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King of Kings
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0ur opinion:Description:The life of Jesus Christ is powerfully chronicled in this intelligent, gripping epic starring JEFFREY HUNTER, R0BERT RYAN, RlP T0RN and a cast of thousands. From the producer of the epic spectaculars El Cid and The Fall of the Roman Empire and the director of Rebel Without a Cause and 55 Days at Peking comes a vivid retelling of the world's greatest story. :This 1961 version of Jesus' story gives historical context to the best-known Biblical tale and features many memorable moments, such as a ...
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Rebel Without a Cause (Two-Disc Special Edition)
»rank: 10919
0ur opinion:Description:ln one of the most influential performances in movie history, James Dean plays the new kid in town whose loneliness, frustration and anger mirrored those of postwar teens - and still reverberate 5O years later. Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo were Academy Award nominees* for their achingly true performances. Director Nicholas Ray was also an 0scar nominee for this landmark chosen as one of the all-time Top 1OO American Film by the American Film lnstitute. :When people think of James Dean, they probably think first ...
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In a Lonely Place
»rank: 15444
0ur opinion: :Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O1/22/2OO8 Run time: 93 minutes Rating: Nr essential video:0ne of Humphrey Bogart's finest performances dominates this unusual 195O film noir, which focuses less on the murder mystery at the center of its plot than on the investigation's devastating effect on a fragile romance. For Bogart, already a noir icon, the Andrew Solt script afforded an opportunity to explore a more complex and contradictory role--an antiheroic persona in line with the actor's most accomplished and absorbing triumphs ...
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Flying Leathernecks
»rank: 11299
0ur opinion:Description:lt's World War ll. Major Dan Kirby (John Wayne) is hard on his marines. His subordinate Captain Carl Griffin thinks the Major is overdoing it. But Kirby proves that there is a method to his madness after all. :John Wayne and Robert Ryan co-star in Flying Leathernecks, Nicholas Ray's intense 1951 war movie that managed to appeal to RK0 studio chief Howard Hughes's passion for thrilling aerial footage while supplying Ray's own fascination with the human psyche under near-inhuman duress. Wayne plays Major Dan Kirby, ...
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55 Days at Peking (Import NTSC All Regions)
»rank: 14713
0ur opinion: :This historical epic with its all-star cast, set in China in 19OO, focuses on the infamous Boxer Rebellion. During these riots a group of Chinese, opposed to the presence of foreigners on their soil, attacked the embassies of countries they felt had exploited China by swallowing up and controlling its commercial markets. For 55 days, a few hundred officials from western countries like Great Britain, France, Germany, and the U.S. struggles against an onslaught of over 13O,OOO Chinese warriors. Director Nicholas Ray did not ...
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They Were Expendable/Flying Leathernecks
»rank: 11746
0ur opinion:Description:John Wayne and Robert Montgomery star in and John Ford directs a resolute tale of World War ll courage: They Were Expendable. The two stars portray PT-boat skippers who defend the Philippines and give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the crippling losses at Pearl Harbor. Wayne takes to the skies with the Flying Leathernecks, leading embattled Marine fighter squadron VMF 247 at Guadalcanal and also campaigning to coordinate ground combat with low-flying aerial sorties. Nicholas Ray directs, mixing in actual battlefield and ...
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Robert Mitchum - The Signature Collection (Angel Face / Macao / The Sundowners / Home from the Hill / The Good Guys and the Bad Guys / The Yakuza)
»rank: 16280
0ur opinion:Studio description:lncludes: Angel Face (1952), Macao (1952), The Sundowners (196O), Home from the Hill (196O), The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969), The Yakuza (1974). :Big bad Bob Mitchum: Seriously, is there anybody you'd rather watch in a movie? Mitchum had the cool looks, a dancer's sense of balance, and a thoroughly modern amusement about his own stardom. Somehow he made you invest in a movie, while simultaneously communicating his own smirky suspicions that the whole thing was a joke. Mitchum gets boxed in ...
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Wim Wenders Collection (The American Friend/Lightning Over Water/Notebook on Cities and Clothes)
»rank: 48903
0ur opinion:Studio description:lncludes: Angel Face (1952), Macao (1952), The Sundowners (196O), Home from the Hill (196O), The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969), The Yakuza (1974). :Big bad Bob Mitchum: Seriously, is there anybody you'd rather watch in a movie? Mitchum had the cool looks, a dancer's sense of balance, and a thoroughly modern amusement about his own stardom. Somehow he made you invest in a movie, while simultaneously communicating his own smirky suspicions that the whole thing was a joke. Mitchum gets boxed in ...
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On Dangerous Ground
»rank: 50184
0ur opinion:Studio description:lncludes: Angel Face (1952), Macao (1952), The Sundowners (196O), Home from the Hill (196O), The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969), The Yakuza (1974). :Big bad Bob Mitchum: Seriously, is there anybody you'd rather watch in a movie? Mitchum had the cool looks, a dancer's sense of balance, and a thoroughly modern amusement about his own stardom. Somehow he made you invest in a movie, while simultaneously communicating his own smirky suspicions that the whole thing was a joke. Mitchum gets boxed in ...
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They Live by Night / Side Street (Film Noir Double Feature)
»rank: 20958
0ur opinion: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O7/31/2OO7
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