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] | 181 | 213 | Once again John Madden has given us a magnificent film. A simple but beautiful story located in a real paradise and the music can't be better, Stephen Warbeck delights us once more, and good actings but.........why on earth is Penelope Cruz in this film? I asked myself that same question while watching this movie. Of c... | 1 |
16,187 | [
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16,191 | [
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16,200 | [
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16,208 | [
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16,225 | [
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16,226 | [
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16,234 | [
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16,240 | [
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16,243 | [
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16,245 | [
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16,253 | [
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16,254 | [
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] | 207 | 257 | In this era when almost everything makes it on to DVD (I'm expecting to see the My Mother the Car collection any day now) this film has been unfairly neglected. There are innumerable stupid comedies from the 60's as well as many other eras that have received at least a cursory DVD treatment. This one wasn't even releas... | 1 |
16,260 | [
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16,262 | [
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16,263 | [
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16,264 | [
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16,276 | [
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16,284 | [
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16,286 | [
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16,291 | [
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16,298 | [
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16,302 | [
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16,307 | [
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16,309 | [
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16,313 | [
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16,315 | [
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16,317 | [
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16,328 | [
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16,329 | [
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16,341 | [
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16,342 | [
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16,344 | [
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16,345 | [
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16,350 | [
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16,351 | [
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16,354 | [
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16,357 | [
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16,358 | [
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16,364 | [
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16,367 | [
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16,369 | [
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16,372 | [
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] | 219 | 271 | Lana Turner proved that she could really dance up a storm in this 1940 charmer about the ultimate sacrifice that her sister (Joan Blondell) makes for her.<br /><br />When both sisters come to New York, they follow Blondell's beau, a wonderful George Murphy, in this film. <br /><br />As fate would have it, the director ... | 1 |
16,375 | [
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16,377 | [
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16,385 | [
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] | 191 | 245 | Carly Jones (Elisha Curtberth), her bad boy brother Nick (Chad Michael Murray), her boyfriend Wade (Jared Padalecki), and her friends Paige (Paris Hilton) and her boyfriend Blake (Robert Richard) and Dalton (Jon Abrahams) travel to another city to watch an important game. They decide to camp in a field halfway and proc... | 1 |
16,388 | [
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16,391 | [
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] | 229 | 299 | OK so Paris Hilton sucks in it (typical Malibu Barbie) but the rest of the actors are just great! I watched the film last night and it totally kept me going thru out the whole film. Chad Michael Murray IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT and he's just a ace actor. Total hero man. The main girl who is the si... | 1 |
16,394 | [
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] | 241 | 296 | I think that anybody whose dumb enough to risk being a wax dummy just so they can go to a football game or they don't want to leave their car "to get stripped" deserves whatever happens to them.<br /><br />The guy, Wade who "went to a barbershop and asked for the He-Man haircut" wasn't my type, but there's this really ... | 1 |
16,396 | [
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16,398 | [
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16,401 | [
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16,403 | [
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16,404 | [
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16,420 | [
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16,428 | [
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16,432 | [
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16,433 | [
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16,435 | [
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16,443 | [
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16,445 | [
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16,448 | [
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16,449 | [
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16,454 | [
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16,459 | [
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16,460 | [
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16,462 | [
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16,468 | [
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16,471 | [
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16,472 | [
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16,473 | [
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16,483 | [
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16,484 | [
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16,495 | [
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16,498 | [
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] | 211 | 280 | As many of today's movies are guilty of, the plot isn't exactly stellar, the movie doesn't move anyone, and certainly this won't warrant any award (outside of Blockbusters' perhaps)...but then again, who really cares.<br /><br />Eddie Murphy and Robert De Niro team up to produce a very funny, at times hilarious, movie ... | 1 |
16,504 | [
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] | 147 | 207 | Robert DeNiro and Eddie Murphy, what a team. While Rene Russo, William Shanter, and that guy from the Everyday video are alongside for the ride. This is a funny and a great movie. Not only is it that, but it's a good buddy flick.<br /><br />Tom Dey (Shanghai Noon) directs this hell of a movie. From start to finish, it ... | 1 |
