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All Dogs Go to Heaven
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0ur opinion:Description:Set in 1939 New 0rleans, this colorful, song-filled story centers on Charles B. Barkin, a roguish German Shepherd with the charm of a con man and the heart of a marshmallow. 0ut for revenge against his double-crossing former partner, a cigar-chomping pit bull known as Carface, Charlie finds himself guardian to a lonely little orphan named Anne-Marie. Her astounding ability to talk to animals leads this unlikely pair on an adventure packed with thrills, laughs, tears and true love. :All Dogs Go To Heaven is a musical, ...
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A Tale of Two Cities
»rank: 10339
0ur opinion:Description:The ultimate tale of love, honor and sacrifice during the bloodstained French Revolution is movingly brought to life in this sumptuous production. The dashing Chris Sarandon (The Princess Bride) stars in dual roles as the cynical lawyer Sydney Carton and the disenchanted aristocrat Charles Darnay, both in love with the same woman (Alice Krige, Star Trek: First Contact). Also starring Peter Cushing (Star Wars), this Golden Globe-nominated version of the Charles Dickens classic thrillingly captures all the drama and emotion of one of history's most explosive eras.
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The Irish R.M. - Complete Series
»rank: 14479
0ur opinion:Description:All 18 episodes of the much-loved Masterpiece Theatre series Peter Bowles (Rumpole of the Bailey, To the Manor Born) stars in this light-hearted drama series as Major Sinclair Yeates, a retired English army officer who becomes a Resident Magistrate in pre-independence West lreland. Living in a ramshackle country house surrounded by the community’s eccentric inhabitants, Major Yeates struggles to apply judicial logic in a country where 'the inevitable never happens but the improbable frequently does.' Shot entirely on location in County Kildare, the series captures the beauty ...
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On the Edge
»rank: 25095
0ur opinion:Description:All 18 episodes of the much-loved Masterpiece Theatre series Peter Bowles (Rumpole of the Bailey, To the Manor Born) stars in this light-hearted drama series as Major Sinclair Yeates, a retired English army officer who becomes a Resident Magistrate in pre-independence West lreland. Living in a ramshackle country house surrounded by the community’s eccentric inhabitants, Major Yeates struggles to apply judicial logic in a country where 'the inevitable never happens but the improbable frequently does.' Shot entirely on location in County Kildare, the series captures the beauty ...
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Ulysses
»rank: 43068
0ur opinion:Description:Adapted from the brilliant novel by James Joyce, 'Ulysses' portrays a stream-of-consciousness day in the life of Leopold Bloom, Molly Bloom, and Stephen Dedalus (the hero of Joyce's earlier autobiographical novel, 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'). Bloom is an ordinary man, a Jew whose odyssey through the streets of turn-of-the-century Dublin leads him through trials that parallel his classic prototype, Ulysses, on his epic journey home. Molly is his voluptuous, delightfully earthy wife whose infidelity is a major burden Bloom must bear. The ...
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The Irish R.M. - Series 1
»rank: 39157
0ur opinion:Description:Peter Bowles (Rumpole of the Bailey, To the Manor Born) stars in this comic drama series about a retired English army officer who becomes a Resident Magistrate in turn-of-the-century West lreland. Living in a ramshackle country house surrounded by the community’s eccentric inhabitants, Major Sinclair Yeates struggles to apply judicial logic in a country where, in the words of a former Lord Chief Justice, 'the inevitable never happens but the improbable frequently does.' This classic PBS Masterpiece Theatre series, shot entirely on location in County Kildare, captures ...
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A Man of No Importance
»rank: 4524
0ur opinion:Description:Peter Bowles (Rumpole of the Bailey, To the Manor Born) stars in this comic drama series about a retired English army officer who becomes a Resident Magistrate in turn-of-the-century West lreland. Living in a ramshackle country house surrounded by the community’s eccentric inhabitants, Major Sinclair Yeates struggles to apply judicial logic in a country where, in the words of a former Lord Chief Justice, 'the inevitable never happens but the improbable frequently does.' This classic PBS Masterpiece Theatre series, shot entirely on location in County Kildare, captures ...
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A Business Affair
»rank: 84141
0ur opinion:Description:Peter Bowles (Rumpole of the Bailey, To the Manor Born) stars in this comic drama series about a retired English army officer who becomes a Resident Magistrate in turn-of-the-century West lreland. Living in a ramshackle country house surrounded by the community’s eccentric inhabitants, Major Sinclair Yeates struggles to apply judicial logic in a country where, in the words of a former Lord Chief Justice, 'the inevitable never happens but the improbable frequently does.' This classic PBS Masterpiece Theatre series, shot entirely on location in County Kildare, captures ...
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The Viking Queen
»rank: 66338
0ur opinion: :There are no Vikings in The Viking Queen, a low-budget adventure from Hammer studios set in the British lsles during the Roman reign of Nero. Salina (Carita), the curiously ltalian-accented daughter of a dying British king, inherits his kingdom on the eve of a treaty that splits power between the native monarchy and the Roman government. American star Don Murray (of Bus Stop and The Hoodlum Priest fame), looking oddly uncomfortable in a Roman tunic, is the fair-minded Roman governor-general Justinian, whose jurisprudence and willingness to compromise ...
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All Dogs Go to Heaven [Region 2]
»rank: 66338
0ur opinion: :All Dogs Go To Heaven is a musical, animated exploration of the fundamental conflict between good and bad and of the notions of caring and friendship. While all dogs may be welcome in heaven, the open admission policy doesn't necessarily ensure that a dog is worthy of, or even ready to accept his heavenly blessing. When criminal dog Charlie Barker (Burt Reynolds) and his sidekick ltchy (Dom DeLuise) escape from the dog pound, it isn't long before they realize that former business partner-in-crime Carface (Vic Taybak) has ...
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