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551,233 | 989,035 | 59,729 | 6 | A slender plot , spiked by jazzy visuals and snappy Poitier performance | A college student who volunteers one night a week at a crisis help center receives a call from a woman who has just taken an overdose of barbiturates . . . can he keep her on the line long enough for the police to find and rescue her ? Slim plot puffed up with importance by director Sydney Pollack , making his feature ... |
553,242 | 989,035 | 36,855 | 6 | Uneven ( but Oscar-winning ! ) Ingrid Bergman performance | In Victorian London , a young woman is being driven mad by her own husband , who hopes to find the whereabouts of some hidden jewels . Thin plot given gossamer treatment by overrated director George Cukor ; Cukor knows a great many things on how to showcase an actress , but he doesn't handle the men quite as well and h... |
550,834 | 989,035 | 105,665 | 6 | Sinks deftly into the crawlspace between nightmares and reality . . . | Blistering account of insanity - - surely meant for die-hard David Lynch addicts ; all others are likely to get left behind . Lynch , the creator-director of the acclaimed late-'80s TV series " Twin Peaks " , also helmed this critically-drubbed theatrical prequel , an expansive chronicle of lives in a sleepy lumber tow... |
552,789 | 989,035 | 51,994 | 6 | A surprise : a well-written and realized adventure | British-made depiction of the infamous 1912 sinking of the ocean-liner Titanic , with a screenplay adapted from Walter Lord's book , crediting some of the real-life survivors of the sea-disaster as advisers . After the standard character-introductions , the film becomes a gripping , harrowing adventure , with surprisin... |
553,715 | 989,035 | 105,695 | 6 | Mangy scoundrels , shaky gunslingers , and one vicious sheriff . . . | Clint Eastwood's Oscar-winning western " Unforgiven " is said by some to be an elegy to the genre , an honest and probing examination of killing . The murders in the film spring from injustice and lawlessness , and while the picture certainly has a deep texture and rich performances , it isn't always graceful - - nor o... |
550,550 | 989,035 | 114,369 | 6 | It cuts and slices away , but still follows police-movie formula . . . | Is Morgan Freeman our greatest living actor ? He may in fact be , and his mere presence here ( solid , noble , and pure ) is reassuring , but even Freeman can't overcome the usual cat - & - mouse / killer-toying-with-detectives stew that " Se7en " serves up . There's a serial killer loose in rainy New York City , and a... |
550,659 | 989,035 | 24,704 | 6 | Well-mounted fantasy with a cameo by The Three Stooges ! | This is the type of fantasy Frank Capra put his stamp on just a few years later . It stars Lee Tracy as a working-class guy who begins to regret his humble life after meeting up with old friends who have become wealthy ; he gets his chance to go back in time and live his life over again . Premise has since been used ti... |
551,967 | 989,035 | 86,525 | 6 | The set-up is old news , but the kids are engaging . . . | Two Los Angeles-area teens from the opposite side of the tracks fall in love , much to the concern , jealousy , and resentment of their friends . Low-budget but rambunctious comedy with a serious undercurrent ( which is pretty much decimated by the sloppy final act ) . Aside from their clothes and haircuts , there does... |
553,492 | 989,035 | 44,502 | 6 | Another one of Stanwyck's hard-bitten women | Barbara Stanwyck is so good at playing rough-hewn women , characters with a cynical edge , that it's easy to take her presence here for granted . Once again , she is remarkably good as tough cookie returning to her hometown along the waterfront and eventually reuniting with her estranged brother . Marilyn Monroe is als... |
552,114 | 989,035 | 227,277 | 6 | Although it pilfers from American noir , it is more courageous than most Hollywood films . . . | Well-acted , stylish Spanish crime-drama from Ricardo Piglia's book is allegedly based on factual account from 1965 involving estranged gay lovers in Argentina who re-energize their relationship with successful , brutal crime sprees ( they call themselves " The Twins " ) ; after one particular robbery ends in gunfire a... |
550,557 | 989,035 | 52,129 | 6 | Another forgotten heavy breather from Universal . . . | Of all the major Hollywood studios , Universal's vault is probably the one most filled with lost artifacts from the 1950s and ' 60s . If it's shame that's keeping Universal from re-releasing these drive-in classics , they needn't be so worried ; there's always appreciative audiences out there for angst-ridden teen tale... |