16,506 | [
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] | 214 | 286 | It's Showtime! Showtime is simply a bump in Eddie Murphy and Robert DeNiro's careers. It's an entertaining movie and a guilty pleasure but not quite up to the actors' standards, especially not Robert's. Showtime is directed by Tom Dey and features some small roles from guys like William Shatner and Mos Def.<br /><br />... | 1 |
16,518 | [
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] | 231 | 256 | People comparing this movie to big blockbusters like Lord of the Rings or the Matrix will inevitably be disappointed with the way this movie turned out. Although it lacks in the big special effects department and there are no battles with hundreds of extras, there is still a masterful amalgamation of two old folk tales... | 1 |
16,519 | [
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] | 170 | 203 | I thought the movie started out a bit slow and disjointed for the first hour. However, it became more absorbing, fascinating, and surprising in its last two hours. So, while it starts out like a cheap horror film, it evolves into a beautiful and wonderful fantasy film.<br /><br />Bridget Fonda stands out as the Snow Qu... | 1 |
16,520 | [
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] | 179 | 210 | Enchanting. The best time to see this movie is sometime when unhappy or sad. It's all just so cute, all, even the way that white bear loves the Queen in secret and gets Her in the end, also the achievement the two young actors of Gerda and Kai gave. It's music is also very nice. The two of us will always be one combine... | 1 |
16,523 | [
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] | 230 | 277 | This is a wonderful movie, and I still love it! It just so magical and it is fun for the whole family! I recommend it to people of all ages. I promise you will not be disappointed! The characters are always so engaging, so real, you will just love them! The story of Gerda and Kai falling in love will really amaze you a... | 1 |
16,525 | [
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] | 199 | 247 | "Snow Queen" is based, of course, on the fairy tale of the same name, collected in (at least) Andersen's Fairy Tales - and, unlike many other recent productions based on other fairy tales, this one retains the spirit of Faerie, an accomplishment not easy and not well understood by many, especially among Americans. Talk... | 1 |
16,527 | [
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] | 169 | 202 | I thought that the storyline came into place very well. I liked this movie a lot. If you're going to rag on a Bridget Fonda movie, you can just rot. I thought that ragging on movie stars was a bad idea. Apparently somebody doesn't think so. I rather enjoyed the movie. I'm even thinking of buying it. I want it to be my ... | 1 |
16,528 | [
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] | 208 | 258 | "D.O.A" is an involving and entertaining little picture from start to finish. Dennis Quaid is at his caustic best; and Quaid is sadly one of the most underused talents in Hollywood. His then beau Meg Ryan also appears with him, but as is usually the case, doesn't really make much of an impact.<br /><br /> The film is s... | 1 |
16,530 | [
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] | 234 | 290 | OK, so this film may not have won any Oscars, but it is not a bad film. The original "D.O.A." is undoubtedly a better film, but that does not mean this film is bad.<br /><br />The film stars Dennis Quaid in one of his early roles, when he was first becoming really famous, after "The Right Stuff" made him a star, and a ... | 1 |
16,537 | [
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] | 176 | 209 | Valeria, an elegant and pretty young lady lives in a world surrounded by the walls of her shyness and depression. Although she may have a one-night lover or if someone lives with her, it makes no difference of being completely alone. Valeria is also a passionate woman who can take actions to approach that special man, ... | 1 |
16,539 | [
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] | 191 | 217 | Barbora Bobulova's portrayal of Valeria in this story was entirely captivating and heart wrenching at the same time. It has been a long time since I have seen so much hidden passion and mystique presented by any actor simply by utilizing her facial features and the use of her eyes and mouth the way Barbora does with th... | 1 |
16,542 | [
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] | 169 | 210 | Of the two Slaughter movies, this is the better and even though its hardly a Schindlers list in complexity it is bloody funny. All the men are the goodies or the baddies and the women are all just Hos and emotionally needy, eg Slaughters Girl. It is also bloody funny and The Pro has got to be the funniest movie pimp of... | 1 |
16,546 | [
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] | 202 | 231 | The movie is based on a Jules Verne book I actually have read once, about ten years ago. I remember I liked the book a lot, and this movie does a good job in telling the story. The most important thing in this movie isn't the story, however, but the highly original visual look it has.<br /><br />The visuals are absolut... | 1 |
16,548 | [
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] | 169 | 214 | ***Spoilers ahead*** My late childhood had two cinematographic icons: Star Wars and this film by Czech genius Karel Zeman. A Jules Verne encyclopedia where XIX century illustrations come to life in exquisite black and white photography, combined with stop motion and conventional animation. Verne's spirit of adventure i... | 1 |
16,551 | [
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] | 169 | 222 | This is probably my favourite TV show ever. I love all the characters, especially Alex, who is the PERFECT woman! Always makes me laugh and feel good when I watch this show. There is just something about it that is amazing, hard to describe.<br /><br />It seems some or all of the episodes synchronise with music albums ... | 1 |
16,566 | [
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] | 172 | 206 | Not sure why the other comment on this film was so negative, but I loved this movie. I am a student of Asian art with a particular love of Korean art, culture and history. I thought this movie borough a very controversial and interesting character to life. Jang Seung-up is one of the (maybe the most) famous Korean arti... | 1 |
16,569 | [
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] | 224 | 285 | This film, winning Im Kwon-Taek the Best Director at Cannes in 2002 (tied with P.T. Anderson for Punch-Drunk Love), is about a 19th century Korean painter with a commoner's roots and significant impact on Korean painting. One of the strengths?of the film is that Im tries to help us see with the eye of a painter, so we ... | 1 |
16,572 | [
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] | 259 | 298 | Warning--this film has some amazingly graphic images and should never be seen by kids.<br /><br />The artist who this story is all about was indeed a fine Korean painter who rose up from the lowest depths to become their greatest painter. Unfortunately, in so many ways, this guy was also a jerk in so many ways. Some of... | 1 |
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