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478,841 | 463,200 | 179,626 | 8 | Very exciting but unbelievable and sadistic | Two foreigners ( one Russian , the other Czech ) go to America and decide to get rich by videotaping themselves murdering people , sell it to a sleazy TV tabloid host ( wonderfully played by Kelsey Garmmer ) , get off by pleading insanity and then sell their story to the highest bidder . Obviously , the plot is ridicul... |
477,817 | 463,200 | 60,479 | 8 | Took me a while to get into it . . . but I did | Glossy soap opera about 8 Vassar graduates of 1933 . It follows their lives after college and deals with alcoholism , mental breakdowns , frigidity , beatings , adultery , child rearing , lesbianism and death . I tried reading the book this was based on but I couldn't understand it . They kept throwing in 1930s slang a... |
477,759 | 463,200 | 65,836 | 8 | Hard to believe DePalma did this comedy ! | Very strange and satirical look at a Vietnam vet ( Robert DeNiro ) and how he tries to get a job after being discharged . First he's a peeping tom - - photographing neighbors without their knowledge . He also gets involved with one - - Julie Bishop ( Jennifer Salt ) . Then he joins a black theatrical group who basicall... |
477,384 | 463,200 | 831,887 | 8 | A mess but lots of fun | The Spirit ( Gabriel Macht ) protects an unnamed city against the Octopus ( Samuel L . Jackson ) who seems to be indestructible . There's also Sand Sarif ( Eva Mendes ) and the Octopus ' helper Silken Floss ( Scarlett Johansson ) . OK this is a mess but an entertaining one . It has a few bad sections - - why do they tr... |
477,873 | 463,200 | 29,844 | 8 | Colorful and quick | This review is of the full 91 minute version . There's another one out that's about 77 minutes . I haven't read " Tomy Sawyer " since I was a kid ( I'm in my 40s now ) but this movie bought back a lot of good memories ! Tom Sawyer ( Tommy Kelly ) is being bought up by his Aunt Polly ( May Robson ) along with cousin Mar... |
477,194 | 463,200 | 29,843 | 8 | The best " Robin Hood " ever ! | Forget Kevin Costner's dumb 90s version of " Robin Hood " - - this is the best . It follows the original tales faithfully and looks absolutely gorgeous . I ( unfortunately ) saw a faded print so the Technicolor didn't come across as good as it should . Still , it looked great . The acting is uniformally good - - Flynn ... |
477,592 | 463,200 | 78,444 | 8 | Sure it's dated but still very good | Happily married Erica ( Jill Clayburgh ) is shocked when her husband of 17 years ( Michael Murphy ) tells her he's leaving her for another woman . They get divorced and Erica must learn to cope with being alone and bringing up a teenage girl . In some respects this is seriously dated . The dialogue , fashions , the New... |
478,195 | 463,200 | 265,171 | 8 | Fun ! | An affectionate ( and dead on ) parody of Roger Corman horror films and those Hammer horror films . Elvira and her maid are traveling to Paris for a show . Unfortunately in Romania they get waylaid in a creepy castle with mysterious characters and going ons . Basically the plot is a combo of Corman's " House of Usher "... |
479,361 | 463,200 | 356,159 | 8 | The first gay slasher film - - too bad it's not really good | Being a gay man and a horror movie fan I was really looking forward to seeing this . . . but it's really not that good . Film begins with two men making out in a car - - until they are attacked and beheaded by a guy in a Satan suit . The next day is Halloween and four gay friends are attending the party in West Hollywo... |
478,560 | 463,200 | 95,953 | 8 | Good | Self-centered yuppie Charlie Babbitt ( Tom Cruise ) goes to his rich father's funeral . He hasn't seen or spoken to him in many years . He finds out he isn't getting a cent from his dad - - it's all going into a trust to his other son - - Raymond Babbitt ( Dustin Hoffman ) . Raymond is also an autistic savant and in an... |
477,882 | 463,200 | 104,952 | 8 | Very funny if a bit too long | Comedy about two guys ( Ralph Macchio and Mitchell Whitfield ) traveling cross country from NY to CA . While in Alabama they are ( unjustly ) accused of murder and need a lawyer - - fast . Macchios ' cousin Vinny ( Joe Pesci ) arrives from NY with his girlfriend ( Marisa Tomei ) to defend them . The problem is that he ... |
477,558 | 463,200 | 57,128 | 8 | Not bad | In 1765 an evil warlock ( Vincent Price ) is burnt alive for his deeds . Before he dies he curses the village of Arkham and its inhabitants . 110 years later his descendent , a very kind man named Charles Dexter Ward ( Price again ) , comes to Arkham with his beautiful wife ( Debra Paget ) to claim his inheritance - - ... |