553,000 | 989,035 | 79,757 | 6 | Another acting triumph for Marsha Mason . . . | A teenage girl is treated for a leg injury , but it's soon discovered she has an aggressive form of cancer , which begins taking its toll - - physically and emotionally - - on the victim , her family , and the female doctor who forms a bond with the youngster . Kathleen Beller plays the unfortunate girl with a mix of b... |
550,410 | 989,035 | 86,312 | 6 | Full of pomp and prestige , but never very enlightening . . . | Somewhat fictionalized true-account of 1970's nuclear-parts worker Karen Silkwood , who was mysteriously killed in a car accident while in the midst of preparing to go public with an exposé on the faulty plant where she worked . Another real-life American Tragedy , helmed with intimidating seriousness by director Mike ... |
551,196 | 989,035 | 201,128 | 6 | Inconsistently developed and predictable . . . but with pleasant moments and a star-turn from La Fawcett | Lawrence Naumoff's book turned into a sketchy , meandering vehicle for star Farrah Fawcett , playing a ne'er-do-well good-time girl who pops into her rural hometown only to find she's missed her beloved mama's funeral and that her sister is planning to sell off the old homestead . She decides to work at the local facto... |
553,212 | 989,035 | 36,696 | 6 | Smooth , leisurely-paced charmer . . . | Jules Dassin directed this adaptation of Oscar Wilde's story , a charming fantasy about the ghost of a coward haunting an English castle , aided by a relative who must perform a heroic deed to save the spirit from eternal misery . Despite a reportedly troubled production , the cast ( including big scene-stealer Charles... |
553,374 | 989,035 | 44,357 | 6 | I know how to get things out of people . . . | Jean Simmons doesn't exactly have the face of an angel , but that doesn't mean she's miscast in " Angel Face " ; on the contrary , Simmons ' hard , placid neuroses get a worthy workout in this glossy noir , turning the film's title into an ironic gag . Even though Simmons is not a juicy or sympathetic villainess , she'... |
552,711 | 989,035 | 52,207 | 6 | Fairly intriguing melodrama from Hammer Films ; some possibilities missed . . . | British-made film from Anthony Dawson's book about a collegiate young miss who believes her mother's " suicide " was orchestrated by her suave , slimy stepfather , whom she also believes killed her real father some years prior . Simple plot ( young girl playing detective ) is heightened by fine European locales , decen... |
551,803 | 989,035 | 59,796 | 6 | Old-fashioned , somewhat solemn drama from Disney | Do-gooder piece from the Disney Studios , based on the novel " Swiftwater " , has a farm family in Vermont at odds with the rest of the town over their attempts to save a flock of geese from game-hunters . Mixes elements of folksy adventure , family melodrama , teen romance , and nature asides but has too little humor ... |
551,034 | 989,035 | 79,826 | 6 | Frustrating vehicle for Midler is part heartbreak and part balderdash | A predictable triumph for Bette Midler in Janis Joplin-like role of hard-working , hard-partying rock star trying to stand up for herself while also pleasing the masses , placating her managers , and finding room in her schedule for the men who are partly drawn to her and partly repulsed . There's lots of repulsive stu... |
553,568 | 989,035 | 86,355 | 6 | An interesting failure | When director Bob Fosse set out to make a movie about murdered Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten , he obviously saw much of the main plot-potential in Stratten's deranged husband / manager Paul Snider . . . and , distressingly , that's who he seems to identify with throughout . The picture's narrative is immediately sh... |
552,776 | 989,035 | 59,487 | 6 | Joey Heatherton : baby doll thespian ! | One of our local TV channels used to show this movie frequently on the late show - - but not at all in the last 10 years , so it appears " My Blood Runs Cold " is another in the long line of forgotten ' 60s potboilers . Too bad , because it's dopey fun . Joey Heatherton proves she's quite the little thespian here , por... |
552,692 | 989,035 | 114,580 | 6 | Simon reworking Simon . . . this time , it almost works | Neil Simon's cantankerous comedy about old show-biz team of Lewis and Clark reuniting in the modern day for one more performance - - and picking up right where they left off , by arguing - - didn't quite work in 1975 , despite lots of acclaim . Walter Matthau was ill-suited for the larger role of Willie Clark , though ... |
