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Adventures in Babysitting
»rank: 894
0ur opinion: :A boring evening of babysitting turns into high adventure when a babysitter and her three charges set out to rescue her friend from the downtown Chicago bus station.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: PG13Release Date: 1-MAR-2OO5Media Type: DVD :Way before she grabbed an 0scar nomination for her searing performance as a world-weary prostitute in Leaving Las Vegas, Elisabeth Shue was known as one of the squeaky-clean actresses of the '8Os. Having made a splash in The Karate Kid and the '6Os-nostalgia ...
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Heart and Souls
»rank: 1744
0ur opinion: :Robert Downey Jr. has never been more charming than in this comedy about a yuppie who is revisited in adulthood by the spirits of four people who had been his friends as a child. The ghosts (Kyra Sedgwick, Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard, Tom Sizemore) all have unfinished business in this world before they can move on to the next, and Downey's character agrees to let them inhabit his body while they sort it all out. The appealing cast alone ...
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Cocktail
»rank: 6662
0ur opinion: :A young self-centered bartender who has become a local celebrity in Manhattan's upper east side, meets a girl in Jamaica who puts a new perspective into his life.Genre: Feature Film-DramaRating: RRelease Date: 13-JAN-2OO4Media Type: DVD :This 1988 effort at creating a milestone coming-of-age story with the impact of The Graduate is commendable, but the results are mostly shaky and garish. Tom Cruise plays an ambitious young man who arrives in New York City and becomes known as a ...
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Leaving Las Vegas
»rank: 4605
0ur opinion:Description:Best Actor 0scarÂ(r) winner* Nicolas Cage and Best Actress nominee* Elisabeth Shue set the screen ablaze in this profoundly moving love story. Nominated* for two additional Academy AwardsÂ(r)Director and Adapted Screenplaythis emotionally charged powerhouse of a film graced over 1OO 1O Best Lists including Roger Ebert's #1 Movie of the Year. Ben Sanderson (Cage) is a career alcoholic who has hit rock bottom. Trashing all personal and professional ties to his L.A. existence, he sets off for the lights ...
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The Karate Kid (Special Edition)
»rank: 4884
0ur opinion: :A fatherless teenager faces his moment of truth in The Karate Kid. Daniel (Ralph Macchio) arrives in Los Angeles from the east coast and faces the difficult task of making new friends. However, he becomes the object of bullying by the Cobras, a menacing gang of karate students, when he strikes up a relationship with Ali (Elisabeth Shue), the Cobra leader's ex-girlfriend. Eager to fight back and impress his new girlfriend but afraid to confront the dangerous gang, ...
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The Saint
»rank: 8235
0ur opinion: :Lightly enjoyable but a disappointment in the context of author Leslie Charteris's popular character, the Saint--who has been played by several actors, most notably George Sanders--this 1997 film is more in keeping with the requirements of high-octane contemporary action than it is the requirements of a particular legacy. Val Kilmer plays Simon Templar, the mercenary spy, who is hired to steal a fusion formula but falls in love with the scientist (Elisabeth Shue) who cooked it up. Kilmer's portrayal ...
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Soapdish
»rank: 6221
0ur opinion: essential video:Though this movie did decent box-office business, it was never as funny as it should have been or as clever as it thought it was. The film is set behind the scenes at The Sun Also Sets, a soap opera starring Sally Field that is suffering a ratings slump. To lure the audience back, the producers resurrect a dead character, played by Kevin Kline, with whom Field was once a lover of but is now at odds ...
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Dreamer - Inspired By a True Story (Widescreen Edition)
»rank: 11043
0ur opinion: :You ll cheer all the way to the finish line for this feel-good film destined to become a family classic! Kurt Russell (Miracle ) and Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds) star as a horse trainer and his inspiring young daughter Cale whose determination to help an injured racehorse changes their lives forever. Kris Kristofferson (Blade) Elisabeth Shue (Hide and Seek) Luis Guzm n (Traffic) and Freddy Rodriguez (Six Feet Under) co-star in an uplifting story that celebrates ...
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Mysterious Skin (Deluxe Unrated Director's Edition)
»rank: 7677
0ur opinion: :Though the subject matter of Mysterious Skin is as sensational as that of Gregg Araki's other films (such as Totally F***ked Up, The Doom Generation, or The Living End), his direction is richer and more multilayered than ever before. Two Kansas teenagers named Neil (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 1O Things l Hate About You) and Brian (Brady Corbett, Thirteen) share a childhood trauma--but their responses are radically different: Neil hustles tricks, while Brady, who can't remember what happened, believes he was ...
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Gracie
»rank: 10747
0ur opinion: :Meet Gracie Bowen, she's your average, ordinary 15-year-old girl, except for one thing: she's determined to play varsity soccer... on the boys' team! But when her school forbids her to play and even her family questions her ability, Gracie sets out on extraordinary quest to prove them all wrong. Fighting to change the school's policy and facing off against some of the toughest competitors on the soccer field, Gracie must summon all of her strength and courage, to ...
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