478,385 | 463,200 | 26,104 | 8 | I'm giving it an 8 for Hopkins and the color | Becky Sharp ( Miriam Hopkins ) is a lower class girl who , through her upper class friend Amelia Sedley ( Francis Dee ) , does her best to become an upper class woman herself . . . and do anything to get there . Dull story with thudding dialogue ( nobody ever talked like that ) but I watched the whole thing . This movi... |
478,606 | 463,200 | 39,923 | 8 | Oscar-winning cartoon | The first pairing of Tweety Bird and Sylvester was also an Oscar winner . Quick , violent and absolutely hilarious . And every time I hear Tweety say " I tawt I taw a puddy tat " I break up . Well worth catching . Also the print I saw had bright , vivid color . TCM usually shows this around Oscar time - - look for it ! |
477,729 | 463,200 | 408,666 | 8 | Very well-done original vampire movie | A man comes home for his birthday party after work . However it seems he has been " infected " by vampire's and intends to " pass it " on to his family . A gang of black youths get involved and it all ends up with humans vs . vampires . Interesting take on vampire's that shows it as a disease and one that works FAST . ... |
479,112 | 463,200 | 210,616 | 8 | Cliché city , but I LOVED it ! | Let's see - - you've got a bunch of young hopefuls in a tough ballet school in NYyou have the tough , but lovable , black girl ; the token gay man ; the sweet virginal heroine ; the arrogant Russian guy ; the sweet lovable guy who's perfect for the sweet heroine , but she doesn't know it ; the b who's starving herself ... |
477,543 | 463,200 | 39,725 | 8 | Another great Crawford film | Crawford plays a woman who slowly begins to go mad when Van Heflin breaks up with her . She marries rich Raymond Massey to " punish " him only to find Massey's daughter ( Geraldine Brooks ) falling for Heflin . . . and pushing Joan to the brink . Exceptional movie . . . one of Joan's best . This was one of the few Holl... |
477,731 | 463,200 | 57,226 | 8 | One of the best Hammer films ever | A likable , attractive couple on their honeymoon become stranded in the middle of nowhere when their car brakes down . They do find an inn . . . and are mysteriously invited to a nearby castle where Dr . Ravna lives with his children . Seems Ravna and his children are the heads of a cult of vampires . . . and want the ... |
477,422 | 463,200 | 52,905 | 8 | Atmospheric | Sherlock Holmes ( Peter Cushing ) and Dr . Watson ( Andre Morell ) are called to Baskerville Hall to protect Sir Henery Baskerville ( Christopher Lee ) from a supernatural hound that has supposedly killed off the rest of his family . 1959 Hammer film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel . It's the first Sherloc... |
479,163 | 463,200 | 35,417 | 8 | Good comedy / drama | Leopold Dilg ( Cary Grant ) is falsely accused of arson and murder . He breaks out of jail and hides out with a clueless stuffy legal writer ( Ronald Colman ) and his assistant ( Jean Arthur ) who knows who Dilg is . Dilg ends up educating Colman's character into more liberal views and getting Arthur to realize true lo... |
477,853 | 463,200 | 74,633 | 8 | Fun for film buffs . . . | but probably nobody else . A young , beautiful woman ( Candice Rialson ) comes to Hollywood to become a star . She starts working with Miracle Pictures ( " If it's a good picture , it's a miracle " ) as a stunt girl . Miracle makes nothing but ultra cheap t & a movies . There's the star director ( Parl Bartel ) who sup... |
478,848 | 463,200 | 420,294 | 8 | Unpleasant and disturbing . . . as it should be | Prequel to the 2003 " Texas Chainsaw . . . " giving us the origin of Leatherface and his twisted family . That's all done within the first 20 minutes . . . then it's just a virtual redo on the original with four likable 20-somethings being captured and tortured by Leatherface and his family . Considering it's basically... |
477,498 | 463,200 | 60,645 | 8 | Not a good film but I had fun watching it . | A lower-class woman ( Lana Turner ) marries a rich man ( John Forsythe ) much to his mother's ( Constance Bennett ) disapproval . Years pass - - she has a son and starts an affair with a sleazy guy ( Ricardo Montalban ) . When she tries to call if off he accidentally dies . Her mother-in-law finds out and convinces her... |
477,390 | 463,200 | 51,459 | 8 | Toned down from the play but still powerful | Big Daddy ( Burl Ives ) the powerful head of a Southern family is dying . His two sons - - alcoholic Brick ( Paul Newman ) and annoying Cooper ( Jack Carson ) - - are there with their wives to celebrate his birthday . Cooper and his wife want everything . Brick doesn't seem to care but his wife Maggie ( Elizabeth Tay... |
477,639 | 463,200 | 265,349 | 8 | Odd , effective thriller | Richard Gere plays a happily married Washington Post reporter . One dark night , he's in a car crash with his wife ( Debra Messing ) when something big and black passes in front of their speeding car . He's fine , she's hospitalized and later dies . Two years later Gere ( somehow ) drives to a remote town in West Virgi... |