552,304 | 989,035 | 51,756 | 6 | Satisfying suburban sci-fi . . . | On the eve of his wedding , insurance salesman Tom Tryon is abducted by an alien being on a forest road ; the hideous-looking creature neatly duplicates Tryon's human form and goes through with the nuptials the following morning ! Interesting twist on " Invasion of the Body Snatchers " from 1956 has many of the small t... |
552,415 | 989,035 | 79,367 | 6 | I don't care about the money . . . it's all the stuuufff | Comedian Steve Martin went from cult TV personality to big-screen star with this bright , silly / witty comedy about the adopted white son of a black sharecropper who goes from poor to rich to poor again in the invention market . Martin , who also co-wrote the screenplay with Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias , has a wob... |
551,536 | 989,035 | 51,744 | 6 | Hokey hysteria ; fun if approached in the proper spirit . . . | Vincent Price , with the fabulous name of Frederick Loren , invites a disparate group of people to his spooky estate , offering each of them $10 , 000 if they can withstand one night of his ( rather juvenile ) demented tricks . Reconceived ( poorly ) in 1999 as a full-throttle horror show , this version was probably me... |
550,687 | 989,035 | 70,748 | 6 | Intimate strangers , unfamiliar relations . . . | Uptight , possibly frigid , panic-stricken middle-aged New York housewife has to learn to let go of the past , a refuge which doesn't necessarily bring her happiness but does provide her life with some kind of stability . Joanne Woodward gives a good performance here ; not at all vain , and unafraid to let herself be p... |
551,006 | 989,035 | 70,735 | 6 | Old-fashioned and polished . . . but with an artificial look and a draggy midsection | In 1936 Chicago , a con-artist and a cocky grifter team up to ' 86 ' the slimy racketeer who killed the grifter's best friend . Handsome production , fun ragtime music score ( courtesy of Oscar-winner Marvin Hamlisch , via Scott Joplin ) and lots of star-wattage from a first-rate cast helped make " The Sting " hugely p... |
550,649 | 989,035 | 86,154 | 6 | Spacy Meg Tilly : the perfect ally for Norman Bates ! | Anthony Perkins reportedly felt threatened as an actor playing opposite Meg Tilly ( portraying a slightly-dazed cupcake who befriends Norman Bates , just out of the asylum ) ; if true , he had good reason , for Tilly is very appealing in her role and this sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's classic screamer gains a spirit of ... |
551,953 | 989,035 | 51,819 | 6 | Hollywood's overfed fascination with WWII continues . . . | Frank Sinatra made an awful lot of World War II pictures , though he never looked terribly convincing dressed in battle uniform ( especially the helmet , which covers most of him ) . Here , he's a no-nonsense Lieutenant with the U . S . Army stationed in France , fighting the Germans as well as Corporal Tony Curtis , a... |
553,573 | 989,035 | 51,813 | 6 | Everything negative can be redeemed with love | When I read a synopsis for " Kathy O ' " and learned it was about a bratty child star who keeps adults rushing around to please her , I pictured something screechy and inane . " Kathy O ' " is actually a plush little comedy-drama that does nearly the impossible : it illustrates how the pressures of Hollywood can be pai... |
551,804 | 989,035 | 114,681 | 6 | Sly satire | Nicole Kidman is riveting as self-obsessed suburban nutcase who has big dreams of finding fame and fortune , even at the expense of her husband . Icy , satirical black comedy from Nancy Maynard's book , directed by Gus Van Sant in his usual cobbled-together manner ( here he uses hoary , quasi-documentary devices to pro... |
552,279 | 989,035 | 51,776 | 6 | The only reason it was made was to to jerk tears - - but is that a criticism or a recommendation ? | One of those absolutely horrendous concoctions that strives only to move audiences to tears . It is cast strictly for effect ( with glowing Swede Ingrid Bergman cast as a glowing Brit who wants nothing but to serve God and help children - - how about that ? - - or Brit Robert Donat playing a Chinese governor ! ) . It e... |
551,780 | 989,035 | 79,510 | 6 | Hard on the ears | Exceptionally brassy , brawling comedy set mostly in the boxing ring . Barbra Streisand is a perfume executive with the # 1 nose for business ( " It's the kind of scent a man can give to a woman , a woman can give to a man , a man can give to a man , a woman can give to a woman , have I left anybody out ? " ) . Unfortu... |
