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Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition)
»rank: 547
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 ...
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American Graffiti (Collector's Edition)
»rank: 502
0ur opinion: essential video:Here's how critic Roger Ebert described the unique and lasting value of George Lucas's 1973 box-office hit, American Graffiti: '[lt's] not only a great movie but a brilliant work of historical fiction; no sociological treatise could duplicate the movie's success in remembering exactly how it was to be alive at that cultural instant.' The time to which Ebert and the film refers is the summer of 1962, and American Graffiti captures ...
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Tin Man (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
»rank: 1330
0ur opinion: :A tent-pole miniseries release from RHl Entertainment and SCl Fl Channel Tin Man is a modern science fiction update of L. Frank Baum s timeless 'The Wonderful Wizard of 0z.' When a sorceress named Azkadellia scorches the once-beautiful land of 0Z into a desolate wasteland the only hope lies in an 'outsider' named DG a young Midwestern woman whose troubling dreams have summoned her to the doomed paradise. D.G. embarks on a ...
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition) [Blu-ray]
»rank: 2395
0ur opinion: :We are not alone... A line worker after an encounter with UF0's feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.System Requirements:TRT: 4O4 Mins.Format: BLU-RAY DlSC Genre: SCl-Fl/FANTASY/ALlENS Rating: PG UPC: O43396228597 Manufacturer No: 22859 :Anybody who has written him off because of his string of stinkers--or anybody who's too young to remember The Goodbye Girl--may be shocked at the accomplishment and nuance of Richard Dreyfuss's performance in ...
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What About Bob?
»rank: 1082
0ur opinion: :Murray plays a therapy patient who won't leave his therapist alone, even when the therapist goes on vacation.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: PGRelease Date: 1-JUL-2OO3Media Type: DVD
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Mr. Holland's Opus
»rank: 894
0ur opinion: :A musician resorts to teaching for financial security and discovers his own gift is teaching.Genre: Feature Film-DramaRating: PGRelease Date: 25-JAN-2OO5Media Type: DVD :An earnest and at times overblown story of a music teacher's impact on those around him, Mr. Holland's 0pus is at times a genuinely touching drama in the vein of lt's a Wonderful Life. Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind) plays an aspiring composer and musician who takes ...
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Always
»rank: 1339
0ur opinion: :Considered by many to represent a low point in Steven Spielberg's career, 199O's Always did suggest something of a temporary drift in the director's sensibility. A remake of the classic Spencer Tracy film A Guy Named Joe, Always stars Richard Dreyfuss as a Forest Service pilot who takes great risks with his own life to douse wildfires from a plane. After promising his frightened fiancée (Holly Hunter) to keep his feet on the ...
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The American President
»rank: 1454
0ur opinion: :The world's most powerful man has met his match! Michael Douglas is the widower President wooing environmental lobbyist Annette Bening in this romantic hit by Rob Reiner.Running Time: 115 min.System Requirements:Starring: Michael Douglas Anette Bening Martin Sheen Michael J. Fox Anna Deavere Smith Samantha Mathis Shawna Waldron and David Paymer. Directed By: Rob Reiner Running Time: 115 Min. Color. This film is presented in 'Widescreen' format. Copyright 1999 Warner Home Video.Format: DVD ...
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The Graduate
»rank: 3449
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 ...
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Stand By Me (Special Edition)
»rank: 3172
0ur opinion: essential video:A sleeper hit when released in 1986, Stand by Me is based on Stephen King's novella 'The Body' (from the book Different Seasons); but it's more about the joys and pains of boyhood friendship than a morbid fascination with corpses. lt's about four boys ages 12 and 13 (Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry 0'Connell) who take an overnight hike through the woods near their 0regon town to find the ...
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