479,353 | 463,200 | 102,370 | 8 | Great documentary | Documentary of Madonna's 1990 " Blonde Ambition " tour . Madonna had total control over this film so most of it was manipulated by her and she probably left off some of the really damaging material . Still , there are more than a few unguarded moments in the film with Madonna and her crew talking , fighting , complaini... |
478,787 | 463,200 | 71,508 | 8 | Sick , stupid , FUN | Udo Kier plays Baron Frankenstein who makes beautiful male and female monsters . He wants them to mate but the male monster has the head of a man who wanted to become a priest . . . so he can't " perform " ! I'm not kidding - - that's the plot ! I saw this when it was released in theatres in 3-D back in the early 80s .... |
478,679 | 463,200 | 64,064 | 8 | No classic but funny | I had heard about this for years but thought it was just a silly joke . Really - - " Bambi Meets Godzilla " . . . come on ! To my total surprise it played one night years later as part of an animation festival . I admit the credits were amusing and I broke out laughing at the end . . . but that was about it . The anima... |
479,679 | 463,200 | 64,118 | 8 | Hard to believe this was X rated originally | SPOILERS THROUGHOUT The movie takes place in 1933 to 34 Germany . It's about a rich , wealthy family ( the Essenbecks ) who are basically destroyed by the Nazis coming into power . It basically focuses on Martin ( Helmut Berger ) who turns into a cold-blooded killer . Along the way there's murder , incest , cross dress... |
479,301 | 463,200 | 110,005 | 8 | Disturbing but fascinating | Based on real events , 2 girls meet in 1950s New Zealand , fall in love , murder someone . Despite what it sounds like , this movie is NOT homophobic - - that don't kill somebody because they're lesbians . Just certain circumstances bring it about , and society won't allow them to be open about their love . Peter Jacks... |
478,479 | 463,200 | 74,806 | 8 | The type of film Hollywood wouldn't touch today | 13 year old Rynn ( Jodie Foster ) lives in a huge old house with her father on the outskirts of the " village " ( I don't think the place is ever named ) . She has to deal with mean old Mrs . Hallet ( Alexis Smith ) who got them the house and her child molesting son Frank ( Martin Sheen ) . Rynn also meets Mario ( Scot... |
479,703 | 463,200 | 117,509 | 8 | MTV meets Shakespeare | Updating of " Romeo and Juliet " for the 1990s . I'm going to skip a synopsis of the plot - - everyone knows it . This is basically " Romeo and Juliet " in modern day dress full of arresting visuals , gunplay , loud 1990s music , wild dance numbers with all the cast members using Shakespeare's original dialogue ! The e... |
477,448 | 463,200 | 113,896 | 8 | An epic about a Mexican family | Movie follows Jose and Maria who emigrate to California in the 1920s , fall in love and get married . It follows their lives and their childrens up to 1995 . An epic - - the first American movie to show a multigenerational portrait of a Mexican family . It's not perfect - - some parts are romanticized ( I find it hard ... |
477,319 | 463,200 | 94,625 | 8 | Violent , adult and fascinating | Extremely bloody and violent animated film about neo-Tokyo 30 years or so after World War III . The story is way too complicated to get into - - suffice to say it starts quickly and never lets up . Actually , that's a big problem . It does move quickly and is hard to follow ( at times ) , and there barely a let-up . At... |
478,920 | 463,200 | 144,168 | 8 | Overlooked and hilarious | This was a huge bomb when it came out in 1999 - - it was badly advertised and disappeared quickly . That's a shame because it's a very fun movie . If ever a film should be rediscovered , it's this one . Two very dumb teenage girls ( beautifully played by Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams ) in the early 70s , get sepa... |
479,615 | 463,200 | 74,875 | 8 | Where has this disappeared to ? | I caught this neat little revenge film on cable back in the early 80s and have never forgotten it . It's a combo teen / horror / revenge movie . A bunch of bullies generally run the school and terrorize the students ( the teachers are never shown until the end ) . A new kid in school refuses to buckle under to them . T... |
477,858 | 463,200 | 51,554 | 8 | OK - - I'm giving it an 8 BUT . . . | I can't really say I enjoy this movie . It's not terrible but I find a lot of it very slow and dull and it doesn't scare me at all . Still , it IS a horror classic . This is where Christopher Lee first played Dracula and Peter Cushing became van Helsing . It's very handsomely produced with bright vivid colors . The set... |