551,526 | 989,035 | 70,909 | 6 | A funny - - if sick - - one-joke idea | Despite a cramped budget , " Westworld " looks pretty good and is well-cast , with Yul Brynner in particular giving a fabulous performance , a variation on his role in 1960's " The Magnificent Seven " , a good in-joke . The plot , about a fantasy vacation resort for grown-ups that goes haywire , is just a set-up for th... |
552,983 | 989,035 | 114,436 | 6 | Full of fabricated dramatics - - and highly enjoyable to boot ! | Showgirls has the mark of unadulterated amateurism . If I didn't know that Paul Verhoeven was a director of some considerable skill and that Joe Eszterhas was a writer of occasional merit , I would believe " Showgirls " was written and directed by kids out of film school ( no , make that drop-outs from film school ) ... |
553,642 | 989,035 | 51,878 | 6 | Frettin ' and begettin ' in long-ago Mississippi | Paul Newman as a drifter stud , Joanne Woodward as a 23-year-old spinster ( ! ) , and Orson Welles as a rich blow-hard are the main treats of this adaptation of two William Faulkner short stories concerning boyish troublemaker who arrives in small river-front town and immediately moves up the ladder to success ( he ain... |
553,351 | 989,035 | 59,616 | 6 | Unblinking , unflinching inquisition of the Maid of Orleans | French filmmaker Robert Bresson used the actual transcripts from the trial of Jeanne d'Arc in order to reveal her character through her words in these final days . Bresson keeps leading actress Florence Carrez , a non-professional as are the others in the cast , speaking in a forthright monotone , without much vocal in... |
551,903 | 989,035 | 44,079 | 6 | Hitchcock suspense drama has great style but lots of dross . . . | Robert Walker admirably goes all out as a psychotic daddy-hater who befriends tennis pro Farley Granger and discovers the rather naive young man hates his estranged wife ; Walker suggests swapping murders . Lots of intricate plotting in the set-up , but this Alfred Hitchcock thriller is relieved of tension by its banal... |
551,046 | 989,035 | 44,125 | 6 | I wouldn't trust him with Whistler's Mother ! | Perky , freshly-scrubbed , impertinent Jane Wyman trains to be a airline stewardess with American Airlines ; once in the air , she clashes lightly with pilot Howard Keel and passenger Van Johnson , while on the ground she has a slight run-in with Barry Sullivan . All three men - - all named Mike - - quickly come around... |
553,425 | 989,035 | 473,705 | 6 | Journalistic ethics vs . sensationalism . . . with former friends as news sources | Americanization of the highly-regarded television mini-series from Britain is , at its heart , the exploration of newspaper journalists ( working under even greater pressure today to grab the major headlines first ) having to deal with police procedure once they've gotten hold of an explosive story - - and to sort out ... |
553,086 | 989,035 | 105,764 | 6 | Entertaining history lesson . . . | Documentary on the art of cinematography , with a handful of revered directors of photography reflecting on their heroes and mentors , on films which inspired them and ( selected ) projects they've worked on . Despite a lot of smart talk and amusing anecdotes , this project is colorful and entertaining without being es... |
552,887 | 989,035 | 94,731 | 6 | Potentially explosive subject matter manufactured for depressing results | Federal agent Debra Winger goes undercover in rural Texas as a combine operator , infiltrating a group of down-home guys and their families in the hopes of linking them to white supremacy and the murder of a shock-talk radio host . Winger is romanced by the group's ringleader ( Tom Berenger ) , and very quickly seems t... |
552,648 | 989,035 | 59,573 | 6 | Moving , well-acted , but a bit of an over-achiever . . . | Hard-luck case Elizabeth Hartman is not only blind but living with a monster of a mama ( Shelley Winters , playing a shrew-of-all-shrews , and winning a Supporting Oscar as " Rose-Ann " years before her TV role as Roseanne's grandma ) . Guy Green directed and adapted the script from Elizabeth Kata's book , and possibly... |
551,686 | 989,035 | 44,158 | 6 | Let's put on a show ! | Old-fashioned without being embarrassing , " Broadway " features Janet Leigh as a sparkling small town lass who moves to the Big Apple to work in theater , falling in league with other young hopefuls and staging their own revue . Not too far-fetched ( Carol Burnett did the same thing in real-life ) and Janet bounces ha... |
551,097 | 989,035 | 79,613 | 6 | An attraction for obliteration . . . | Magazine editor Hal Holbrook , husband to a manic depressive and father to three kids who ignore him , contemplates killing himself with a rifle after first eliminating each member of his family . Technically adept , solidly performed drama is decidedly grim , occasionally insufferable , but undeniably potent - - and s... |
