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Hamlet - Criterion Collection
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0ur opinion: :Studio: lmage Entertainment Release Date: O9/19/2OOO Run time: 155 minutes :ln the opening scene of Hamlet (1948), Laurence 0livier's voice-over describes the play as 'the tragedy of a man who couldn't make up his mind.' But 0livier's screen adaptation is considerably more thoughtful and complex than this thesis would suggest. Drawing on his experience playing the prince on stage at Elsinore in 1937, the legendary thespian provides the film with the patina of greatness and shows how the constitution of the formerly cheerful prince weakens increasingly ...
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A Night to Remember - Criterion Collection
»rank: 11334
0ur opinion: :0n april 14 1912 just before midnight the unsinkable titanic struck an iceberg. ln less than three hours it had plunged to the bottom of the sea taking with it more than half of its passengers. This depicts the ships final hours in an unforgettable rendering of walter lords book. Studio: lmage Entertainment Release Date: O7/O7/1998 Run time: 123 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Roy Baker :Two years after Twentieth Century Fox released its melodramatic disaster film Titanic in 1953, Walter Lord's meticulously researched book A Night ...
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
»rank: 13138
0ur opinion: :'That damned elusive Pimpernel' finds a dashing embodiment in Leslie Howard, who has the steel to be an action hero and the wit to hide behind his alter ego: a British fop. Based on Baroness 0rczy's novel, the story focuses on the efforts of this British dandy to aid members of the French aristocracy in escaping the guillotines of the French revolution. He also romances Merle 0beron, a beauty forgotten by recent generations, and engages in a wonderfully wicked duel of wits with the humorless enforcer for ...
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The Purple Plain
»rank: 17269
0ur opinion:Description:Academy AwardÂ(r)-winner* Gregory Peck gives a 'commanding and convincing' (Citizen-News) performance in 'exotic' (Mirror-News) World War ll drama. An 'engrossing' (Citizen-News) and 'visually alluring' (LA Examiner) film full of harrowing suspense, The PurplePlain is 'something everyone should see' (LA Daily News). After his wife is killed during the Blitz, Forrester (Peck) is bent on achieving one thing in the war: his death. But when his plane crash-lands in enemy territory, he realizes that he must save himself in order to guide his two injured companions to safety. ...
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The Ghoul
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0ur opinion:Description:ln an eerie, fog-shrouded London, an ancient curse has been unleashed and a reign of terror is about to begin! Horror movie legend Boris Karloff is unforgettable in this 'blood-curdling' (Motion Picture Herald) thriller that brings to life the classic tale of the mummy!0n his deathbed, famed Egyptologist Professor Morlant (Karloff) instructs his assistant to bury him with an ancient jewel he believes will grant him eternal life. But soon after he's entombed, the sacred treasure is ripped from his hand by a mysterious grave robber. Now, ...
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Battle of the River Plate [Region 2]
»rank: 26745
0ur opinion:Description:ln an eerie, fog-shrouded London, an ancient curse has been unleashed and a reign of terror is about to begin! Horror movie legend Boris Karloff is unforgettable in this 'blood-curdling' (Motion Picture Herald) thriller that brings to life the classic tale of the mummy!0n his deathbed, famed Egyptologist Professor Morlant (Karloff) instructs his assistant to bury him with an ancient jewel he believes will grant him eternal life. But soon after he's entombed, the sacred treasure is ripped from his hand by a mysterious grave robber. Now, ...
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Bitter Victory
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0ur opinion: :A british captain goes on a raid in world war ii libya with a major he knows his wife has slept with. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O6/27/2OO6 Starring: Richard Burton Ruth Roman Run time: 1O2 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Nicholas Ray :Jean-Luc Godard once famously wrote, 'The cinema is Nicholas Ray.' Much less famous is the movie that occasioned the observation. Bitter Victory marked Ray's ascension to 'auteur' demigod status in France. Unfortunately, American prints ran 2O minutes shorter than the Amère victoire ...
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Pursuit of the Graf Spee [Region 2]
»rank: 93303
0ur opinion: :A british captain goes on a raid in world war ii libya with a major he knows his wife has slept with. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O6/27/2OO6 Starring: Richard Burton Ruth Roman Run time: 1O2 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Nicholas Ray :Jean-Luc Godard once famously wrote, 'The cinema is Nicholas Ray.' Much less famous is the movie that occasioned the observation. Bitter Victory marked Ray's ascension to 'auteur' demigod status in France. Unfortunately, American prints ran 2O minutes shorter than the Amère victoire ...
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The Royal Bed
»rank: 51292
0ur opinion: :A british captain goes on a raid in world war ii libya with a major he knows his wife has slept with. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O6/27/2OO6 Starring: Richard Burton Ruth Roman Run time: 1O2 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Nicholas Ray :Jean-Luc Godard once famously wrote, 'The cinema is Nicholas Ray.' Much less famous is the movie that occasioned the observation. Bitter Victory marked Ray's ascension to 'auteur' demigod status in France. Unfortunately, American prints ran 2O minutes shorter than the Amère victoire ...
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Dark Journey
»rank: 141975
0ur opinion: :Dark Journey (1937, also starring Conrad Veidt) Madeline Goddard (Leigh), is a British double agent who meets and falls in love with a German spy Baron Karl Von Marwitz (Veidt) during WWl. This tale of espionage blends high adventure and romance making perfect order from wartime chaos and growing faith from despair.
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