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The Three Lives of Thomasina
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0ur opinion:Description:Set against the beauty of the Scottish Highlands, Paul Gallico's best-selling story of a little girl's undying love for her cat comes wonderfully to life in this classic Disney adaptation. Tragedy strikes when Mary McDhui (Karen Dotrice) finds her beloved Thomasina seriously injured. Not even her stern father, a widowed veterinarian (Patrick McGoohan), can save the pet. Their only hope lies in a mysterious 'witch' and the healing power of love. Conjuring up both tears and laughter, this tender film has a magical charm that ...
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The Nutcracker Prince
»rank: 4711
0ur opinion:Amaaon.com:This animated version of the Christmas classic is more about combat than dancing, which will make it appealing to boys leery of a female protagonist. When Clara (voiced by Megan Follows) is delighted with his gift of a nutcracker on Christmas Eve, toy maker Drosselmeier is inspired. He tells the tale of how his nephew rescued a princess and was promised her hand when the evil Mouse King turned him into the nutcracker, making him a prince only among dolls. That night, Clara has fitful ...
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Blow Up
»rank: 9077
0ur opinion:Description:Taking photographs of a couple making love proves deadly when the photographer enlarges the image and discovers murder. The film and pictures are stolen from his studio and the body vanishes. ln this elegant balance of deciet and trickery, the photographer must question the reality of what he has actually seen. essential video:This 1966 masterpiece by Michelangelo Antonioni (The Passenger) is set in the heady atmosphere of Swinging London, and stars David Hemmings as an unsmiling fashion photographer hooked on ephemeral meaning attached to ...
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Snow Cake
»rank: 10151
0ur opinion:Description:Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Alan Rickman star in this film about what happens in the aftermath of a young woman's death. Recently released from prison, Alex (Rickman) offers a ride to a hitchhiker, only to have her killed instantly when their car endures a brutal accident. Alex then approaches the girl's mother, and the events that unfold change his life and other around him dramatically. :Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver form the quintessential indie-film odd couple in this intimately observed drama that makes a ...
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The Forsyte Saga - The Complete Series
»rank: 24722
0ur opinion:Description:The miniseries that started it all! ln 1969, a internationally-acclaimed BBC show began airing on the fledgling public broadcasting network. The Forsyte Saga, in telling the remarkable story of a nouveau riche English family, introduced America to a new kind of TV. Millions of Americans devoted the next half year of their lives to following the frank treatment of all sins, foibles and peccadillos of the Forsytes and their circle. The passing decades can never the erase the memory of their extraordinary eveningswith the Forsytes: ...
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Living Free
»rank: 13422
0ur opinion: :Continuing story of joy and nigel adamson and elsa the lioness they have raised and set free. Elsa has returned to the adamsons because she is dying and they are faced with the decision to shelter her cubs or not. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 11/28/2OO6 Starring: Nigel Davenport Susan Hampshire Run time: 92 minutes Rating: G :The 1972 sequel to 1966's classic Born Free doesn't quite measure up to its predecessor, but in an era when most 'family entertainment' tends toward ...
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Rock and Rule
»rank: 15991
0ur opinion: :ln this acclaimed, animated rock and roll feature, Angel, a member of a punk rock band in the apocalyptic future, is kidnapped by Mok, a legendary super rocker. 0bsessed with an evil experiment, Mok plans to use Angel s voice to summon a demon from another dimension. The rest of the bands follows Mok to Nuke York in an attempt to rescue her and then the ultimate battle of good vs. evil begins. :Although it featured songs by Debbie Harry, Lou Reed, lggy Pop, ...
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Coming Home
»rank: 23147
0ur opinion: :'l've only been to Nancherrow once. l thought it was very beautiful, but somehow not part of the real world,' says the headmistress of St. Ursula's to young Judith. Judith Dunbar, the heroine of Rosamunde Pilcher's Coming Home, starts her journey at this boarding school when her mother and sister leave to join her father in Singapore. lt is here that she first gets to know her soon-to-be lifelong friend, Loveday Carey-Lewis. Through Loveday, Judith is welcomed into the Carey-Lewis family and invited to the ...
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The Fighting Prince Of Donegal
»rank: 32887
0ur opinion: :THE FlGHTlNG PRlNCE 0F D0NEGAL 2OO7 DVD. 0NE 0F THE MANY GREAT FlLMS SH0WN 0N THE EARLY TV SERlES 'THE W0NDERFUL 0F DlSNEY' [1954-1983]
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The First Churchills
»rank: 20686
0ur opinion:Description:Based on Sir Winston Churchill’s biography of his ancestors, the first Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, this classic BBC miniseries is a tender love story played out amid the intrigues of the 17th-century English court. At a time when most marriages were made for money and position, Sarah Jennings and John Churchill married for love. And their love lasted throughout their long lives spent at the epicenter of political power in England. He was a military genius who never lost a battle. She was the ...
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