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19,727 | [
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] | 204 | 262 | Tromeo and Juliet (1996) is another jewel in the Troma Studios film archives. Like The Toxic Avenger, Troma's War, Class of Nuke 'em High, Terror Firmer and Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. this film is an instant Troma classic. James Gunn updates Romeo and Juliet taking a medieval tragedy and reinvision's it as a modern day st... | 1 |
19,729 | [
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19,730 | [
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19,731 | [
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19,742 | [
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19,745 | [
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19,757 | [
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19,759 | [
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19,762 | [
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19,763 | [
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19,764 | [
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19,767 | [
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19,768 | [
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19,770 | [
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19,776 | [
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] | 185 | 226 | This movie is quite better than the first one "Astérix et Obelix contre César", but it is far away from perfection. The adaptation of the comic book is good, some of the pictures and the dialogs of the movie are the same as in the book. But there's few things that made the movie not as interresting as the animated movi... | 1 |
19,777 | [
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19,781 | [
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19,785 | [
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19,787 | [
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19,789 | [
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19,793 | [
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19,805 | [
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19,812 | [
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19,816 | [
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19,819 | [
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19,825 | [
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19,832 | [
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19,833 | [
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19,834 | [
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19,840 | [
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19,842 | [
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19,845 | [
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19,863 | [
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19,867 | [
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19,871 | [
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19,875 | [
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19,880 | [
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19,881 | [
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19,883 | [
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19,888 | [
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19,890 | [
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19,899 | [
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19,900 | [
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19,905 | [
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19,913 | [
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19,915 | [
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19,916 | [
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] | 202 | 257 | Having watched this film years ago, it never faded from my memory. I always thought this was the finest performance by Michelle Pfeiffer that I've seen. But, I am astounded by the number of negative reviews that this film has received. After seeing it once more today, I still think it is powerful, moving and couldn't c... | 1 |
19,919 | [
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19,922 | [
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19,925 | [
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19,935 | [
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19,937 | [
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19,938 | [
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19,942 | [
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] | 229 | 293 | "Nagisa no Shindobaddo" or "Like Grains of Sand" is an amazingly beautiful story about teenage boys and girls dealing with the state of becoming one with who they are. This movie isn't about homosexuality, but it IS about sexuality.<br /><br />Aihara, an aloof girl, will definitely make the viewers ponder who IS behind... | 1 |
19,946 | [
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19,947 | [
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19,954 | [
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19,958 | [
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19,959 | [
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19,986 | [
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19,989 | [
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19,994 | [
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19,997 | [
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20,012 | [
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20,013 | [
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20,014 | [
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20,031 | [
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20,034 | [
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20,041 | [
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20,042 | [
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20,044 | [
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20,046 | [
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20,049 | [
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20,051 | [
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20,056 | [
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20,057 | [
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20,068 | [
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20,069 | [
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20,077 | [
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] | 195 | 244 | We stumbled across this show one Sunday morning at 6:30 a.m. while flipping through all of the cable channels and this turned out to be best show on! It is absolutely adorable. We need shows like this for children (and adults, as I'm certainly way beyond my childhood years.) As one of the other commentaries pointed out... | 1 |