479,380 | 463,200 | 280,609 | 8 | It's no " Howling " but it's not bad | A bunch of British soldiers are stuck in a remote farmhouse during a night of a full moon . They're attacked on all sides by werewolves . A huge hit in Britain , this got virtually zero theatrical release in the U . S . That's a shame - - while no great movie it's a good , solid , gory horror film . The obviously low b... |
477,383 | 463,200 | 117,572 | 8 | Very funny horror movie spoof | Three teenage girls ( actually guys in drag ) are having a slumber party . They're afraid they're being stalked by a killer . If you're a horror movie fan like me you'll get a kick out of this . This movie gleefully tears into every cliché of the slasher films and turns them on their ear . The acting is good and the on... |
479,048 | 463,200 | 833,098 | 8 | To the point | A virus starts affecting men worldwide - - they're struck with religious fever and brutally attack and kill any woman close by . Story focuses on a family trying to cope with it - - Father Alan ( Jason Priestley ) and his father in law ( Elliott Gould ) are scientists trying to combat the problem and Alan's wife ( Kerr... |
479,242 | 463,200 | 82,484 | 8 | A one of a kind | I caught this in Boston back in 1981 . They played it in the biggest cinema they had in 70mm and in stereo sound . I had only the slightest idea of what it was about but it sounded interesting . When I realized it was a caveman movie I almost left , but the beautiful wide screen cinematography kept me in my seat . Slow... |
478,004 | 463,200 | 239,986 | 8 | Overlong but good romantic comedy-drama | The lives and lovees of 6 New Yorkers by writer / director Edward Burns . Heather Graham plays an unhappily married woman whose husband , Stanley Tucci , is cheating on her with Brittaney Murphy who is 20 years his junior . Meanwhile , David Krumholtz is attracted to Murphy but she can ; t dump Tucci . Also Graham is a... |
478,086 | 463,200 | 48,641 | 8 | Beautiful title | A rare comedy from director Ingmar Bergman . It takes place at the turn of the century . Fredrik Egerman is an old , cynical man who is married to beautiful , young ( 20 ) Anne . She can't have sex with him - - she's too afraid . He knows and agrees to be patient . He also has a son from a previous marriage ( Henrik ) ... |
479,364 | 463,200 | 324,133 | 8 | Intriguing | English writer Sarah Morton ( Charlotte Rampling ) needs a break from London and wants to write her new novel in seclusion . Her publisher sends her to his Italian house - - miles away from anyone . She loves it but then the publisher's daughter Julie ( Ludivine Sagnier ) shows up . Things get tense . . . and REALLY st... |
477,409 | 463,200 | 36,098 | 8 | Lots of fun | I was expecting to hate this film . After all it's a kids film ( I'm 37 ) . I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it ! It's one of those few films that works for both adults and children . It's in color ( which was rare in the early 1940s ) , has a simple story and never becomes too sentimental or childish . It's parti... |
479,521 | 463,200 | 421,528 | 8 | Good - - but it's been done | A narcoleptic transsexual ( Monica Cervera ) wants the 20 centermeters between her legs removed so she can become a true women . Then she meets hot , handsome , hunky Raul ( Pablo Puyol ) who likes what she has between her legs - - a lot . She loves him . . . but enough to keep what she has ? Also the film shows her fa... |
478,648 | 463,200 | 82,533 | 8 | An almost classic | TV newswoman Karen White ( Dee Wallace ) is traumatized by a meeting with a psycho killer in a porno shop . A pompous doctor , George Waggner ( Patrick Macnee ! ) , invites her to " The Colony " - - a woodland clinic of his to help her get over the shock . Karen and her husband Bill ( Christopher Stone ) go . . . unawa... |
478,314 | 463,200 | 257,516 | 8 | Not as bad as people say | Brother and sister ( Jesse Eisenberg and Christina Ricci ) are bitten by a werewolf . They realize they are cursed and slowly changing into werewolves but powerless to stop it . The only way their curse can be lifted is to kill the werewolf who bit them . But who is he ? This movie has become notorious for all the prod... |
478,199 | 463,200 | 300,274 | 8 | Not as good as the first . . . | but still well worth seeing . It's another concert film and Margaret Cho is raring to go . This time around the material is much more explicit with stronger language ( it veers into NC-17 land more than once ) , but it is frequently hilarious . Still , there are many dead spots and some of the jokes bomb badly . Still ... |
477,212 | 463,200 | 844,761 | 8 | A very different concert film | John Waters did a one man show a year or two ago around the country . This film shows the whole show . Basically it's just Waters talking about good ( and bad ) taste , all his movies , his battles with the ratings board ( over " Low Down Dirty Shame " ) , the actors he worked with , various sexual acts and his life in... |