553,436 | 989,035 | 114,558 | 6 | Gleefully mad . . . | Director Kathryn Bigelow's over-the-top thriller depicting life on Earth in late-1999 as war-torn hell . Ralph Fiennes is perfectly cast as a dealer in mini-discs which can record human experience and be replayed by anyone with a headset ; naturally , he gets hold of the wrong disc , one that could bring down the entir... |
552,410 | 989,035 | 70,794 | 6 | Dryly humorous , engaging and well-cast . . . | Ryan O'Neal gives one of his better , looser performances in this crime-caper , a handsome comedy-drama involving a high society thief planning a major heist . Warren Oates is the investigator in dogged pursuit , Jacqueline Bisset ( at her most lovely ) plays a love-interest in on the action , Austin Pendleton is very ... |
552,728 | 989,035 | 59,314 | 6 | Curiously sinister and overwrought expose looks great but isn't particularly satisfying . . . | Brassy , singing tomboy near Hollywood in the 1930s gets a screen test and is soon thrust into the crazy spotlight of Tinsel Town . Ham-handed soaper intends to paint show business as cool , decadent and uncaring , but director Robert Mulligan is unable to set an appropriate tone , and his bad guys are enigmatic shadie... |
552,199 | 989,035 | 33,045 | 6 | Some missteps , but otherwise very pleasant | Ernst Lubitsch comedy , adapted from the play " Parfumerie " by Nikolaus Laszlo , involves two sour gift-shop workers ( in Budapest , Hungary ! ) who are unknowingly each other's secret romantic pen-pal . Despite the odd locale , a blithe , easy romantic comedy , well-tailored for stars James Stewart and Margaret Sulla... |
550,992 | 989,035 | 102,926 | 6 | It tries to build a crawling sense of dread and menace , but . . . | Jonathan Demme's " The Silence Of the Lambs " is just a spook show , and one without any sympathy for its victims ( or for the audience , who get a good hammering on the head ) . Yes , the performances by Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster have become legendary ( and for good reason , they are both intensely focused and ... |
551,943 | 989,035 | 59,297 | 6 | Enjoyable , one-box-of-popcorn thriller | Kids left alone in the house inadvertently play a phone prank on psychopath John Ireland , who has just murdered his trampy Mrs . in the shower ! Whenever you see a biography of Joan Crawford's career , this title usually gets left out . True , she has a minor role in it ( playing Ireland's neighbor , hoping to blackma... |
552,470 | 989,035 | 102,945 | 6 | Tired scares , little suspense , but as a showcase for Julia's adorableness - - - not bad | Julia Roberts ' style of acting never wavers : she's resilient and adorable - - always . This brainless vehicle for her - - a monster movie dressed up as an abusive marriage thriller - - has the requisite dopey pleasures , and it's well-produced and moves right along at a fast clip ( even if the viewer is always ten st... |
552,630 | 989,035 | 80,319 | 6 | Occasionally perceptive office comedy eventually becomes arms-flailing cartoon | It had to happen : for two-thirds of its length , " Nine to Five " is a sharp , satirical , recognizable put-down of work-a-day life " at the office " , but in its later stages it becomes a silly revenge comedy , and then a message piece . The messagey last act is the real bummer , with three secretaries taking over th... |
551,922 | 989,035 | 102,979 | 6 | Liza's lovely , but film is minor and cartoonish | Every now and then , " Stepping Out " touches down on some heartfelt emotions that most viewers will relate to ; whether it's Liza Minnelli's jerk of a boyfriend , her loyalty to her tap dance students or the anxieties within the group , the script is surprisingly evocative once it gets down to the heart of the matter ... |
551,891 | 989,035 | 50,560 | 6 | Another actress learns that Broadway doesn't go for booze and dope . . . | Young waitress from Kansas City in the early 1920s hitches up with a traveling carnival with the fervent , starry-eyed hope of breaking into show business ; once in New York City , she gets herself a drama coach and lands a plum part in a Broadway show after the original actress falls ill . Fabrication of real-life Bro... |
550,484 | 989,035 | 50,526 | 6 | Far-fetched , but intriguing prison-break nonsense | San Quentin inmate Jack Palance hatches quite a scheme to get out of jail - - get his lookalike brother to trade places with him in prison for a day while he constructs a foxhole to hide in , leading to his and his brother's escape . Filmed on-location in Cinemascope at San Quentin prison , with officers and inmates us... |