20,081 | [
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] | 213 | 259 | This would definitely not have been my kind of movie, but my husband saw it on TV and said it was really good. So, on his recommendation, I bought a copy, since I didn't know if it would ever be on TV again. I had never heard of anybody in it except Armand Assante. At first I had a hard time getting into the story, bec... | 1 |
20,082 | [
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] | 239 | 287 | Not having heard of this film, it came as a surprise when it was shown on cable recently. Gary Ellis, the gifted director of "Tough Luck", does wonders with the screen play written by Bill Boatman and Todd King. The film involves the viewer from the start.<br /><br />Archie, the young hustler at the center of this stor... | 1 |
20,085 | [
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] | 192 | 254 | I like Armand Assante & my cable company's summary sounded interesting, so I watched it, twice already, and probably will again.<br /><br />The early part is difficult to follow, but later it clears up. I believe the screenwriter did a good job of tying up the loose ends.<br /><br />Some of the acting is unconvincing, ... | 1 |
20,086 | [
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] | 218 | 280 | This is a quirky heist/caper film, one that seems predictable at first then keeps surprising until the last scene. The protagonist is a grifter who goes to work in a little carnival, where he's paid to kill the manager's belly dancer wife Divana then ends up falling for her himself. She's alluring, tricky and deadly an... | 1 |
20,109 | [
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20,110 | [
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20,120 | [
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] | 221 | 247 | Josie is a reporter from a newspaper is set a task to go back to high school as she is going to be 17 again. .<br /><br />As she is there, she remembers some really awful stuff thats happened to her the first time she was in Highschool as we see in flashback scenes.<br /><br />In the flashback they show that (little sp... | 1 |
20,127 | [
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] | 224 | 282 | This movie turned out to be pretty much what I expected. Of course it's sappy, of course it's predictable. We all know the fairytale. But knowing that when you go to watch it, it's enjoyable enough to watch. It was funny and sweet. I did find it annoying that they showed geeks as either kids who didn't wash there hair ... | 1 |
20,138 | [
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20,142 | [
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20,143 | [
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] | 174 | 223 | As has already been noted, the short film "Every Sunday" (1936) could be considered the first music video. This was a happy accident resulting from MGM's need to crank out a variety of short films for exhibit with its feature length material. They had a couple fresh young singing talents (Judy Garland and Deanna Durbin... | 1 |
20,156 | [
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20,158 | [
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] | 180 | 206 | Sarah Plain and Tall's Winters end was the best movie I have ever seen. The person in the story that I liked best had to be Cassie played by Emily Osment. Just because of her energy and how she speaks her mind. For example when Anna calls from town Cassie wants to answer and she says,"Hello? Anna guess what. Grand fath... | 1 |
20,169 | [
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] | 198 | 222 | I haven't seen this film for over 20 years, but it had such an impact on me that I remember sitting through the credits and for several minutes after in complete awe. This is one of the most underrated films of the entire decade in which it was originally released. I just ordered a copy of it on DVD and paid for overni... | 1 |
20,181 | [
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] | 169 | 204 | Its a spoof, its an intelligent comedy, it has some a pathetic action and choreography (and mind it, it is intentional), good hummable songs, good performances by the entire cast, brilliant by Amir, Salman and Paresh and over all an script which is so rare in Indian cinema that too in comedy (watch David Dhawan, Harmes... | 1 |
20,182 | [
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] | 204 | 270 | There are some movies that are loved by almost everyone who you come across and yet happen to be box-office failures. Andaz Apna Apna, an intelligent and hilarious comedy falls in that catogory. For once, an Indian director has kept in mind the sensibilities of the audience, and not churned out a Kader Khan type stereo... | 1 |
20,187 | [
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] | 190 | 226 | This is my favourite Indian movie of all time. It is comic genius. Salman Khan is hilarious. But Amir Khan steals the show with his witty dialogue. Karisma Kapoor's outfits tell a story of their own - makes you wonder if the stylist deliberately made her wear some of the clothes just to make the movie funnier (at one p... | 1 |
20,199 | [
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] | 178 | 257 | It is the best movie released in Bollywood upto date. The best comedy, the best acting and the best direction till now! Rajkumar Santoshi's writing and direction proved that he is one of the best directors in the industry. Aamir Khan was absolutely amazing, Salman Khan looked good the way he acted. Shakti Kapoor was go... | 1 |
20,200 | [
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] | 168 | 244 | Andaz Apna Apna is my favorite comedy movie of all time.Both Aamir and Salman khan have acted brilliantly while Aamir's acting was far better than salman.Aamir Khan is known as 'MR. PERFECTIONIST' in Bollywood and he proves it in every of his film.<br /><br />The story moves around two young guys Amar (Aamir Khan) and ... | 1 |
20,201 | [
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] | 204 | 261 | RKS after the success of GHAYAL started work on this film which was a comedy The film was in making for 3 years and released finally in 1994 but didn't work for some reason Before this film, DAMINI(93) released and did well <br /><br />The film is a mad comic film like most Priyadarshan films nowdays but it is funny an... | 1 |
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