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14,479 | [
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14,545 | [
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14,546 | [
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14,585 | [
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14,587 | [
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14,627 | [
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14,691 | [
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14,713 | [
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14,784 | [
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14,796 | [
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14,799 | [
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14,833 | [
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14,873 | [
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14,903 | [
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] | 480 | 583 | Starring: Kelsey Grammar, Rob Schneider, Lauren Holly, Rip Torn This movie is a classic family favorite. At least for most members of my family that is. One of us rolls our eyes at the mention of this movie and thinks, "What a stupid movie." I'm not that person though. I still find this movie highly amusing. I just wat... | 1 |
14,977 | [
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14,978 | [
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15,003 | [
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] | 471 | 589 | Contains Spoilers<br /><br />This is a Peter Watkins film. If one has seen his BBC masterpieces "Cullodden" and "The War Game", one will recognize the style (and his voice) within seconds after the start. Made in 1971 it is set in a very near future, when the Vietnam war has escalated even more and now seems to involve... | 1 |
15,016 | [
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and others. The violence of the atmosphere... | 1 |
15,056 | [
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15,079 | [
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15,089 | [
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15,090 | [
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15,106 | [
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15,176 | [
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15,196 | [
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15,206 | [
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15,304 | [
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15,352 | [
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15,379 | [
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15,402 | [
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15,440 | [
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15,490 | [
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15,521 | [
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15,645 | [
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15,646 | [
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15,670 | [
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15,689 | [
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15,762 | [
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15,845 | [
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] | 479 | 552 | -it has Carla Gugino *yay* and a crappy ending *boo* <br /><br />-"Jaded" is a highly erotic story about a beautiful woman who arrives in a town trying to escape her past. Whiles there she meets up with two lesbians and after a couple of drinks the two decide to have some fun. But one of the girls takes things a bit to... | 1 |
15,874 | [
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15,908 | [
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15,912 | [
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15,965 | [
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15,971 | [
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15,975 | [
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15,978 | [
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16,007 | [
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16,051 | [
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16,073 | [
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16,076 | [
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16,106 | [
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16,130 | [
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16,168 | [
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16,173 | [
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16,176 | [
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] | 431 | 512 | As is often the case when you attempt to take a 400 plus page book and cram it into a two hour film, a lot is lost. Here director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) takes on an extremely ambitious project and almost pulls it off. What we get is a charming and emotionally compelling film that seems somehow incomplete.<br... | 1 |
16,178 | [
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16,179 | [
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16,323 | [
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16,362 | [
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16,378 | [
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16,379 | [
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16,382 | [
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16,424 | [
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16,440 | [
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16,482 | [
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16,485 | [
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16,505 | [
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16,541 | [
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16,553 | [
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16,561 | [
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16,624 | [
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16,625 | [
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16,626 | [
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16,634 | [
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16,646 | [
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16,669 | [
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16,683 | [
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16,693 | [
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16,695 | [
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] | 443 | 575 | Little Dieter Needs To Fly is another in the remarkable body of Werner Herzog's filmic work that is without peer. Having recently rewatched it on DVD, nearly a decade after its initial US release in 1997, it has lost none of its power, and one can see its influence on documentaries as diverse as Herzog's own recent Gri... | 1 |
16,726 | [
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] | 402 | 522 | I think it definitely is. The writing is of such a quality that beginner students of the English language should model their conversations after its dialogue. For example, the exchange between Paul Kersey(Bronson) and Ms. Kathryn Davis(Deborah Raffin) (more about this character later) is extremely clear and to the poin... | 1 |
16,728 | [