477,965 | 463,200 | 55,505 | 8 | Predictable but very well done | Crippled Susan Strasberg goes to France to visit her father ( who she hasn't seen in 9 years ) and her new stepmother ( Ann Todd ) . When she gets there she's told her father is away on business . Suddenly , she starts seeing her father's dead body all over the house - - but no one else does . Is she going mad or is he... |
477,487 | 463,200 | 214,588 | 8 | Beautiful and tearjerking | It's about two families living side by side in a duplex . One family is poor but happy - - a mother , a father and 4 ( or 5 ) kids . The other is a greedy , old , cruel man who is constantly going after the poor family . His wife tries to calm him to no avail . But it all ends happily on Christmas Eve . The old , cruel... |
478,986 | 463,200 | 75,005 | 8 | One of the better horror films | Robert Thorn ( Gregory Peck ) is the American ambassador to England . His wife Katharine ( Lee Remick ) gives birth to a baby who is born dead . Without letting her know Thorn switches her baby with another whose mother died while giving birth . Things are fine until Damien ( Harvey Stephens ) turns five . Then people ... |
477,917 | 463,200 | 39,941 | 8 | Forgotten thriller | Claude Rains plays Victor Grandison - - a mild-mannered man who tells spooky tales over the radio and , in his spare time , kills anyone who stands in his way of an inheritance . Good thriller opens with a really scary murder and keeps right on going . The script is sharp and tight with many twists and turns . All the ... |
477,404 | 463,200 | 49,055 | 8 | Good musical , but no " Oklahoma " | I really wanted to love this musical . It was beautifully filmed on location in Maine , all the songs are great and the dancing is amazing . The problem ? Gordon Macrae . I like him , he's very handsome and has a great voice - - not a bad actor either . It's just that his character was so unpleasant in this movie that ... |
479,467 | 463,200 | 389,557 | 8 | Just like a Hollywood war movie - - with more nudity and violence | This was inspired by true events . In Holland in 1944 a Jewish girl ( Carice von Houten ) tries to help the Dutch Resistance after seeing her whole family shot to death by the Nazis . She pretends to be attracted to the head of the Gestapo ( Sebastian Koch ) and eventually gets him into bed AND falls in love ! Does she... |
478,786 | 463,200 | 71,233 | 8 | Good . . . for laughs | Count Dracula ( Udo Kier ) can only drink the blood of virgins or he becomes violently ill . He comes upon a family with a bunch of virgin daughters . He plans to have each of them but the family's horny gardener ( Joe Dellesandro ) is after them too . . . for sex ! Silly but you just can't stop watching . Like it's co... |
478,798 | 463,200 | 82,869 | 8 | Nothing more than " High Noon " in outer space - - but I enjoyed it . | DEFINITE SPOILERS In the future there's a mining colony on Io - - the third moon of Jupiter . Men sign up for a year of duty . For some reason men are suddenly going crazy and killing themselves - - or others . The new marshal O'Neil ( Sean Connery ) wants to find out why but is blocked at every turn . It turns out the... |
477,413 | 463,200 | 335,547 | 8 | Interesting | OK documentary on the making of " West Side Story " . It has some of the original actors ( like Richard Beymer , Rita Moreno and Russ Tamblyn ) and director and executives talking about the film . It is good to see some of the outtakes of certain scenes and hear Natalie Woods original recordings of the songs ( she was ... |
478,206 | 463,200 | 129,332 | 8 | A definite one of a kind | This takes place in California in 1847 . Capt . John Boyd ( Guy Pearce ) is stationed at a remote Army fort out there . Including him there are only 8 more people . A stranger ( Robert Carlyle ) stumbles into their fort with a tale of cannibalism . . . but there's more to him than meets the eye . Wild blend of grisly h... |
479,464 | 463,200 | 64,276 | 8 | Way overpraised but still very good | Two hippies on motorcycles - - Wyatt ( Peter Fonda ) and Billy ( Dennis Hopper ) are traveling from Los Angeles to New Orleans to attend the Mardi Gras . The movie just chronicles who they meet and the adventures they have along the way . Among the more notable ones are George Hanson ( Jack Nicholson in the role that m... |
478,116 | 463,200 | 82,894 | 8 | Not enjoyable but fascinating | This takes place in 1934 Chicago . Sheet music salesman Arthur Parker ( Steve Martin ) hates his job and is married to a frigid unloving wife ( Jessica Harper ) . He then meets naive unmarried Eileen ( Bernadette Peters ) . Sex , rape , abortion , prostitution and murder follow . This is all pretty grim but , without w... |
478,119 | 463,200 | 465,551 | 8 | Unpleasant but gripping | Sheba Hart ( Cate Blanchett ) is a new art teacher at a high school in London . A history teacher ( Judi Dench ) takes a strange interest in her . She then discovers that Hart is having sex with a 15 year old boy ( played by 16 year old Andrew Simpson ) . She confronts Hart with her knowledge and Hart pleads with her n... |
