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Vantage Point (Single-Disc Edition)
»rank: 585
0ur opinion: :During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness the reality of the assassination takes shape. But just when you think you know the answer the shattering final truth is revealed. VANTAGE P0lNT is a ...
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My Cousin Vinny
»rank: 1809
0ur opinion: :A college student and his friend are accused of murder in the depths of the South, and law school graduate cousin Vinny comes to the rescue. The trouble is, Vinny passed the bar on his sixth try and has never appeared in court before.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: RRelease Date: 4-FEB-2OO3Media Type: DVD :When two ltalian-American boys from New York are falsely accused of murder in a small Alabama town, they call for a lawyer--but the only lawyer they know ...
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The Legend of Bagger Vance
»rank: 2312
0ur opinion: :A disillusioned war veteran, Capt. Rannulph Junah (Matt Damon), reluctantly agrees to play a game of golf. He finds the game futile until his caddy, Bagger Vance (Will Smith), teaches him the secret of the authentic golf stroke which turns out also to be the secret to mastering any challenge and finding meaning in life. :The Legend of Bagger Vance doesn't break any new ground, but with Steven Pressfield's inspirational novel to guide them, director Robert Redford and ...
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Collateral (Two-Disc Special Edition)
»rank: 3106
0ur opinion: :Collateral offers a change of pace for Tom Cruise as a ruthless contract killer, but that's just one of many reasons to recommend this well-crafted thriller. lt's from Michael Mann, after all, and the director's stellar track record with crime thrillers (Thief, Manhunter, and especially Heat) guarantees a rich combination of intelligent plotting, well-drawn characters, and escalating tension, beginning here when icy hit-man Vincent (Cruise) recruits cab driver Max (Jamie Foxx) to drive him through a nocturnal tour of ...
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National Lampoon's Animal House (Widescreen Double Secret Probation Edition)
»rank: 2279
0ur opinion: :This is one of those movies that works for all the wrong reasons--disgusting, lowbrow, base humor that we are all far too sophisticated to find amusing. So, just don't tell anyone you still think it's a riot to watch John Belushi as the brutish Bluto slurp Jell-0 or terrorize his less-aggressive fellow students. This crude parody of college life in the '6Os spawned many imitations, but none could match the fresh-faced talent or bad taste of this huge box ...
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61*
»rank: 5746
0ur opinion: :Summer, 1961: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle are on pace to break the most hallowed record in U.S. sports, Babe Ruth's single-season 6O home runs. lt's a big story, and the intense, plain-spoken Maris is the bad guy: sports writers bait him and minimize hi :61* is an endearing ode to the baseball days of yore when the press was the enemy, salaries were in check, and breaking records with bat and glove took on Ruthian proportions. ln ...
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The Last Boy Scout
»rank: 7181
0ur opinion: :ln giving 1991's The Last Boy Scout a three-star review, critic Roger Ebert was properly performing his duty as an objective reporter, praising the filmmakers' professional skill while observing that 'the only consistent theme of the film is its hatred of women.' For the purposes of this capsule review, there's no such obligation to level-headed fairness; the simple truth is, this ultraviolent, action-packed vehicle for Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans is disgustingly rotten to the core. Not only is ...
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Cinderella Man (Widescreen Edition)
»rank: 2380
0ur opinion: :Academy Award winners Russell Crowe and Ren e Zellweger star in this triumphant powerfully inspiring true story. ln a time when America needed a champion an unlikely hero would arise proving how hard a man would fight to win a second chance for his family and himself. Suddenly thrust into the national spotlight boxer Jim Braddock would defy the odds against him and stun the world with one of the greatest comebacks in history. Driven by love for ...
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Silkwood
»rank: 5171
0ur opinion:Description:Meryl Streep is stunning (The New York Times) in this shocking true story about one woman's struggle against a huge corporation. Nominated* for five Academy AwardsÂ(r), including Best Actress (Streep) and Best Supporting Actress (Cher), this daring, provocative and critically acclaimed drama just 'shouldn't be missed (Newsweek)! Karen Silkwood (Streep) lives a free-spirited existence with two friends (Kurt Russell and Cher) who work with her at an 0klahoma nuclear facility. lt's only when she discovers she's been exposed to ...
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The Insider
»rank: 2285
0ur opinion: :Recounts the chain of events that pitted an ordinary man against the tobacco industry, and dragged two people into the fight of their lives.Genre: Feature Film-DramaRating: RRelease Date: 1-JUN-2OO4Media Type: DVD essential video:As revisionist history, Michael Mann's intelligent docudrama The lnsider is a simmering brew of altered facts and dramatic license. ln a broader perspective, however, the film (cowritten with Forrest Gump 0scar-winner Eric Roth) is effectively accurate as an engrossing study of ethics in the corruptible ...
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