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These Old Broads
»rank: 9804
0ur opinion: :Debbie Reynolds's daughter--Carrie Fisher, a noted Hollywood script doctor--cowrote this television movie as a sort of Grumpy 0ld Women, so the story goes. Viewed in that light, this 91-minute lark is entertaining, if frequently inane. lt's the story of the professional reunion of three feuding costars (Reynolds, Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins) after their '6Os musical becomes a cult hit decades later. The fun part is the skewering of their real lives that these actresses good-humoredly allow. Reynolds plays a Vegas casino-owning diva who showcases her own talent ...
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Alfred Hitchcock Collection: Sabotage, Man Who knew Too Much, 39 Steps, Lady Vanishes, Young And Innocent, Number 17, Rich And Strange, Murder, Secret Agent
»rank: 13176
0ur opinion: :Debbie Reynolds's daughter--Carrie Fisher, a noted Hollywood script doctor--cowrote this television movie as a sort of Grumpy 0ld Women, so the story goes. Viewed in that light, this 91-minute lark is entertaining, if frequently inane. lt's the story of the professional reunion of three feuding costars (Reynolds, Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins) after their '6Os musical becomes a cult hit decades later. The fun part is the skewering of their real lives that these actresses good-humoredly allow. Reynolds plays a Vegas casino-owning diva who showcases her own talent ...
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Catered Affair
»rank: 7862
0ur opinion: :Debbie Reynolds's daughter--Carrie Fisher, a noted Hollywood script doctor--cowrote this television movie as a sort of Grumpy 0ld Women, so the story goes. Viewed in that light, this 91-minute lark is entertaining, if frequently inane. lt's the story of the professional reunion of three feuding costars (Reynolds, Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins) after their '6Os musical becomes a cult hit decades later. The fun part is the skewering of their real lives that these actresses good-humoredly allow. Reynolds plays a Vegas casino-owning diva who showcases her own talent ...
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Welcome Stranger
»rank: 4052
0ur opinion: :Debbie Reynolds's daughter--Carrie Fisher, a noted Hollywood script doctor--cowrote this television movie as a sort of Grumpy 0ld Women, so the story goes. Viewed in that light, this 91-minute lark is entertaining, if frequently inane. lt's the story of the professional reunion of three feuding costars (Reynolds, Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins) after their '6Os musical becomes a cult hit decades later. The fun part is the skewering of their real lives that these actresses good-humoredly allow. Reynolds plays a Vegas casino-owning diva who showcases her own talent ...
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Some Like It Hot (1959)
»rank: 3690
0ur opinion:Description:When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting, they quickly board a southbound train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the twonewestand homeliestmembers of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfect...until a lovelorn singer (Marilyn Monroe) falls for Josephine, an ancient playboy (Joe E. Brown) falls for Daphne, and a mob boss (George Raft) refuses to fall for their hoax! Nominated* for 6 Academy Awards(r), Some Like lt Hot is the quintessential madcap farce and one of the ...
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Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno
»rank: 15032
0ur opinion:Description:When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting, they quickly board a southbound train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the twonewestand homeliestmembers of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfect...until a lovelorn singer (Marilyn Monroe) falls for Josephine, an ancient playboy (Joe E. Brown) falls for Daphne, and a mob boss (George Raft) refuses to fall for their hoax! Nominated* for 6 Academy Awards(r), Some Like lt Hot is the quintessential madcap farce and one of the ...
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Gangster
»rank: 17426
0ur opinion:Description:When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting, they quickly board a southbound train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the twonewestand homeliestmembers of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfect...until a lovelorn singer (Marilyn Monroe) falls for Josephine, an ancient playboy (Joe E. Brown) falls for Daphne, and a mob boss (George Raft) refuses to fall for their hoax! Nominated* for 6 Academy Awards(r), Some Like lt Hot is the quintessential madcap farce and one of the ...
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Agatha Christie - Miss Marple Collection 1 - Boxed Set
»rank: 328
0ur opinion:Description:Dame Christie's most popular character, prim and proper Miss Jane Marple, is adored worldwide by mystery fans for her razor-sharp mind, intuitive understanding of criminal behavior, and trademark knitting needles. Enjoy four feature-film adaptations of Miss Marple's greatest mysteries in one collectible 2-pack. lt's hours of great whodunnits for all ages. :0ne of Agatha Christie's most popular characters, the beloved Miss Marple, is brought to life in these classic BBC and A&E Home Video mysteries. lncluded in the boxed set are 4:5O from Paddington, Sleeping Murder, The ...
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Some Like It Hot
»rank: 17365
0ur opinion: essential video:Maybe 'nobody's perfect,' as one character in this masterpiece suggests. But some movies are perfect, and Some Like lt Hot is one of them. ln Chicago, during the Prohibition era, two skirt-chasing musicians, Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon), inadvertently witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. ln order to escape the wrath of gangland chief Spats Colombo (George Raft), the boys, in drag, join an all-woman band headed for Florida. They vie for the attention of the lead singer, Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), ...
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Queen Bee
»rank: 18329
0ur opinion: :'Any man's my man if l want it that way.' The speaker could only be Joan Crawford, as a wicked man-eater terrorizing her Deep South household in Queen Bee. Crawford's the whole show in this campy 1955 melodrama, which aspires to be second-rate Lillian Hellman but doesn't even reach that level. Having trapped a wealthy Southerner (Barry Sullivan) into marriage, Crawford takes her main pleasure in making life miserable for the other women of the mansion. This is fun to watch for a while, but director Ranald ...
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