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16,998 | [
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17,009 | [
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17,011 | [
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17,036 | [
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17,040 | [
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17,053 | [
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17,054 | [
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17,058 | [
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17,064 | [
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17,066 | [
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17,071 | [
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17,072 | [
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17,076 | [
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17,078 | [
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17,089 | [
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17,090 | [
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17,091 | [
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And maybe the book was better
.WHO KNOWS???// But I loved the movie. It was entertaining, not a bit boring, enjoyable and most of all heart wrenching. The friendship between the two kids was so pure and innocent. These kids acted so well, especially the son of the Servant. Oh my GOD that's... | 1 |
17,097 | [
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17,105 | [
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17,117 | [
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17,118 | [
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17,122 | [
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17,125 | [
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17,128 | [
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17,135 | [
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17,136 | [
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17,139 | [
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17,148 | [
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17,156 | [
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17,160 | [
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17,169 | [
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17,171 | [
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17,174 | [
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17,175 | [
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17,188 | [
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17,189 | [
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17,190 | [
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17,191 | [
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17,192 | [
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17,193 | [
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17,200 | [
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17,204 | [
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17,210 | [
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17,218 | [
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17,223 | [
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17,226 | [
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17,228 | [
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17,232 | [
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17,233 | [
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17,237 | [
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17,242 | [
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17,243 | [
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17,247 | [
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17,248 | [
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17,253 | [
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17,258 | [
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17,263 | [
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17,271 | [
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17,272 | [
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17,274 | [
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17,278 | [
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17,283 | [
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17,287 | [
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17,289 | [
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17,292 | [
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17,296 | [
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17,299 | [
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17,301 | [
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17,302 | [
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17,304 | [
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17,308 | [
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17,310 | [
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17,317 | [
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17,321 | [
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17,322 | [
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17,325 | [
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17,326 | [
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17,328 | [
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17,334 | [
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17,347 | [
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17,360 | [
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17,367 | [
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] | 169 | 203 | It's also the best book I've ever read. Karl Urban and Steve Zahn are great together. It had drama, adventure and sweetness and sadness. I laughed. I cried. It's hard not to laugh when Gus is talking. I wish Gus would have smacked Clara like he did Inez. Clara just lead Gus on all those years with no intentions of ever... | 1 |
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] | 246 | 293 | One type of western I greatly enjoy is when the apparently weak, which is reluctant to fight and answer the challenge of the strong, finally decides there is no other way. There is a great moment in this film when John Parrish (Glenn Ford) goes into the saloon and decides to stand up to the gunfighter Wade Matlock. It ... | 1 |
17,378 | [
