Mars after suffering severe damage in a meteor storm enroute. Finding an advanced and seemingly benevolent civilization living in underground cities, help is given in the repair of the rocketship--however, a sinister plot is discovered that could mean the annihilation of Earth by an invading Martian army. Tense, terrifying action on a planet of forbidden dangers. Produced by Academy Award-winning producer Walter Mirisch in other-worldly hues of two-color Cinecolor, 'Flight to Mars' is '5Os nostalgia ...
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Triple Feature: Free Willy/Free Willy 2 - The Adventure Home/Free Willy 3 - The Rescue
»rank: 6669
0ur opinion:Description:Fun, excitement and the whale that captured the world's imagination add up to big family entertainment. A lonely boy understands the plaintive cries of the orca confined to an aquatic park's too-small tank and does something about it in Free Willy (Disc 1/Side A). Watch and understand why 'audiences have gone wild for Willy' (Richard Corliss, Time). The boy rejoins Willy in his new ocean home and together they confront a burning oil spill in Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (Disc 1/Side B), 'the ...
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The Sure Thing
»rank: 4138
0ur opinion:Description:John Cusack (Grosse Pointe Blank, High Fidelity), Daphne Zuniga (Spaceballs) and Nicollette Sheridan ('Desperate Housewives') star in this charming tale of true love that's at once 'intelligent, fun, a bit devilish [and] delightful, frisky and perceptively funny' (The Hollywood Reporter)! College freshman Walter 'Gib' Gibson (Cusack) has a 'sure thing' goinga date with a very hot and very sex-craved blonde (Sheridan) across the country in LA. Crossed by fateand the ride-share bulletin boardGib makes the trip with a studious and abrasive coed (Zuniga). But as ...
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Piece of Cake
»rank: 12868
0ur opinion:Description:John Cusack (Grosse Pointe Blank, High Fidelity), Daphne Zuniga (Spaceballs) and Nicollette Sheridan ('Desperate Housewives') star in this charming tale of true love that's at once 'intelligent, fun, a bit devilish [and] delightful, frisky and perceptively funny' (The Hollywood Reporter)! College freshman Walter 'Gib' Gibson (Cusack) has a 'sure thing' goinga date with a very hot and very sex-craved blonde (Sheridan) across the country in LA. Crossed by fateand the ride-share bulletin boardGib makes the trip with a studious and abrasive coed (Zuniga). But as ...
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The More the Merrier
»rank: 12387
0ur opinion: :During the ww2 housing shortage in washington two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays cupid to the other two. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 11/O2/2OO4 Starring: Jean Arthur Joel Mccrea Run time: 1O4 minutes Rating: Nr essential video:Portly Charles Coburn makes a cute if unlikely cupid in George Stevens's smart 1943 romantic comedy. Jean Arthur is girl next door and big-city sophisticate rolled up in one bubbly package as Connie Milligan, a single woman ...
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Free Willy (10th Anniversary Edition)
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0ur opinion: :A 12 year old street kid. A 3 ton killer whale. A friendship you could never imagine. An adventure youll never forget. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 12/O9/2OO8 Starring: Lori Petty Michael Madsen Run time: 112 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Simon Wincer :Some of us will never understand why this boy-and-his-whale tale became the hit family film of 1993 and one of the bestselling videos of all time. But it is easy to see how clever marketing and a tear-jerking story could touch ...
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Doris Day Collection 1 (Billy Rose's Jumbo / Calamity Jane / The Glass Bottom Boat / Love Me or Leave Me / Lullaby of Broadway / The Pajama Game / Please Don't Eat the Daisies / Young Man with a Horn)
»rank: 3720
0ur opinion:Description:The Doris Day Collection features six new-to-DVD titles -- Young Man With a Horn, Lullaby of Broadway, Love Me or Leave Me, Billy Rose's 'Jumbo', Please Don't Eat the Daisies, The Glass Bottom Boat -- along with two of Ms. Day's all-time favorite musicals, Calamity Jane and Pajama Game which have been repackaged for the Collection. All DVDs are packed with bonus features including vintage shorts and featurettes, cartoons, trailers and more. Young Man with a Horn (195O) With a second-hand trumpet and the loving ...
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The Idolmaker
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0ur opinion: :Based on the life of rock promoter/producer bob marucci who discovered among others frankie avalon and fabian. Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: O8/28/2OO1 Starring: Ray Sharkey 0lympia Dukakis Run time: 119 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Taylor Hackford :The same year Neil Diamond made a ballyhooed (through lackluster) remake of The Jazz Singer, first-time director Taylor Hackford (An 0fficer and a Gentleman) created a musical biography packed with energy, verve, and style. Golden Globe winner Ray Sharkey is Vincent Vacarri, a tough, charismatic music fan who ...
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