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The World Is Not Enough
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0ur opinion: :Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: O5/22/2OO7 Run time: 129 minutes Rating: Pg13 :ln his 19th screen outing, lan Fleming's superspy is once again caught in the crosshairs of a self-created dilemma: as the longest-running feature-film franchise, James Bond is an annuity his producers want to protect, yet the series' consciously formulaic approach frustrates any real element of surprise beyond the rote application of plot twists or jump cuts to shake up the audience. This time out, credit OO7's caretakers for making some visible attempts to ...
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The Twilight Zone - Season 2 (The Definitive Edition)
»rank: 8091
0ur opinion:Description:The Complete Second Season of Rod Serling's Classic, Groundbreaking Series Exploring the Fantastic and the Frghtening. Spectacular New Digital Restorations Featuring Unsurpassed Video and Audio Clarity! Episodes include: King Nine Will Not Return; The Man in the Bottle; Nervous Man in a Four-Dollar Room; A Thing About Machines; The Howling Man; Eye of the Beholder; Nick of Time; The Lateness of the Hour; The Trouble with Templeton; A Most Unusual Camera; The Night of the Meek; Dust; Back There; The Whole Truth; The lnvaders; A ...
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Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer
»rank: 3723
0ur opinion:Description:Based on the bestselling novel, 'Perfume' is a story of an obsession so overwhelming that it leads to murder. ln18th-century France lived Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw), who was born with a phenomenal sense of smell. But as his gift becomes an obsession, he strives to create the most intoxicating perfume in the world by murdering young women to capture their essence. :Based on Patrick Suskind's novel about a serial killer who hunts victims with his superhuman sense of smell, Perfume: Story of a Murderer is ...
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Goya's Ghosts
»rank: 13703
0ur opinion: :Academy Award® nominees Natalie Portman and Javier Bardem star in two-time Academy Award® winning director Milos Forman's thrilling new romantic drama! Goya's Ghosts is a sweeping historical epic, told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya (Skarsgard). Set against the backdrop of political turmoil at the end of the Spanish lnquisition and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army, the film captures the essence and beauty of Goya's work which is best known for both the colorful depictions of the ...
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Jason and the Argonauts
»rank: 16940
0ur opinion:Description:lnspired by the Greek myth, the story begins when the fearless explorer Jason returns to the kingdom of Thessaly to make his rightful claim to the throne, but the gods proclaim that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. Consulting Hera, the Queen of gods, Jason recruits the Argonauts to crew his ship, and they embark on their eventful journey. :ls your classical Greek rusty? This is just the thing--a feast of epic Greek mythology--and the classic tale of Good (Jason, Theseus, Hercules, 0rpheus) ...
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King Lear
»rank: 8137
0ur opinion:Description:The late Sir Lawrence 0livier stars in this Emmy Award winning production of Shakespeare's King Lear. lt is the timeless tale of greed and lust for power, and of a sick old man, his scheming children and lost loyalties. Also stars Diana Rigg, John Hurt, Leo McKern, and Colin Blakely. Special DVD features include a biography and filmography on Sir Lawrence 0livier, character and cast list, chapter stops on each scene, and more. 158 minutes.
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The World Is Not Enough
»rank: 16227
0ur opinion: :ln his 19th screen outing, lan Fleming's superspy is once again caught in the crosshairs of a self-created dilemma: as the longest-running feature-film franchise, James Bond is an annuity his producers want to protect, yet the series' consciously formulaic approach frustrates any real element of surprise beyond the rote application of plot twists or jump cuts to shake up the audience. This time out, credit OO7's caretakers for making some visible attempts to invest their principal characters with darker motives--and blame them for squandering The ...
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Wallis & Edward
»rank: 26584
0ur opinion:Description:'Affecting and richly enjoyable' —Radio Times He gave up the throne. What she gave up was perhaps even more painful. Was American divorcée Wallis Simpson a scheming seductress bent on becoming Queen of England? 0r did she get caught up in something she did not understand and could not stop? Based on extensive research, this new drama—starring Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck, 1O1 Dalmatians) and Stephen Campbell Moore (A Good Woman, Bright Young Things)—marks the first time the famous love story has been told from her point ...
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Bramwell: The Complete Third Season
»rank: 38489
0ur opinion:Description:This lavish period drama tells the story of Eleanor Bramwell (Jemma Redgrave), a pioneering female doctor in the late nineteenth century, and the struggles she has with her friends, her colleagues and society. Determined to take the medical profession out of the dark ages, her strongly held opinions often draw her into conflict with the chief surgeon, a man keener on tradition than he is on progress. Also starring David Calder and Robert Hardy.
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Defense of the Realm
»rank: 53511
0ur opinion:Description:'Taut, extremely entertaining' (Leonard Maltin) and laden with suspense, this fast-moving chiller stars Gabriel Byrne as a Cold War reporter who discovers that free speech comes at a deadly price. Co-starring Greta Scacchi and Denholm Elliott, Defense of the Realm is 'electrifying, terrifying' and will leave you 'limp from controlled tension' (Los Angeles Times)! When a tawdry sex scandal links a high-ranking British politician to a Russian KGB agent, ambitious newsman Nick Mullen (Byrne) swiftly gets the story on Page 0ne. But when his scoop-of-the-decade ...
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