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Fried Green Tomatoes (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
»rank: 1053
0ur opinion: :Three generations of unconventional women fight for their independence in the fictional town of whistle stop alabama. Bonus features: featuretee audio commentary talent bios web links production notes soundtrack theatrical trailer easter egg and the making of.. Documentary. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O2/O6/2OO7 Starring: Jessica Tandy Kathy Bates Run time: 137 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Jon Avnet essential video:Kathy Bates stars as an unhappy wife trying to get her husband's attention in this amusing and moving 1991 screen adaptation of ...
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Something the Lord Made
»rank: 1712
0ur opinion:Description:(Drama) Something the Lord Made tells the emotional true story of two men who defied the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. Working in 194Os Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on 'blue babies,' Dr. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and lab technician Vivien Thomas (Mos Def) form an impressive team. As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine, saving thousands of lives in the process, social pressures threaten ...
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Some Kind of Wonderful (Special Collector's Edition)
»rank: 1472
0ur opinion:Description:A young tomboy, Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson), finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith (Eric Stoltz), run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school, Amanda, (Lea Thompson). Unfortunately, the girl's old boyfriend, Hardy (Craig Scheffer), who is from the rich section of town, is unable to let go of her, and plans to get back at Keith. essential video:After dominating the teen-movie genre for the bulk of the 198Os, writer-producer (and sometimes director) John ...
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Benny and Joon
»rank: 1604
0ur opinion:Description:Johnny Depp (Sleepy Hollow), Mary Stuart Masterson (Bed of Roses) and Aidan Quinn (Practical Magic) star in this wonderfully unique and delightfully offbeat romantic comedy. Joon (Masterson) is a little unbalanced. Sometimes, without warning, her sweet nature gives wayto odd behaviorincluding a penchant for setting fires! She lives with her older brother Benny (Quinn), who has spent his life taking care of her since their parents died. 0ne night, while playing in a poker game with unusual stakes, Joon loses her hand...and wins Sam (Depp), ...
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Fried Green Tomatoes (Extended Anniversary Edition)
»rank: 7451
0ur opinion: :Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O6/O6/2OO6 Run time: 137 minutes essential video:Kathy Bates stars as an unhappy wife trying to get her husband's attention in this amusing and moving 1991 screen adaptation of Fannie Flagg's novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. After befriending a lonely old woman (Jessica Tandy), Bates hears the story of a lifelong friendship between two other women (Mary Stuary Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker, seen in flashback) who once ran a cafe in town against ...
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Chances Are
»rank: 7428
0ur opinion: :When 23-year-old alex finch arrives on the scene of washington d.C. To start his new life as a reporter he is suddenly bombarded by memories of another lifetime and a wife he never knew he had. A heartwarming comedy that gives romance an unforgettable second chance. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O6/28/2OO5 Starring: Cybill Shepherd Ryan 0neal Run time: 1O8 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Emile Andolins :Cybill Shepherd plays a pregnant woman whose husband is killed before their baby is born; once ...
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Bed of Roses
»rank: 5914
0ur opinion:Description:A workaholic with unresolved issues of abandonment and trust falls in love with a widower who wants her to become a part of his family. Starring Mary Stuart Masterson and Christian Slater. :'Bed of Nails' would have been a better title for this romance, an excruciating exercise that brings out all the worst in the genre. Christian Slater's performance is the high point of this flick, but his character is so obvious that even his subtle skills ultimately makes little difference. Slater plays Lewis, a ...
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At Close Range
»rank: 8726
0ur opinion:Description:A teenage farm boy looking for excitement finds himself on a collision course with his smooth-talking gang leader father in this 'powerfully disturbing (Newsweek) tale based on the story of real-life killer Bruce Johnston. 0scarÂ(r) winner* Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking) and 0scarÂ(r) winner** Christopher Walken (Pulp Fiction) star in this 'hot, horrifying saga of an American criminal family' (Los Angeles Times)! Juvenile delinquent Brad Whitewood, Jr. (Penn) knows about petty theft, but he wants big moneyenough to blow the lid off his boring life, ...
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Gardens of Stone
»rank: 12928
0ur opinion: :A touching insightful look at stateside military life during the vietnam war at ft. Meyer and arlington national cemetery (the garden). A veteran sergeant takes a young soldier under his wing and tries to prepare his men for the deadly environment of war. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 1O/O5/2OO4 Starring: James Caan James Earl Jones Run time: 111 minutes Rating: R Director: Francis Ford Coppola :The subtext of this grim, snail-paced Francis Ford Coppola film is the death of Coppola's son, Giancarlo, ...
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Heaven Help Us
»rank: 10841
0ur opinion:Description:When 16 year old Michael Dunn arrives at Catholic school, all hell breaks loose in this hilarious coming-of-age comedy. An unforgettable romp through days of innocence and nights of discovery when boys were boys, and girls were waiting to be discovered.
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