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20,621 | [
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20,640 | [
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20,647 | [
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20,663 | [
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20,665 | [
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20,666 | [
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20,676 | [
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20,688 | [
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20,689 | [
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20,695 | [
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20,700 | [
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20,705 | [
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] | 194 | 223 | Due to the fact that in 1976 there were no CGI I felt that the movie was quite watchable. The studio productions were very good and very elaborate. The background effects were very believable and always appeared as if they were part of the whole set. The actors did OK considering the premise of the film being set in a ... | 1 |
20,713 | [
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20,722 | [
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20,723 | [
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20,727 | [
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20,728 | [
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20,729 | [
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20,739 | [
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20,774 | [
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20,777 | [
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20,779 | [
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20,780 | [
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20,781 | [
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20,784 | [
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20,788 | [
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20,793 | [
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20,794 | [
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20,795 | [
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20,801 | [
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20,802 | [
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20,806 | [
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20,812 | [
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20,818 | [
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20,821 | [
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20,827 | [
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20,840 | [
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20,842 | [
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20,849 | [
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20,851 | [
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20,852 | [
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20,853 | [
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20,858 | [
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20,860 | [
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20,865 | [
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20,873 | [
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20,878 | [
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20,888 | [
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20,892 | [
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20,902 | [
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20,903 | [
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20,911 | [
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20,917 | [
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20,918 | [
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20,929 | [
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20,937 | [
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20,939 | [
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20,940 | [
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20,944 | [
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20,945 | [
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20,959 | [
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20,960 | [
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20,963 | [
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20,966 | [
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20,973 | [
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20,974 | [
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20,975 | [
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20,993 | [
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21,000 | [
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21,011 | [
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21,018 | [
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21,019 | [
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21,022 | [
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21,024 | [
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21,026 | [
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21,035 | [
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21,036 | [
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21,041 | [
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] | 151 | 202 | I agree that this film was spectacular. The way in which Jamie Foxx captured, not only the impression of Ray Charles, but the essence of Ray Charles really made the film. His life made a great story and it is good that it is finally being told. I also found a great interview with Jamie Foxx about this role by Ernie Man... | 1 |
21,052 | [
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] | 188 | 229 | I'm not saying anything new when I say that "Ray" was magnificent. As I proceed to laud this movie I have to mention something that sets it apart from other films. Very rarely is a film made entirely by the actor(s). "Ray" quite simply was made by Jamie Foxx. Without the wonderful performance of Jamie Foxx, "Ray" would... | 1 |
21,061 | [
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] | 180 | 214 | Saw this movie when it came out and then a couple more times years later. I'm watching it now 20 years later and it's still a very good story. Does it wreak of "lifetime movie network"? Yes, but alas lifetime was not even in existence back then so it needed somehwere to air.<br /><br />The cast was excellent. The story... | 1 |
21,062 | [
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] | 181 | 226 | Christine Lahti (Sandy Dunlap) and Mary Tyler Moore (Holly Davis) worked well with soapish material, Ted Danson did his best with a thankless role of Chip Davis The premise of this that the two ladies' friendship, one a seemingly happily married woman and the other a career woman who is aware of her biological clock ti... | 1 |
21,065 | [
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21,071 | [
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] | 222 | 261 | I thoroughly enjoyed this film when it was first released, and on each occasion I've seen it since. The political drama is effective, if not especially new or inspired. The decades since the release of the film have demonstrated that the willingness to cut costs at the expense of public safety is definitely not just so... | 1 |
21,080 | [
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] | 186 | 235 | OK. So it can be done! We have here the perfect vampire movie. Gothic, beautiful. With all the ingredients. A realistic vampire. A wonderful story. Take note - I am from Transylvania and I assure you, this movie respects the vampire lore! It's exactly like the tales I heard in my childhood. For a transylvanian, it is q... | 1 |
21,082 | [
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21,088 | [
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] | 192 | 250 | Why Jessie Matthews, one of Britains top musical stars, was in this movie in between her sparkling "The Good Companions" and the classic "Evergreen" is a good question? When I first saw it I was really disappointed. I wanted to see her sing and dance - she was billed as "Millie - the non - stop variety girl" but there ... | 1 |
21,091 | [
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] | 200 | 249 | For the most part, I only enjoy the kind of movie that allows one to escape the current time into the future or past. This movie is pure escapism. The dancing starts almost immediately, and Debra Paget in her "purple harem" bikini dress simply has no equal in film in my opinion. Her dancing, while sultry, is surpassed ... | 1 |
21,094 | [
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21,095 | [
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] | 195 | 246 | I saw a test screening of Blurred recently, and I am surprised to say that it was actually pretty good! Its a film about different groups of kids, your hillbillies, your rich snobs, your typical teenage couple, plus two geeky guys and one post hippie babe. Together, but as separate storylines, each group is travelling ... | 1 |
21,098 | [
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21,100 | [
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] | 184 | 214 | I must say THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN. i know that on this website it's received only negative reviews, but for once I'd like to be the good person who gives the worlds best movie a good review. i find the movie to be extremely funny, and it has the perfect mix of everything. it makes me feel all sorts of ... | 1 |
21,103 | [
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21,104 | [
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21,108 | [
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] | 169 | 208 | Andreas arrives in a strange, inhuman place, where everything seems perfect. He's given a good work, everyone is kind to him and to everyone, and he really doesn't trouble too much even in finding a beautiful girlfriend. But in this no-named city Andreas finds soon that a perfect commercials-type world is really not a ... | 1 |
21,112 | [
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21,116 | [
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] | 224 | 283 | A bus drops off a nameless man outside a run-down Standard Oil gas station in the middle of nowhere. We never learn where the bus came from, or why he is on it, or who he even is. Why is he the only passenger? Is he a prisoner? Is he the "bothersome man" referred to in the title of the movie? Has he died and gone to he... | 1 |
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