478,224 | 463,200 | 374,252 | 8 | Disturbing and depressing but fascinating | Cliff ( Andre Noble ) has just turned 18 and is a virgin . . . and is gay . He sneaks into the city to meet a guy . He runs into hot hustler Butch ( Brendan Fehr ) and ( understandably ) falls in love . Butch seems to fall for Cliff also . . . but Butch is getting addicted to drugs and threatens to bring Cliff down wit... |
478,871 | 463,200 | 125,128 | 8 | Powerful but not perfect | Sweet William ( Chris Leavins ) returns to his family's house after being gone for 10 years . He came at the request of his sister ( Kerry Fox ) who is getting married . He left home because he was gay and couldn't deal with his family's HEAVY dysfunction . While back home he starts to flashback to his childhood . . . ... |
477,217 | 463,200 | 923,870 | 8 | One of a kind documentary | I caught this at the Provincetown International Film Festival . It's about a pair of identical twins ( Mark and Alex ) who grow up to realize they're gay . One of them remains a man but the other wants to get a sex change - - maybe . This film deals with how they grew up and how one wants to get a sex change . The subj... |
478,980 | 463,200 | 60,153 | 8 | Truly jaw-dropping | A movie made quickly ( it shows ) to cash in on the wildly popular TV series . Batman ( Adam West ) and Robin ( Burt Ward ) take on almost all their enemies - - the Penguin ( Burgess Meredith ) , the Joker ( Cesar Romero ) , the Riddler ( Frank Gorshin ) and Catwoman ( Lee Meriwether ) - - who have stolen a device that... |
478,604 | 463,200 | 25,464 | 8 | The original | Two boyhood friends ( one played by a very young Mickey Rooney ) grow up on opposite sides of the law . Clark Gable becomes a criminal - - William Powell becomes governor . Myrna Loy loves both . This plot is now screamingly familar but , back in 1934 , this was original . In fact it won the Best Original Story Oscar f... |
478,283 | 463,200 | 293,508 | 8 | Very good . . . but lacking | In the 1800s singer Christine Daae ( Emmy Rossum ) is being taught to sing by a voice she hears in her dressing room - - she thinks it's the Angel of Music but it's actually the Phantom of the Opera ( Gerard Butler ) , a disfigured genius who lives under the Opera House . He loves Christine but she loves Raoul ( Patric... |
478,642 | 463,200 | 25,452 | 8 | Great early Hitchcock | A British couple named Lawrence and Jill ( Leslie Banks and Edna Best ) find out about an assassination attempt that will take place . However their young daughter Betty ( Nova Pilbeam ) is kidnapped to prevent them from telling the police . Lawrence tries to find Betty before the assassination takes place . Early Hitc... |
479,003 | 463,200 | 209,144 | 8 | Exhausting but fascinating thriller | A man ( Guy Pearce ) searches for the man who raped and killed his wife . One problem - - he has no long-term memory and forgets things a few minutes after he hears them . Another thing - - the whole story is shown backwards so you have to pay strict attention to what's going on . It's difficult ( most movies don't wan... |
477,847 | 463,200 | 35,942 | 8 | Easily one of the best Garland / Rooney musicals | The plot is virtually the same as in all the other Garland / Rooney movies : Rooney is a ladies man ( stop laughing ! ) and , to tame him , is sent to a dude ranch out west . There he meets mail carrier and ( it seems ) cook Judy Garland . She hates him , he loves her and after all the predictable complications occur t... |
478,628 | 463,200 | 48,967 | 8 | One of Crawford's better pictures | Lonely middle aged typist Milicent Wetherby ( Joan Crawford ) is out one night and is picked up and charmed by young handsome Burt Hanson ( Cliff Robertson ) . After a whirlwind romance they get married . However she starts to notice something is wrong with him and soon finds out that he's a crazy , and possibly danger... |
477,577 | 463,200 | 64,393 | 8 | Terrible but LOTS of fun ! ! ! ! ! | An asteroid is on a collusion course for Earth . They only have 10 hours before it hits . Wouldn't they see it LONG before that ? They send Jack Rankin ( Robert Horton ) to space station Gamma 3 ( where's 1 and 2 ? ) to get a crew to blow it out of the sky . Gamma 3 is run by ex friend Vince ( Richard Jaeckel ) . Also ... |
478,595 | 463,200 | 48,977 | 8 | Classic chiller | Perfect little 8 year old Rhoda ( Patricia McCormack ) is a murderer . When this was released in 1956 , it was for adults only . A movie about a murderous child was very shocking back then . Sadly , though , it isn't anymore . Still , this movie is very scary and still packs a wallop . Patricia McCormack is brilliant a... |