551,047 | 989,035 | 59,170 | 6 | Russ Meyer jawbreaker may silence even the toughest critics . . . | Russ Meyer's " Faster Pussycat " has echoes of other , more popular films in its set-up and design , certainly in its overall impact - - yet this picture is the precursor to those , and as influential cult flicks go , it still stuns today . Three bosomy go-go dancers hit the desert in their sports cars for a little row... |
551,080 | 989,035 | 33,152 | 6 | Handsome but hokey . . . | Despite the talents of numerous directors ( including Ludwig Berger , the estimable Michael Powell , and Tim Whelan , as well as the uncredited contributions of producers Alexander and Zoltan Korda and William Cameron Menzies ) , " The Thief of Bagdad " is a variable collection of adventures structured in the style of ... |
550,940 | 989,035 | 41,959 | 6 | Atmospheric thriller in the Hitchcock vein . . . | Carol Reed directed this handsome Hitchcockian thriller about an American author arriving in post-World War II Vienna and learning his best friend was recently killed in a car accident . . . or was he ? After some detective work , the writer uncovers the dark truth . Filmed in chilly black-and-white , Reed's picture ha... |
550,792 | 989,035 | 50,549 | 6 | Worth sitting through the racial tensions to hear Harry Belafonte sing | The wealthy whites are the hissable ones once again , lording their money-driven power over the black Caribbean field workers in this timely but talky issue-film . The Barbados locations are just beautiful , and so is Harry Belafonte's buttery voice , crooning Jamaican songs at sunset ( his acting isn't bad either , an... |
551,190 | 989,035 | 33,190 | 6 | My , she's acting queer ! . . . " That's not an act ! " | A mystical bust of a turbaned god gives a bickering , unsatisfied married couple exactly what they want : they switch bodies . . . but unfortunately not voices , which means the husband - - who is one-third of a partnership in a big city advertising firm - - talks like a girl and prances around his office complete with... |
553,429 | 989,035 | 59,253 | 6 | You're a national institution . . . like the Grand Canyon or the Statue of Liberty ! | The rise of Hollywood's first blonde bombshell , Jean Harlow , who died tragically at the age of 26 . Magna Pictures distributed this low-budget venture , which was first shot on an early form of videotape and then transferred to film . It competed with Paramount's version of Harlow's story ( also entitled " Harlow " a... |
553,587 | 989,035 | 59,252 | 6 | Carroll Baker takes on the heady task of portraying the screen siren . . . | From a bit actress in the late 1920s to stardom in the ' 30s as a Hollywood bombshell , actress Jean Harlow's triumphs and pitfalls are cartoonishly documented ; it's as if the filmmakers were quite satisfied dishing out movie-magazine nonsense instead of headier truths , with most of the names changed to protect the e... |
553,024 | 989,035 | 250,494 | 6 | Cheerfully ridiculous . . . | Shapely California blonde cleverly maneuvers her way into Harvard Law School ; soon , the plucky lass is involved in trying her first legal case alongside her professor and associates . . . and you can guess the rest . Perky , though surprisingly not obnoxious fantasy-comedy with jokes leaning towards " Clueless " terr... |
551,054 | 989,035 | 110,752 | 6 | Ross is the reason to watch | Diana Ross is gripping as a 42-year-old woman just finished with her third year of medical school who is sidelined by a particularly destructive bout of paranoid schizophrenia , a condition she's aware of and has lived with since her mid-20's . The delusions and voices come and go , but when a kindly doctor intervenes ... |
552,081 | 989,035 | 50,487 | 6 | Moving , hard-hitting , tender when it needs to be , and well-acted . . . | An ex-soldier / now unemployed junkie in New York City keeps his addiction secret from his pregnant wife and his visiting father ; his adoring brother acts as an enabler , and eventually things come to a boil when the guy needs a hit and can't scrape together the twenty dollars to get himself through the night . Playwr... |
552,598 | 989,035 | 90,037 | 6 | Strange mix of growing-pains drama and psychological study | Laura Dern is perfect as lanky lass in a small town sparring with her parents , estranged from her older sister , desperate to be liked and to be with boys . Opening moments of this adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates ' story " Where Are You Going , Where Have You Been " - - with Dern and friends doing the mall - - are rea... |
