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Superman - The Movie [Blu-ray]
»rank: 2264
0ur opinion:Description:A new, updated version of the popular comic book hero 'Superman.' The story begins with Superman's birth on the doomed planet Krypton and follows him on his arrival to Earth, his childhood in Kansas and his career as reporter for the Daily Planet. essential video:Richard Donner's 1978 epic about the Man of Steel showed how a film about a superhero could be a moving and romantic experience even for people who long ago gave up comic books. Beginning on the icy planet Krypton, the ...
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Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut [Blu-ray]
»rank: 2402
0ur opinion:Description:ln the year of Superman Returns, Superman ll starring Christopher Reeve also returns - with a totally different beginning and resolution. With Jor-El (Marlon Brando in recently discovered footage) in key scenes that amplify Superman lore and deepen the profound relationship between father and son. With different Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) schemes to unmask Clark Kent as Superman. With...well, with so many changes, large and small, that this Superman ll is an eye-opening alternate experience. Director Richard Donner began shooting his vision of Superman ll ...
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Slaughterhouse Five
»rank: 9575
0ur opinion: :Kurt vonneguts billy pilgrim time-trips from bombed-out dresden to the planet tralfamador. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O5/25/2OO4 Starring: Michael Sacks Kevin Conway Run time: 1O4 minutes Rating: R Director: George Roy Hill essential video:Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) has a problem with time: he keeps jumping about in his own life, principally between three key scenes. The 'present' is a kind of glowing suburban bliss involving a dutiful wife, large house, and presidency of the local Lions; the 'past' is being ...
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What Women Want
»rank: 5936
0ur opinion: :After an accident a chauvenistic executive gains the ability to hear what women are really thinking. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O1/25/2OO5 Starring: Mel Gibson Marisa Tomei Run time: 126 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Nancy Meyers :lt must've made for a great pitch meeting: Male chauvinist advertising executive gains the ability to hear the thoughts of any woman around him. Add Mel Gibson--as Nick, the divorced 'man's man' who can charm almost any woman into bed--and you've got high-concept comedy made in Hollywood ...
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The Electric Horseman
»rank: 4098
0ur opinion: :A newswoman and a rodeo star flee to utah with a $12 million horse freed from a las vegas promotion. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 1O/24/2OO6 Starring: Timothy Scott Willie Nelson Run time: 122 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Sydney Pollack essential video:When this picture came out in 1979, both Robert Redford and Jane Fonda were at the height of their stardom; in fact, this movie was so big, it took two studios (Columbia and Universal) to make it. Redford plays Sonny ...
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Superman - The Movie
»rank: 7549
0ur opinion: :Newly enhanced adventure spanning the man of steels life from his krypton infancy and midwest boyhood to his career as daily planet report clark kent and through his titanic struggle with archnemisis lex luthor. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O2/O8/2OO5 Starring: Christopher Reeve Gene Hackman Run time: 151 minutes Rating: Pg essential video:Richard Donner's 1978 epic about the Man of Steel showed how a film about a superhero could be a moving and romantic experience even for people who long ago gave ...
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Village People - Can't Stop the Music
»rank: 12616
0ur opinion: :Newly enhanced adventure spanning the man of steels life from his krypton infancy and midwest boyhood to his career as daily planet report clark kent and through his titanic struggle with archnemisis lex luthor. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O2/O8/2OO5 Starring: Christopher Reeve Gene Hackman Run time: 151 minutes Rating: Pg essential video:Richard Donner's 1978 epic about the Man of Steel showed how a film about a superhero could be a moving and romantic experience even for people who long ago gave ...
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The Border
»rank: 16034
0ur opinion: :This is one of Jack Nicholson's most underrated performances and director Tony Richardson's most overlooked films. Nicholson is a member of the U.S. Border Patrol who moves with his materialistic wife (Valerie Perrine) to a small Texas town. There, his new colleagues try to pull him into the web of corruption that runs through the local department and he's tempted, because the illicit cash will help pay the bills that his charge-happy wife is running up. But his conscience gets the better of him when ...
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Lenny
»rank: 12920
0ur opinion:Description:Two-time 0scarÂ(r) winner* Dustin Hoffman brings controversial 6Os comedian Lenny Bruce tolife in this landmark (Variety) film that earned six 0scarÂ(r) nominations,** including Best Picture. A jagged portrait of a man driven to mainlining honesty into the arteries of a hypocritical culture (Newsweek), Lenny is artful, imaginative (Los Angeles Times) and truly an extraordinary film (Saturday Review)! From his first gig as a nervous Catskillcomedian, it's obvious that Lenny Bruce is a force to be reckoned with. Armed with a shocking routine and a stripper ...
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The Last American Hero (AKA Hard Driver)
»rank: 18252
0ur opinion:Description:Based on Tom Wolfe's magazine article, this film follows the unlikely career of race car driver Junior Johnson. Jeff Bridges stars.
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