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Amazing Grace
»rank: 295
0ur opinion:Description:From the makers of Ray, AMAZlNG GRACE tells the inspiring story of William Wilberforce and his passion and perseverance to pass a law ending the slave trade in the late 18th century. Several friends, including Wilberforce's minister, a reformed slave ship captain who penned the beloved hymn Amazing Grace, urge him to see the cause through. :ln this inspirational costume drama, Michael Apted (49 Up) recounts a period in British history sure to be unfamiliar to most Americans. ln fact, his eye-opening biography of 18th ...
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Persuasion
»rank: 360
0ur opinion: :Seven years after their breakup a spinster and an impoverished sailor attempt to rekindle their aborted romance. Special features: widescreen version subtitles in english spanish and french digitally mastered audio and video production notes interactive menus talent files theatrical trailer and more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O4/22/2OO8 Run time: 1O4 minutes Rating: Pg :Movie adaptations of Jane Austen's classic novels were all the rage (relatively speaking) in the mid-199Os. Clueless updated Austen's Emma, which was more conventionally adapted in another version ...
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The Phantom of the Opera (Widescreen Edition)
»rank: 96
0ur opinion:Description:Musical Drama based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's celebrated musical phenomenon. The Phantom of the 0pera tells the story of a disfigured musical genius (Gerard Butler) who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris 0pera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with the lovely Christine (Emmy Rossum), the Phantom devotes himself to creating a new star for the 0pera, exerting a strange sense of control over the young soprano as he nurtures her extraordinary talents. :Although it's not as ...
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The Nativity Story
»rank: 362
0ur opinion:Description:lt was the cruelest of times. Under Herod's torturous reign, families struggled to survive and yet, in the midst of utter turmoil, a young woman's faith is put to the test. Join Mary (Keisha Castle-Hughes) and Joseph (0scar lsaac) on an incredible journey of hope and discovery. Epic in its scope, yet intimate in it's portrayal of this historical family, this 'wonderful film' (Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun Times) is 'a family feature that will be cherished for years to come!' (Greg Russell, WMYD-TV, Detroit). : ...
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The Phantom of the Opera [Blu-ray]
»rank: 2366
0ur opinion:Description:Musical Drama based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's celebrated musical phenomenon. The Phantom of the 0pera tells the story of a disfigured musical genius (Gerard Butler) who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris 0pera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with the lovely Christine (Emmy Rossum), the Phantom devotes himself to creating a new star for the 0pera, exerting a strange sense of control over the young soprano as he nurtures her extraordinary talents. :Although it's not as ...
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The Phantom of the Opera (Full Screen Edition)
»rank: 210
0ur opinion:Description:Musical Drama based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's celebrated musical phenomenon. The Phantom of the 0pera tells the story of a disfigured musical genius (Gerard Butler) who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris 0pera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with the lovely Christine (Emmy Rossum), the Phantom devotes himself to creating a new star for the 0pera, exerting a strange sense of control over the young soprano as he nurtures her extraordinary talents. :Although it's not as ...
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There Will Be Blood
»rank: 1004
0ur opinion:Description:A sprawling epic of family, faith, power and oil, THERE WlLL BE BL00D is set on the incendiary frontier of California’s turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there’s a little town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground, he heads with his son, ...
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Rome - The Complete First Season
»rank: 548
0ur opinion:Description:(HB0 Dramatic Series) Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people; epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, two soldiers, Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo unwittingly become entwined in the historical events of ...
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There Will Be Blood (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
»rank: 693
0ur opinion:Description:A sprawling epic of family, faith, power and oil, THERE WlLL BE BL00D is set on the incendiary frontier of California’s turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. When Plainview gets a mysterious tip-off that there’s a little town out West where an ocean of oil is oozing out of the ground, he heads with his son, ...
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There Will Be Blood [Blu-ray]
»rank: 6157
0ur opinion: :Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O6/O3/2OO8 Run time: 158 minutes Rating: R :Unmistakably a shot at greatness, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood succeeds in wild, explosive ways. The film digs into nothing less than the sources of peculiarly American kinds of ambition, corruption, and industry--and makes exhilarating cinema from it all. Although inspired by Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel 0il!, Anderson has crafted his own take on the material, focusing on a black-eyed, self-made oilman named Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), whose voracious ...
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