479,288 | 463,200 | 82,801 | 8 | Odd doesn't begin to describe this one | Earl ( John Belushi ) and Enid ( Kathryn Walker ) are a middle-aged couple who have a boring existence in a big house in the middle of nowhere . Then Vic ( Dan Aykroyd ) and Ramona ( Cathy Moriarty ) move in next door . . . and life becomes a nightmare for Vic . This is one strange one . Hard to believe a major studio ... |
477,958 | 463,200 | 35,899 | 8 | Fast-paced , well-done fun | The wolf man Lawrence Talbot ( Lon Chaney Jr . ) is revived ( in a very spooky , atmospheric sequence ) and searches for Dr . Frankenstein to cure him . The doctor is dead , but his creation is still alive . Silly , but it moves quickly and is lots of fun . The film has plenty of plot , beautiful costumes and sets and ... |
477,428 | 463,200 | 106,273 | 8 | Well-meaning , well-made but no impact | All star adaptation of Randy Shilts book on the AIDS epidemic from 1977-1985 . It follows Matthew Modine as a doctor trying to find a cure for it in the face of homophobia and government bureaucracy . It's very well-done , has a great cast ( except for Alan Alda who's really bad ) and does a very good job of adapting a... |
478,419 | 463,200 | 82,782 | 8 | One of the best 1980s slasher flicks | I usually get looks from people when I mention I love this movie - - it's great to find out I'm not alone ! The film has a plot , OK acting and tremendous gore . In response to what other people are asking - - the original cut was VERY gory but heavily cut to get an R rating . Hopefully , those scenes cut still exist a... |
477,707 | 463,200 | 67,486 | 8 | Creepy and unsettling | Another one of those great forgotten movies of the 1970s . I caught this on late night TV about 20 years ago and have never forgotten it . It was about a young man named Billy ( Nicholas Clay ) helping out Maura Prince ( Patricia Neal ) and her elderly mother ( Pamela Brown ) in their crumbling old house in England . N... |
478,054 | 463,200 | 265,587 | 8 | A true one of a kind ! | When a movie starts out with a rather catchy title song ( entitled " Beware of the 4-D Witch ) and then promises to " potray ( ing ) for the first time the Astral World in Transetheric Vision " you KNOW you're in for something different . Mostly the whole film is narrated by Cindy ( played by an actress only called " M... |
477,588 | 463,200 | 75,323 | 8 | Almost as good as Part 1 | Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire introduce more wonderful numbers from MGM musicals . This time drama and comedy clips have been added . OK - - there was no way this could be as good as Part 1 . Most of the good material had been used there already . Also Astaire and Kelly were given some dreadful new lyrics to classic song... |
479,108 | 463,200 | 120,890 | 8 | Cruel and complex | Dillon plays a teacher at a school accused of raping a student ( Denise Richards ) - - but did he ? That's only the beginning of a very cruel , extremely complex and VERY entertaining thriller . There are tons of twists and turns and the movie doesn't take itself seriously for one second . There's also a fairly explici... |
479,550 | 463,200 | 17,075 | 8 | A very good early Hitchcock film | A story loosely based on Jack the Ripper . In London a killer called the Avenger goes around killing blond-haired girls . Around this time Mr . and Mrs . Bunting take in a lodger ( Ivor Novello ) . He's quiet but very odd . He takes a liking to their blond-haired daughter Daisy ( June Tripp ) . But then the Buntings be... |
478,388 | 463,200 | 36,855 | 8 | Predictable now but it still works | Charles Boyer is slowly driving wife Ingrid Bergman mad in Victorian England . There is a reason but I won't give it away . The story line has been done to death since 1944 , so this isn't as fresh or exciting as it once was . Still it is an excellent film . The film is incredibly elaborate - - wonderful costumes , hug... |
478,077 | 463,200 | 105,695 | 8 | I hate Westerns but I loved this one | Ex killer William Munny ( Clint Eastwood ) is called out of retirement by the Schofield Kid ( Jaimz Woolvett ) . It seems a bunch of prostitutes are offering $1000 to any men who kill two men who beat up and slashed the face of one of their own . Munny brings along friend Ned Logan ( Morgan Freeman ) . The problem is t... |
477,192 | 463,200 | 86,425 | 8 | You'll laugh , you'll cry . . . | OK , I love the film , but I don't deny that it's very manipulative ( especially in a hospital scene at the end wing Winger and her kids ) . It's totally engrossing , has believable characters and situations and all the acting is great ( especially Shirley MacLaine - - she really won her Oscar for this movie ) . But it... |
477,653 | 463,200 | 105,636 | 8 | Great undiscovered action film | Two firefighters ( played by Bill Paxton and William Sadler ) find a map that leads to stolen gold . It's located in a huge abandoned factory . Unfortunately it also happens to be where a band of black drug dealers have their headquarters . Soon it's blacks vs . whites to the death . A dynamite thriller on full throttl... |
