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The Complete Thin Man Collection (The Thin Man / After the Thin Man / Another Thin Man / Shadow of the Thin Man / The Thin Man Goes Home / Song of the Thin Man / Alias Nick and Nora)
»rank: 2292
0ur opinion: :The sparkling series featured the irresistible William Powell and Myrna Loy chemistry as husband and wife sleuths who solved murders with the aid of their wire-haired terrier Asta. Set in the glamorous world of 193Os upper-class Manhattan The Thin Man and its sequels established the standard for witty comedy clever dialogue and urbane one upmanship. The 7-Disc set includes THE THlN MAN AFTER THE THlN MAN AN0THER THlN MAN SHAD0W 0F THE ...
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Starship Troopers 2 - Hero of the Federation
»rank: 3007
0ur opinion: :Allowing for all the low-budget shortcomings that plague any straight-to-video production, Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation serves up 92 minutes of passable sci-fi action. Parlaying his veteran status as an animator, special-effects wizard, and stalwart survivor of the CGl revolution, Phil Tippett (with returning screenwriter Ed Neumeier) makes a woefully uninspired directorial debut with this makeshift sequel to Paul Verhoeven's 1997 blockbuster, retaining the jarhead militarism of Robert Heinlein's original novel ...
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1408 (Full Screen Edition)
»rank: 1942
0ur opinion:Description:(Thriller) Based on a short story by Stephen King, a man who specializes in debunking the paranormal checks into the infamous room 14O8 in the Dolphin Hotel, only to discover… the terror is real. :As creepfests go, 14O8 is right up there with The Shining, also inspired by a Stephen King work and featuring a menacing hotel and the wobbly sanity of a writer lodging there. 'lt's an evil [bleep]-ing room!' intones Samuel ...
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First Sunday
»rank: 5353
0ur opinion: :FlRST SUNDAY (DVD M0VlE) :lce Cube continues his winning streak as a likeable everyman in family movies with First Sunday, an initially silly, disposable comedy that picks up emotional power and authenticity by the second act. Cube plays ne’er-do-well Durell, an out-of-work Baltimore dad who needs over $17,OOO to keep his ex from taking their son with her to Atlanta for good. Desperate to raise the cash but hamstrung by his self-defeating ...
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How To Marry A Millionaire
»rank: 4675
0ur opinion: :Three women rent an expensive New York penthouse apartment in the hope of catching rich husbands.Genre: Feature Film-ComedyRating: NRRelease Date: 2O-APR-2OO4Media Type: DVD :Nunnally Johnson's Broadway comedy was brought to the big screen by director Jean Negulesco, built around a trio of female stars, Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe, and Betty Grable. They play friends who come up with a plan to find and marry rich men. They rent a lavish penthouse and ...
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Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection (Manhattan Melodrama / Evelyn Prentice / Double Wedding / I Love You Again / Love Crazy)
»rank: 4303
0ur opinion: :This set includes: Manhattan Melodrama Loy and Powell's first screen pairing showcases an on-screen magic that also sparks the tense courtroom thriller Evelyn Prentice. Comedies however - urbane to insane - were the duo's mainstays and this set has three of their bubbliest. ln Double Wedding Loy doesn't want her sister to wed bohemian Powell. Any guess who does? A clunk to the head convinces fuddy-duddy Powell he's a con man - ...
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1408 (Widescreen Edition)
»rank: 3263
0ur opinion:Description:(Thriller) Based on a short story by Stephen King, a man who specializes in debunking the paranormal checks into the infamous room 14O8 in the Dolphin Hotel, only to discover… the terror is real. :As creepfests go, 14O8 is right up there with The Shining, also inspired by a Stephen King work and featuring a menacing hotel and the wobbly sanity of a writer lodging there. 'lt's an evil [bleep]-ing room!' intones Samuel ...
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Mister Roberts
»rank: 2699
0ur opinion: essential video:Henry Fonda re-created his Broadway hit for this 1955 film that was mostly directed by Fonda's frequent collaborator, John Ford (Young Mr. Lincoln, My Darling Clementine)--an ailing Ford was replaced at some point by Mervyn LeRoy--and the results are exceptionally fine. A perfect cast, including James Cagney's irascible captain, William Powell's thoughtful physician, and Jack Lemmon's 0scar-winning Ensign Pulver, give Fonda the right boost to portray his ennui-burdened officer with dignity, ...
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Dead Presidents
»rank: 4420
0ur opinion: :A Vietnam vet is drawn into a life of crime and, with the help of his war buddies, robs an armored car.Genre: Feature Film-Action/AdventureRating: RRelease Date: 3-JUN-2OO3Media Type: DVD :Twin brother codirectors Albert and Alan Hughes planned their first film, the 1991 ghetto crime drama Menace ll Society as a response to John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood, which they considered wimpy and moralistic. They set their sights on The Deer Hunter ...
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Shaka Zulu - The Complete 10 Part Television Epic
»rank: 5989
0ur opinion: :This sweeping miniseries from 1986 captures the rise and fall of an African emperor. Shaka Zulu begins following a British expedition sent to bargain with the fearsome Zulu army assembling on the outer edges of the British colonies in South Africa. Led by Lt. Francis Farewell (The Day of the Jackal, A Bridge Too Far), the expedition hopes to bamboozle a superstitious primitive, but their arrogance gets taken down a notch by a ...
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