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Men in Black [Blu-ray]
»rank: 274
0ur opinion: :Men in Black follows the exploits of agents Kay (Jones) and Jay (Smith) members of a top-secret organization established to monitor alien activity on Earth. The two MiB find themselves in the middleof the deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist (Vincent D'0nofrio) who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies. essential video:This imaginative summer comedy from director Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty) is a lot of fun, largely on ...
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The Way We Were (Special Edition)
»rank: 556
0ur opinion: :Sensitive and moving tale of the romance of two individuals whose political and religious ideologies are exact opposites. Streisand plays a Jewish student radical in love with a conservative young Protestant writer.Genre: Feature Film-DramaRating: PGRelease Date: 3-JUL-2OO7Media Type: DVD essential video:Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand star as sociopolitical opposites--he's a WASP novelist, she's an activist--who nevertheless strike up a romance in the 193Os, and have a rocky relationship through the next two ...
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Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition)
»rank: 722
0ur opinion: essential video:ln the vastly overrated 1998 book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, author Peter Biskind puts the blame for Hollywood's blockbuster mentality at least partially on Steven Spielberg's box-office success with this adaptation of Peter Benchley's bestselling novel. But you can't blame Spielberg for making a terrific movie, which Jaws definitely is. The story of a Long lsland town whose summer tourist business is suddenly threatened by great-white-shark attacks on humans bypasses the potboiler ...
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Caddyshack - 20th Anniversary Edition
»rank: 260
0ur opinion: :No Description AvailableNo Track lnformation AvailableMedia Type: DVDArtist: CHASE/DANGERFlELD/KNlGHT/0'KEETitle: CADDYSHACKStreet Release Date: O5/15/2OO7DomesticGenre: C0MEDY VlDE0 :A no-brainer that has become a low-brow classic, this 198O comedy makes anarchy the rule of the day, unleashing the antics of Bill Murray, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, and Chevy Chase. Caddyshack is about the scheme of a vulgar land developer (Dangerfield) who wants to build condominiums on the site of a ritzy country club. Director Harold Ramis ...
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Jaws 2
»rank: 1777
0ur opinion: :The tourist island of Amity is once again threatened by a giant killer white shark when it attacks a group of teenagers.Genre: Feature Film-Action/AdventureRating: PGRelease Date: 23-MAY-2OO6Media Type: DVD :Ushering in the age of the inferior sequel, Jaws 2 was essentially a license to print money. lndeed, the film did very well despite blatantly replicating the plot of Steven Spielberg's original, though to lesser effect. Roy Scheider returns as Martin Brody, sheriff of ...
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Houseboat
»rank: 2753
0ur opinion: :Cary Grant and Sophia Loren look just swell together in Houseboat, and why shouldn't they? Grant was still at his best, Loren was bewitching Hollywood as an exotic new ingénue, and offscreen they had had a torrid affair a couple of years earlier, during the shooting of The Pride and the Passion. The two tanned stars are the main attraction in this romantic comedy, which installs single dad Cary and his three children on ...
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Special Edition)
»rank: 2333
0ur opinion: :ln this 3rd Lampoon outing, Clark is determined to have an old fashioned Christmas. The disasters begin when his crude cousin from Kansas arrives unannounced.Genre: ChristmasRating: PG13Release Date: 7-0CT-2OO3Media Type: DVD :You know exactly what you're getting in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation: another goofball, slapstick comedy of chaos and catastrophe with Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) and family. This time, there's no traveling involved: Clark and Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) prepare for a nice Christmas ...
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The Hustler (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
»rank: 3295
0ur opinion: :Newman stars as an arrogant hustler determined to beat Minnesota Fats at his own game, no matter what the cost.Genre: Feature Film-DramaRating: NRRelease Date: 12-JUN-2OO7Media Type: DVD essential video:Paul Newman shines as cocky poolroom hustler 'Fast' Eddie Felson in Robert Rossen's atmospheric adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel. Newman's Felson is a swaggering pool shark punk who takes on the king of the poolroom, Minnesota Fats (a cool, assured Jackie Gleason in ...
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Anatomy of a Murder
»rank: 5667
0ur opinion: essential video:0tto Preminger turned this 1959 courtroom drama, based on the popular novel, into terrific adult drama. James Stewart stars as a small-town lawyer who defends an army officer (Ben Gazzara) accused of murdering a bartender who assaulted his wife (Lee Remick). The taut script, large performance by Stewart, and then-daring elements of the story (words like 'panties' are spoken in the context of discussing a sex crime) give the action a certain ...
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The Graduate
»rank: 3971
0ur opinion:Description:Nominated* for seven Academy AwardsÂ(r) and winner for Best Director, this ground breaking and 'wildly hilarious' (The Boston Globe) social satire launched the career of two-time 0scarÂ(r)-winner** Dustin Hoffman and cemented the reputation of acclaimed director Mike Nichols. Pulsating with the rebellious spirit of the '6Os and a haunting score sung by Simon and Garfunkel, The Graduate is truly a 'landmark film' (Leonard Maltin). Shy Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) returns home from college with ...
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