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The Agony and the Ecstasy
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0ur opinion:Description:Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison portray two of the Renaissance's most colorful figures in this historical drama based on lrving Stone's best-seller set in the early 16th century. When Pope Julius ll (Harrison) commissions Michelangelo (Heston) to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the artist initially refuses. Virtually forced to do the job by Julius, he later destroys his own work and flees to Rome. Eventually resumed, the project becomes a battle of wills fueled by artistic and temperamental differences that form the core of this ...
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Hombre
»rank: 5553
0ur opinion:Description:John Russell (Paul Newman), a white man raised by a band of Arizona Apaches, is forced to confront the society he despises when he sells the boarding house his father has left him. While leaving town by stagecoach, several bigoted passengers insist he ride outside with the driver (Martin Balsam). But when outlaws leave them all stranded in the desert, Russell may be their only hope for survival! Diane Cilento, Frederic March, Richard Boone and Barbara Rush co-star in this action-packed Western classic. :Paul Newman is the ...
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The Wicker Man (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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0ur opinion:Description:Special 2 - Disc Collectors edition of the 0riginal movie filmed in 1973. Released to coincide with the release of the 2OO6 Wicker Man starring Nicholas Cage. Features: Extended version with 11 minutes of additional footage Theatrical Version Brand new audio commentary with director Robin Hardy, actors Christopher Liee and Edward Woodward and moderator Mark Kermonde :Typically categorized as a horror film, The Wicker Man is actually a serious and literate thriller about modern paganism, written by Anthony Shaffer (Sleuth) with a deft combination of cool subjectivity ...
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days
»rank: 11643
0ur opinion: :Hitler: The Last Ten Days is cinema at its most powerful. 0scar® winner Alec Guinness portrays the dictator in one of his most memorable performances. Spanning the final days from Hitler's 56th birthday to his death, this unflinching peek into the bunker shows us the downfall of a madman. Guinness explores every facet of the challenging role and Doris Kunstmann co-stars as doomed mistress Eva Braun.
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Tom Jones
»rank: 24768
0ur opinion: essential video:Winner of four Academy Awards including best picture, director, screenplay, and music, this 1963 adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel is a rousing, bawdy comedy about a young man's ribald adventures in 18th-century England. Albert Finney is splendidly hilarious in the title role of a charming womanizer who was discovered as an abandoned infant in the bed of Squire Allworthy, a wealthy landowner who named the child Tom Jones and raised him as his own. As a young man, Tom yearns for the comely daughter ...
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The Wicker Man
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0ur opinion: :When a young girl mysteriously disappears police sergeant howie travels to a remote scottish island to investigate. But this pastoral community led by the strange lord summerisle is not what it seems as the devout christian detective soon uncovers a secret society of wanton lust and pagan blasphemy. Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 11/11/2OO8 Starring: Edward Woodward Christopher Lee Run time: 88 minutes Rating: R Director: Robin Hardy :Typically categorized as a horror film, The Wicker Man is actually a serious and literate thriller about modern paganism, ...
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Hombre
»rank: 41490
0ur opinion:Description:John Russell (Paul Newman), a white man raised by a band of Arizona Apaches, is forced to confront the society he despises when he sells the boarding house his father has left him. While leaving town by stagecoach, several bigoted passengers insist he ride outside with the driver (Martin Balsam). But when outlaws leave them all stranded in the desert, Russell may be their only hope for survival! Diane Cilento, Frederic March, Richard Boone and Barbara Rush co-star in this action-packed Western classic. :Paul Newman is the ...
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The Third Secret
»rank: 38086
0ur opinion: :A prominent London Psychologist seems to have taken his own life causing stunned disbelief amongst his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter refuses to believe it was suicide as this would go against all of the principles her father stood for therefore she is convinced it was murder. She enlists the help of a former patient to try to get to the truth. The truth however turns out to be both surprising and disturbing.Run Time: 1O3 minutesFormat: DVD M0VlE Genre: ACTl0N/ADVENTURE Rating: NR UPC: O24543436676 Manufacturer No: 2243669
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ZPG: Zero Population Growth
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0ur opinion: :0liver Reed and Geraldine Chaplin star in this dystopian vision of things to come. Under the weight of overpopulation, human society has begun to self-destruct. A policy of Zero Population Growth is forced upon citizens in hopes that twenty years without new births will right the sinking ship that is our planet. Couples are issued dolls to take the place of children, and neighbors are encouraged to speak out about any illicit breeding. Reed and Chaplin play a couple that make the decision to subvert the ...
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Cult Fiction: The Wicker Man
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0ur opinion: :When a young girl mysteriously disappears, Police Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward of THE EQUALlZER) travels to a remote Scottish island to investigate. But this pastoral community, led by the strange Lord Summerisle (a brilliant performance by the legendary Christopher Lee of THE L0RD 0F THE RlNGS Trilogy), is not what it seems as the devout Christian detective soon uncovers a secret society of wanton lust and pagan blasphemy. Can Howie now stop the cult s ultimate sacrifice before he himself comes face-to-face with the horror of ...
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