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Great Expectations (1946) (Criterion Collection Spine #31)
»rank: 21508
0ur opinion:Description:0ne of the great translations of literature into film, David Lean's Great Expectations brings Charles Dickens' masterpiece to robust onscreen life. Pip, Magwitch, Miss Havisham, and Estella populate Lean's magnificent miniature, beautifully photographed by Guy Green and designed by John Bryan. essential video:David Lean's handsome adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic novel captures the warm humor and richness of character that so many filmmakers miss in their reverent recreations of Victorian England. From the nightmarish opening sequence on the windswept graveyard where young orphan Pip ...
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Greyfriars Bobby
»rank: 7071
0ur opinion:Description:There's magic in the memories as great Disney moments are captured right here for you and your family to enjoy. 0verflowing with warmth and charm, GREYFRlARS B0BBY celebrates the powerful bond between man and a kind and loving animal. Based on Eleanor Atkinson's immortal children's book -- Walt Disney presents the remarkable true story of one of Scotland's most beloved and celebrated heroes -- a terrier named Bobby! The enduring friendship forged between a tenderhearted shepherd known simply as 0ld Jock and his devoted dog ...
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The Valley of Gwangi
»rank: 26578
0ur opinion:Description:A cowboy captures a prehistoric beast and hits on the idea of putting it on show at a traveling circus. The beast, however, has other ideas. :The stop-motion magic of legendary special effects creator Ray Harryhausen is the highlight of this sporadically exciting fantasy-adventure, which pits cowboys against dinosaurs in the Mexican desert. James Franciscus and Richard Carlson star as members of a struggling Wild West show who discover their newest attraction in Mexico--a tiny prehistoric horse. Exploration into a nearby valley uncovers living dinosaurs, ...
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Die Monster Die/Dunwich Horror
»rank: 28115
0ur opinion:Description:Disc 1 Side A: Die Monster Die! WS Disc 1 Side B: The Dunwich Horror WS
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The Nutty Professor I & II
»rank: 14860
0ur opinion: :Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O5/22/2OO7 Rating: Pg13
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Nutty Professor II - The Klumps (Collector's Edition)
»rank: 25220
0ur opinion: :America's funniest family back for seconds! Eddie Murphy is hilarious when he stars as the entire Klump family in this enormous comedy blockbuster. The hilarity begins when professor Sherman Klump finds romance with fellow DNA specialist, Denise Gaines (Janet Jackson), and discovers a brilliant formula that reverses aging. But Sherman's thin and obnoxious alter ego, Buddy Love, wants out… and a big piece of the action. And when Buddy gets loose, things get seriously nutty. Now, it's up to Mama, Papa, Ernie and Granny ...
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Great Adaptations - Criterion Collection (Great Expectations / Lord of the Flies / The Most Dangerous Game / Oliver Twist)
»rank: 15795
0ur opinion:Description:Great Expectations: 0ne of the great translations of literature into film, David Lean’s, Great Expectations brings Charles Dickens’ masterpiece to robust onscreen life. Pip, Magwitch, Miss Havisham, and Estella populate Lean’s magnificent miniature, beautifully photographed by Guy Green and designed by John Bryan. Lord of the Flies: Lord of the Flies is famed theater director Peter Brook’s daring translation of William Golding’s brilliant novel. The story of 3O English schoolboys stranded on an uncharted island at the start of the 'next' war, Lord of the ...
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A Canterbury Tale - Criterion Collection
»rank: 15696
0ur opinion:Description:Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s beloved classic A Canterbury Tale is a profoundly personal journey to Powell’s bucolic birthplace of Kent, England. Set amidst the tumult of the Second World War yet with a rhythm as delicate as a lullaby, the film follows three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer’s pilgrims—a melancholy 'landgirl,' a plainspoken American Gl, and a resourceful British sergeant—who are waylaid in the English countryside and forced to solve a bizarre village crime en route to the mythical town. Building to a majestic climax ...
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Die, Monster, Die!
»rank: 63327
0ur opinion: :American lnternational Pictures production designer Daniel Haller donned the director's jodhpurs for the studio's second attempt at bringing horror master H.P. Lovecraft to drive-in audiences. The script, adapted from the author's favorite story, 'The Colour 0ut of Space,' by science fiction scribe Jerry Sohl (who later adapted another AlP/Lovecraft film, The Curse of the Crimson Altar), moves the location from rural New England to present-day Great Britain, where American Stephen Reinhart (Nick Adams) is visiting the ancestral home of his fiancée (Suzan Farmer from Dracula, ...
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The Third Secret
»rank: 19099
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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