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] | 485 | 584 | Charles Bronson is back in his most famous role. In my opinion, this is by far the best film of the series and my favorite movie ever. This movie doesn't take itself seriously, because the filmmakers knew that all the social commentary that was necessary was put across in the first film. Golan and Globus made this film... | 1 |
16,781 | [
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] | 476 | 586 | Although this film is set amongst the sophisticated English upper classes it is a simple story of a couple torn asunder. It has a slightly dated air, being an adaptation of "A Way Through the Wood", a 1950 novel by Nigel Balchin (once hugely popular and now forgotten). Julian Fellowes, who despite an academy award for ... | 1 |
16,785 | [
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] | 432 | 523 | Separate LIES changed my life. Actually, the Q&A did.<br /><br />SPOILERS BELOW. Read only if you watch trailers or if you've already seen it:<br /><br />The Emily Watson character cheats on the Tom Wilkonson character. My first reaction to the puppy-dog-eyed Emily was "It's Over. Dump her. Bad riddance." For some reas... | 1 |
16,789 | [
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] | 451 | 505 | Years ago when I first read John Irving's The World According to Garp, I was astounded that most of the younger adults with whom I had contact didn't like the book when I loved it. I began to understand that it was an age and experience thing. I experienced somewhat of a déjà vu when reading some of the comments on thi... | 1 |
16,790 | [
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] | 422 | 526 | Another great Tom Wilkinson performance punctuates "Separate Lies," a 2005 film also starring Emily Watson, Linda Bassett and Rupert Everett. Directed by Julian Fellowes, it's the story of a married couple, James and Ann Manning where the husband (Wilkinson) believes he and his wife (Watson) are happy together. An acci... | 1 |
16,792 | [
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] | 400 | 509 | How on earth can people give this movie a low rating. Unbelievable. The performances of Wilkinson and Watson are so full of merit that I can only imagine that these detractors were weaned on blockbusters and porn. (If this sounds bad-tempered, it's because I just wiped my original 400-worder just now) I was so impresse... | 1 |
16,878 | [
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] | 400 | 529 | Cult-director Lucio Fulci is probably most famous for his gory Zombie flicks from the 1980s that earned him his rightful reputation as the "Godfather Of Gore". Fulci's absolute greatest film, however, dates back to 1972 and, while it is definitely gritty and violent, it is not nearly as gory as many of his other films.... | 1 |
16,889 | [
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] | 441 | 536 | Lucio Fulci made a lot of great films throughout his career and the way that many of them featured a bucket load of gore lead to him earning the title 'The Godfather of Gore'. While Don't Torture a Duckling was made before Fulci became well known amongst gorehounds, and isn't all that gory; it's certainly a gritty and ... | 1 |
16,916 | [
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] | 415 | 563 | I was a junior in high school when "Flesh" hit the big screens, but had the good fortune to see it at midnight movie houses in NYC just two years later.<br /><br />Flesh is the first part of a so-called "trilogy" of films, featuring Joe Dallesandro, as an object of desire. It bears the "Warhol" name, but is more the wo... | 1 |
16,953 | [
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] | 407 | 514 | I can't say I enjoyed this as much as "The Big Lebowski" or "Raising Arizona," and felt a little slighted, but "O Brother" is an enjoyable film worthy of some good laughs and a taste of the Coens' brisk, twisted sense of creativity. The DVD edition contains the featurette, and I was interested to find out that the Coen... | 1 |
16,960 | [
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] | 464 | 573 | George Carlin is probably my favorite comedian. I have seen so many of his specials and even had the opportunity to see him perform live. He had a certain cynicism that always appealed to me. His last 2 specials (Life is Worth Losing especially and Complaints and Grievances) have lacked a certain spirit and content. Ge... | 1 |
16,995 | [
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] | 432 | 552 | This movie is "the" stupid comedy of the year, and quite possibly the best thing from Mike Judge since "Office Space". If you are a Mike Judge fan, or enjoy shows like Futurama, then you are doing yourself a grave disservice by skipping over this little known, limited release. Although the DVD touts very few "bonus fea... | 1 |
16,999 | [
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] | 476 | 583 | Mike Judge's Idiocracy is an interesting film, and one that his fans will undoubtedly track down and see.<br /><br />Before I start the review, I would preface it by saying that if you get a chance to see it, definitely do, as it IS worth watching, and isn't the easiest film in the world to track down.<br /><br />Let's... | 1 |
17,035 | [
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] | 380 | 535 | Well, on the day that Rob Schneider plunges himself further into the black hole of notoriously bad movies by starring in the absolutely not-at-all-wanted "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo" (hmmmm....wasn't there a film called Roadtrip which was followed by a sequel called Eurotrip? And now there's Deuce Bigalow: Male Gig... | 1 |
17,056 | [
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] | 458 | 559 | The 13th and last RKO Falcon film starts with the mutual injunction by Tom Conway as Tom Lawrence alias the Falcon and Ed Brophy as Goldie of "No dames!" whilst they prepare to go on vacation. While you're still wondering what they're going on vacation from as they hadn't had a job since the beginning of the 1st film i... | 1 |
17,077 | [
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] | 401 | 530 | In the 70's in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir (Zekeria Ebrahimi) and the Hazara boy Hassan (Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada), who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali (Nabi Tanha), are raised together in Amir's father house, playing and kitting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise a... | 1 |
17,082 | [
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] | 397 | 502 | THE KITE RUNNER is one of those modern epics that one is occasionally graced with. Spanning two continents, multiple family generations, and many decades, this film touches on a myriad of items including friendship, love, loss, and, ultimately, redemption.<br /><br />It's prime mover is young Amir (Zekeria Ebrahimi), a... | 1 |
17,145 | [
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] | 452 | 538 | As listed and stated in many previous comments, this unique series has many excellent elements and ingredients to its credit. Indeed, more than 20 years after it was originally transmitted, it is still watched, and watched again, and has a huge global fan-following, something which must indicate that the makers of this... | 1 |
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