477,899 | 463,200 | 63,522 | 8 | Hated it the first time , loved it the second time | Married couple Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse ( Mia Farrow , John Cassavetes ) move into the beautiful Bramford apartment building ( the Dakota was used ) . They meet nice but pushy neighbors ( Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer ) . Then Rosemary gets pregnant . . . and her life becomes a nightmare . She thinks the neighbors ... |
478,230 | 463,200 | 63,518 | 8 | Quite possibly the best Shakespeare ever filmed | Story about the Montagues and Capulets - - two families who have been rivals for generations . Young Romeo Monatgue ( Leonard Whiting ) falls in love with beautiful young Juliet Capulet ( Olivia Hussey ) . They want to wed but their two families are mortal enemies . Opens and ends with narration by Laurence Olivier . T... |
477,743 | 463,200 | 117,119 | 8 | Very funny AND gay positive | Former Republican president Russell Kramer ( Jack Lemmon ) and former Democratic president Matt Douglas ( James Garner ) hate each other with a passion . Kramer is set up by the acting president William Haney ( Dan Aykroyd ) for taking a kickback in money that his head of state actually did . Douglas tries to help Kram... |
479,593 | 463,200 | 86,491 | 8 | Very good | An affectionate homage to the old TV series . Three old episodes were updated and a new one was written . It's also narrated by Burgess Meredith who starred in quite a few of the original TV series episodes . It starts off with a quick little prologue with Albert Brooks and Dan Aykroyd . It's quick , funny and provides... |
477,380 | 463,200 | 170,691 | 8 | Very good | War drama that takes place in Louisiana in 1971 . It follows a bunch of recruits through basic training and then Tigerland - - an accurate portrayal of Vietnam on American soil , before they're shipped over . It focuses on two men - - Booz ( Colin Farrell ) and Paxton ( Matthew Davis ) . . . how they meet , become frie... |
479,049 | 463,200 | 381,061 | 8 | James Bond reinvented - - darkly | James Bond ( Daniel Craig ) is after world terrorists in this one . Judi Dench is back as M telling him off left and right . The plot is kind of vague but it ends up with Bond and a sexy sidekick ( Eva Green ) paired off against a thoroughly evil man ( Mads Mikkelsen ) . OK - - James Bond has been reinvented in this fi... |
479,185 | 463,200 | 195,685 | 8 | Nothing new plot-wise but compelling | Even though this is based on a true story , it goes through the same hoops other movies of this kind have gone through . One person finds big corporation being evil . . . battles against seemingly unsurmontable odds to beat them . Every cliche is hit head on . Still it's well worth seeing . All the acting is great ( es... |
477,925 | 463,200 | 365,748 | 8 | Very good but not great | Romantic comedy / horror film ( taking place in England ) about Shaun and his friends trying to stay alive when the dead come alive and eat the flesh of the living . Yep - - it had to happen eventually - - a comedy about flesh-eating zombies . Surprisingly it really does work . This is one of the few movies that succes... |
478,753 | 463,200 | 29,030 | 8 | Silly but enjoyable | On a remote island Tarangi ( Jon Hall ) marries Marama ( Dorothy Lamour ) . But , while away in Tahiti on a job , he strikes a white man who insults him . He is instantly jailed - - it's forbidden for a native man to strike a white man . Nasty Gov Eugene De Laage ( Raymond Massey ) won't help him . He keeps trying to e... |
478,341 | 463,200 | 36,733 | 8 | No curse , no cat people | This is a semi-sequel to the horror hit " Cat People " . A lonely little girl Amy ( Ann Carter ) lives in a fantasy world - - she believes in magic and make-believe . Her parents ( Kent Smith and Jane Randolph from the first film ) don't understand her and she has no friends . Then the ghost of Kent's first wife shows ... |
477,520 | 463,200 | 75,433 | 8 | Forgotten thriller | Molly ( Millie Perkins ) was sexually abused by her father when she was young . She grows up to be an alcoholic waitress who lives on welfare with her sister and nephews . She keeps telling the nephews fantasies about her father being a sea captain . She also has fantasies about meeting hunky men , tying them up and ca... |
478,030 | 463,200 | 90,728 | 8 | Just great comedy / fantasy | Big budget comedy / fantasy from John Carpenter . The plot is kind of hard to summarize - - Kurt Russell ( doing a very funny imitation of John Wayne ) gets involved with Chinese ghosts , sorcery , white slavery , warring gangs . . . you name it . The plot moves VERY quickly . . . it does make sense , but you have to p... |
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