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] | 179 | 228 | This is the classic western. The good, Glenn Ford, the dashing hero, the ex-soldier, the man who would not hold a gun again. He eventually has to stand up the the evil land baron, Edward G. Robinson, who owns most of the valley and wants it all. Then,there's Barbara Stanwyck, the real ruler of the roost. Edward G. Robi... | 1 |
17,382 | [
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] | 187 | 249 | This is a great Western story with outstanding veteran actors who made this film great entertainment to view and enjoy. Glenn Ford,(John Parrish),"Midway",'76 tries to play low key after having experienced battles in the war and plays the peace maker role for the time being. John Parrish decides the town is entirely to... | 1 |
17,387 | [
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] | 189 | 227 | The movie Jennifer with Ida Lupino and Howard Duff is film noir magnificence.This is a mostly unknown movie that all film noir fans should see.Jennifer was filmed with the most unusual camera angles for that time, which made the movie have a surreal like quality at times. I love the stark black and white film noir movi... | 1 |
17,393 | [
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] | 198 | 239 | This focuses around the lives of four women, all good friends, and their male companions. Each has a story, the men as well, everything links everybody to everybody and everything is being brought to a quick change after a trip the girls take to Palm Springs.<br /><br />Basically, the film is no different from other of... | 1 |
17,402 | [
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] | 203 | 260 | In the 1980's patriotism, and in some cases flat out Jingoism, was pretty high. "Do we get to win this time" a line famous from Rambo: First Blood part II, could almost sum up how many people felt at that time. A longing for the style of films they grew up with, flat out balls to the wall "we're good, your bad...now le... | 1 |
17,405 | [
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] | 182 | 207 | not too much top's the classic "top gun" or "independence day" when it comes to fighter jet excitement. Yes, the movie top to bottom is based on a truly fictional example of how anyone can pull off a rescue but it is cool because it breaks all traditional rules. The kid doing what he wants to do in a jet the way he wan... | 1 |
17,406 | [
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] | 178 | 212 | Iron Eagle may not be the most believable film plot-wise, but the characters are well written and very well acted. If you cannot believe the characters, the film is a flop.<br /><br />I believe the photography, especially the aerial photography is superb. I believe it is far superior to Top Gun to which it is endlessly... | 1 |
17,414 | [
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] | 167 | 200 | When I played the first Soul Calibur on dreamcast I thought it was great. When I played the second I was hooked. And finally when Soul Calibur III was released, I bought a playstation 2 and the game.<br /><br />This can really keep you up for hours, with a huge amount of characters, loads of unlockable content, and not... | 1 |
17,418 | [
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] | 229 | 290 | Over the years some of them most enjoyable films have been about dysfunctional families.<br /><br />Bonjour,Monsieur Sholmi is such a film<br /><br />This is an Isreali film about a Moroccan Jewish family.<br /><br />This could be about any family, in any culture. We all know or would want to know people like those in ... | 1 |
17,426 | [
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] | 218 | 258 | This was one of my favorite movies from childhood. I watched it so many times,eventually my tape wore out. I was a huge fan of this show and still am.The thing I love most about this movie is that it appeals to so many people, both young and old. I watch this movie now and laugh just as hard as I did the first time I s... | 1 |
17,431 | [
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] | 185 | 254 | While not the first movie I've purchased for myself, this is almost certainly the one I've watched the most. The animation is well-drawn by the experts at Tokyo Movie Shinsa, and the animators frequently made use of clever techniques such as having the sun cause "lens flare", having the camera get soaked (and having th... | 1 |
17,432 | [
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] | 173 | 218 | I watch this movie at the start of every summer, and it never ceases to amuse me. Here the jokes are packed in near every line of dialogue, giving you more bang than the average Simpsons episode. Some of the jokes fall flat or will only elicit a slight chuckle, but others will leave you rolling and then there are those... | 1 |
17,442 | [
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] | 228 | 281 | You've got to think along the lines of Last Tango in Paris for this one because the mood and emotion runs along the same lines and maintains the same heights - the difference being that in this exceptional, intense and torrid depiction of love among the ruins of a Dostoyevskyian dispossessed the setting is a gay-subcul... | 1 |
17,443 | [
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] | 183 | 228 | Warning,contains spoilers!<br /><br />This is one of the best Italian sleaze films I've seen.<br /><br />The plot has a teenage girl who is interested of occultism and has supernatural powers.Her mother is a member of satanist group and is afraid what influences it'll have on the girl.No need to worry, the girl knows j... | 1 |
17,445 | [
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] | 155 | 213 | Story about a widowed father (Claude Rains) bringing up his four daughters. Emma (Gale Page) is loved by big hunky Ernest (Dick Foran). Thea (Lola Lane) is romanced by an old but wealthy man. Kay (Rosemary Lane) wants to become a singer. Ann (Priscilla Lane) is a romantic. Drop dead handsome Felix Deitz (Jeffrey Lynn),... | 1 |
17,447 | [
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] | 187 | 266 | Directed by Michael Curtiz, Four Daughters is about four musically gifted sisters, their suitors, and their father, a minor conductor.Playing sardonic, quick talking Mickey Borden is John Garfield in the role that made him an instant star.The movie also stars Claude Rains as Adam Lemp and the Lane sisters, Lola, Rosema... | 1 |
17,451 | [
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