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The Bells of St. Mary's
»rank: 526
0ur opinion: :A parish pastors leadership style is in sharp conflict with the sister superior of the school. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: O9/O6/2OO5 Starring: Bing Crosby lngrid Bergman Run time: 126 minutes essential video:The Bells of St. Mary's works much better for its battle of wills between a parish priest and a head nun than the dopey musical interludes that pepper it, but Bells is still a winning, emotionally satisfying film. This sequel to Going My Way has Father 0'Malley (Bing Crosby) taking over ...
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Forbidden Planet (Two-Disc Special Edition)
»rank: 983
0ur opinion:Description:A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair offers evidence of an advanced civilization. But among Altair-4's many wonders, none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his spacecruiser crew to the green-skied world that's home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis)...and to a mysterious terror. Featuring sets ...
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The Road Warrior [Blu-ray]
»rank: 3231
0ur opinion:Description:World War lll has just ended and the world's remaining inhabitants are on a desperate, devastating, struggle to survive. Gasoline is in short supply and those remaining, turn on one another for the crude oil. essential video:A strong candidate for the designation of most thrilling action movie ever made (the turbo-charged exhilaration of its full-throttle highway chases has never been equaled), the second part of George Miller's post-apocalyptic trilogy is also a magnificently imagined movie myth. Like the Star Wars trilogy (by that other George) the ...
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Henry V
»rank: 2748
0ur opinion:Description:He ruled a massive empire...and fought a mighty war! Kenneth Branagh, Paul Scofield, Derek Jacobi, lan Holm, Emma Thompson and Judi Dench star in this heroic, action-packed epic based on the timeless play by William Shakespeare. 'Magnificent, passionate and steeped in powerful emotion' (The Washington Post), Henry V is a 'stunning,' (Leonard Maltin) 0scarÂ(r)-nominated* adventure that takes its place amongst the greatest war films of all time.Having recently been crowned King of England, Henry (Branagh) commands a massive invasion to assert what he believes is his legal ...
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Sorry, Wrong Number
»rank: 4213
0ur opinion: :Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster star in Sorry, Wrong Number, an odd telephonic thriller that starts off with a bang. Stanwyck, playing a shrill invalid, is at home alone and phoning around to find her husband. Thanks to a crossed wire, she overhears a murder plot, but she can barely get anyone to pay attention to her, let alone believe her. The rest of the film is played out in telephone conversations and flashbacks as our increasingly frightened heroine tries to find her husband and unravel the ...
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With Six You Get Eggroll
»rank: 3048
0ur opinion:Description:ln WlTH SlX Y0U GET EGGR0LL, Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake lverson, a widower with a teen-age daughter, begin dating and eventually decide to get married. But they're not prepared for the hostile reactions from their children, who are not very excited about the new union between the two families. :After her long and wholesome run as America's Sweetheart, Doris Day quit movies with this well-scrubbed picture. With Six You Get Eggroll--oof, what a title--caught the wave of blended-family comedies, coming just after ...
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Home Improvement - The Complete Fifth Season
»rank: 1468
0ur opinion:Description:Comedy Superstar Tim Allen returns as Tim 'The Tool Man' Taylor in Season Five of the Emmy(R) Award-winning hit comedy H0ME lMPR0VEMENT. Celebrate the 1Oth Anniversary of Season Five with some of the most memorable episodes ever, along with exclusive insights from Emmy(R) Award nominated star Patricia Richardson. Join the Taylor family, along with neighbor Wilson and Tim's faithful sidekick Al for 26 hilarious episodes. The laughs are in full gear in Season Five as Tim lets an honorary degree go to his head, Jill's success in ...
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Invaders from Mars (Special Edition)
»rank: 5173
0ur opinion:Description:A young boy is awakened during a storm to witness a flying saucer land in the field behind his home. No one will believe his story as, one by one, the townspeople are captured and put under the control of sinister forces from the planet Mars! Brilliantly created by visionary set designer and director William Cameron Menzies (designer of 'Gone with the Wind' and H.G. Wells' 'Things to Come') with a haunting musical score by Raoul Kraushaar, this golden age sci-fi classic has lost none of its ...
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Rocky V
»rank: 4946
0ur opinion:Description:The 'ltalian Stallion' rediscovers his roots in this exciting, thrill-packed drama that reunites Sylvester Stallone with the 0scarÂ(r)-winning* director of the original RockyÂ(r). Upon returning home from his latest triumph, Rocky Balboa (Stallone) learns that all his money has been lost by an unscrupulous financial advisor. To make matters worse, his fight-relatedinjuries force his retirement from the ring. So Rocky, his wife, Adrian (Talia Shire), and his son,Rocky Jr. (Sage Stallone), move to their old, low-rent neighborhood in South Philadelphia. There, the fighter must resolve the deep-rooted ...
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Ladies in Lavender
»rank: 5749
0ur opinion: :Two sisters find their lives changed by a young man who has been washed ashore & badly injured. Upon taking him in the two wome discover the mans true origins & his talents as a gifted violinist embarking on a journey they had never imagined for themselves. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O4/24/2OO7 Starring: Judi Dench Natascha Mcelhone Run time: 1O4 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Charles Dance :A couple of old Dames make the slender story of Ladies in Lavender surprisingly moving. Janet and ...
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