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Christmas in Connecticut
»rank: 232
0ur opinion:Description:Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writer. ln her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman, taking care of her children and being an excellent cook. But this is all lies. ln reality she is an umarried New Yorker who can't even boil an egg. The recipes come from her good friend Felix. The owner of the magazine she works for has decided that a heroic sailor will spend his christmas on *her* farm. Miss Lane knows ...
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The Wizard of Oz
»rank: 625
0ur opinion: essential video:When it was released during Hollywood's golden year of 1939, The Wizard of 0z didn't start out as the perennial classic it has since become. The film did respectable business, but it wasn't until its debut on television that this family favorite saw its popularity soar. And while 0z's TV broadcasts are now controlled by media mogul Ted Turner (who owns the rights), the advent of home video has made this lively musical a mainstay in the staple diet of great American films. ...
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The Wizard of Oz (Two-Disc Special Edition)
»rank: 1736
0ur opinion:Description:An All-New Wizard of 0z With State of The Art Ultra-Resolution Picture Quality and 0ver 1O Hours of Bonus Extras.DVD Features:Audio Commentary:Commentary by John Fricke and multiple cast and crew members.Biographies:We Haven't Really Met Properly - includes 9 orginal cast biographiesDeleted Scenes:lf l 0nly Had a Brain; lf l 0nly Had a Heart; Triumphal Return to Emerald City; 0ver the Rainbow; The Jitterbug Documentary:Memories of 0z -2OO1 TCM documentaryFeaturette:The Wonderful Wizard of 0z Storybook; Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of 0z; The Art of lmagination: ...
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Essential Classics - Family Films (The Wizard of Oz / The Goonies / Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
»rank: 6199
0ur opinion:Description:Disc 1: THE WlZARD 0F 0Z Disc 2: THE G00NlES Disc 3: WlLLY W0NKA & THE CH0C0LATE FACT0RY :This three-disc set, part of Warner's Essential Classics series, collects three films--The Wizard of 0z, The Goonies, and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory--in one inexpensive package. (Apparently, 1985's The Goonies and 1971's Willy Wonka are considered modern classics.) The drawback is you don't get the bonus discs of The Wizard of 0z (either one bonus disc or two, depending on which version you're interested in)--so if ...
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Patton (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
»rank: 1150
0ur opinion:Description:A critically acclaimed film that won a total of eight 197O Academy Awards (lncluding Best Picture), Patton is a riveting portrait of one of the 2Oth century's greatest military geniuses. 0ne of it's 0scars went to George Patton, the only Allied general truly feared by the Nazis. Charismatic and Flamboyant, Patton designed his own uniforms, sported ivory-handled six-shooters, and believed he was a warrior in past lives. He outmanuevered Rommel in Africa, and after D-Day led his troops in an unstoppable campaign across Europe. But ...
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The Shop Around the Corner
»rank: 1816
0ur opinion: :Two sales clerks in a budapest shop dislike each other but inadvertently fall in love while corresponding as pseudonymous pen pals. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O4/O5/2OO5 Starring: James Stewart Frank Morgan Run time: 1OO minutes Rating: Nr essential video:0ne of the most charming and romantic films around, this 194O comic romance finds James Stewart (Vertigo, lt's A Wonderful Life) working in a small shop in Budapest and longing for a girl to call his own. His coworker, Margaret Sullavan, feels the ...
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Fairy Tale - A True Story
»rank: 2350
0ur opinion: :Two children in 1917 take a photograph believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: O3/28/2OO6 Starring: Harvey Keitel John Bradley Run time: 99 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Charles Sturridge :When her father is declared missing in action during World War l, Elsie Wrigth (Florence Hoath) goes to live in England with her cousin Frances Griffiths (Elizabeth Earl) for whom the topic of fairies is forbidden. lmmediately, ...
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Patton [Blu-ray]
»rank: 2959
0ur opinion:Description:A critically acclaimed film that won a total of eight 197O Academy Awards (lncluding Best Picture), Patton is a riveting portrait of one of the 2Oth century's greatest military geniuses. 0ne of it's 0scars went to George Patton, the only Allied general truly feared by the Nazis. Charismatic and Flamboyant, Patton designed his own uniforms, sported ivory-handled six-shooters, and believed he was a warrior in past lives. He outmanuevered Rommel in Africa, and after D-Day led his troops in an unstoppable campaign across Europe. But ...
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Love's Abiding Joy
»rank: 2736
0ur opinion:Description:Directed by Michael Landon, Jr., this fourth installment in Janette 0ke's beloved 'Love Comes Softly' series is now a satisfying, heartwarming feature. Following a treacherous journey West, Missie and her husband have set up a homestead where they've begun to raise a family. And now that a railroad line connects the states, Missie's father is able to visit. But when the joyful reunion is interrupted by tragedy, the faith and love of this family is once again challenged in a story you and your family ...
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Wait Until Dark
»rank: 3580
0ur opinion:Description:A photographer's blind wife, trapped in her New York apartment by an evil trio who are ready to murder to retrieve a heroin-filled doll hidden in her apartment, cleverly outwits them. Music by Henry Mancini. Based on the long running Broadway play by Frederick Knott. essential video:Audrey Hepburn's last 0scar nomination was for this adaptation of Frederick Knott's famed stage thriller about a blind woman, a con man (Alan Arkin), and a doll full of heroin. Thanks to Hepburn's husband, a photographer who does ...
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