551,726 | 989,035 | 212,346 | 6 | There are 100 things wrong with it . . . but you may catch yourself smiling after thinking it over | It's over-the-top , it's occasionally offensive - - to men , to women , to gays , to lesbians , and to poor Miss Hawaii - - but " Miss Congeniality " has Sandra Bullock , and she's wonderful . The opening moments , with FBI agent Bullock busting Russians in a restaurant sting operation , are so good that the movie migh... |
550,729 | 989,035 | 59,224 | 6 | This beach sure is crowded ! . . . " So is that bikini ! " | Ft . Lauderdale frolic has Elvis Presley cast as a Chicago rock-'n-roller who , along with his outfit-matching band members , takes on assignment to secretly chaperone the boss ' daughter as she vacations with her girlfriends down in Florida . Plush M-G-M musical with a dandy production design , lots of fun slapstick a... |
553,203 | 989,035 | 59,227 | 6 | Slicker than the A . I . P . " Beach Party " flicks , though still not as good . . . | Sorority beach babes in Balboa , CA have to raise $10 , 000 to save their order , eventually resorting to desperate measures ( like entering a cooking contest , a beauty contest , and trying to get The Beatles to perform at the local hot spot ) . Charmingly dim-witted surf-sand - & - sexy girls opus , obviously a knock... |
550,624 | 989,035 | 50,490 | 6 | Not up to " The African Queen " , but not bad | Hardened WWII Marine is shipwrecked on an island in the Pacific with a nun so saintly she glows . Sure , the set-up is contrived but the actors ( Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr ) play up the screenplay's strengths and bring humor to the scenario . The narrative rambles and some scenes don't add up ( as when drunken Mi... |
553,145 | 989,035 | 539,225 | 6 | The Heart of New York ? ? | Leisurely-paced episode from the classic television series finds the Angels attempting to protect a legendary movie actress from someone who is apparently trying to drive her crazy . Ida Lupino plays the Gloria Swanson-like movie star who has fallen on hard times , but is about to make a comeback in a remake of one of ... |
552,643 | 989,035 | 50,383 | 6 | Tasteful , well-acted , but padded with generic melodrama and flagging sentiment . . . | Adaptation of Jim Piersall's memoir about growing up with an insensitive father , a tirelessly ambitious man with baseball dreams for his talented son - - and impossible to please even after his kid is recruited as shortstop for the Boston Red Sox . Piersall's eventual nervous breakdown is mounted in careful yet someho... |
553,580 | 989,035 | 332,379 | 6 | Defiance of authority is always good for a few laughs . . . | A rock music-loving slacker impersonates a substitute teacher at a rigid prep school - - initially just for the $650 a week but , upon learning that his 10-year-old students have musical talent , he ends up teaching the class the history of rock ' n roll and puts them to work in a smokin ' hot band . Director Richard L... |
551,819 | 989,035 | 250,797 | 6 | Elegant , but curiously lacking in suspense or danger . . . | Overly-familiar , curiously bland flip-side to " Fatal Attraction " from " Fatal " director Adrian Lyne concerns wife and mother Diane Lane traveling from the New York suburbs into SoHo where she ' meets cute ' with a handsome stud ; she's drawn to him and soon returns , beginning a lusty secret affair that her husband... |
553,167 | 989,035 | 340,012 | 6 | You have a performance for everyone - - I'm not sure you really exist ! | Celebrated stage actress in 1930's West End London ( British by way of Jersey ) is tired of giving a nightly tour-de-force at her own theater and longs for something more ; she becomes involved with a young American gigolo , is counseled by the ghost of her dramatic tutor , and trades bits of business with her husband ... |
550,629 | 989,035 | 120,787 | 6 | Slick , glossy , shallow | Remake of Hitchcock's " Dial M For Murder " ( with a worse title ) has the unfaithful wife of a New York City businessman targeted for murder . Unsurprising twists in this updated version do allow Michael Douglas to play a mean SOB again ( after too many years of playing the victimized good guy ) , but the plot feels h... |
551,847 | 989,035 | 120,815 | 6 | For war-movie aficionados , a personal epic . . . | Director Steven Spielberg's usual homey touch ( which infiltrated even " Schlinder's List " in its final act ) is thankfully in slight evidence here , as WWII soldiers attempt to locate one particular man whose siblings have all been killed in combat . The set-up for the plot is a bit formulaic ( and layered with Spiel... |
550,530 | 989,035 | 80,094 | 6 | Goldie and Giancarlo : a hot match ! | Scrappy Italian comedy is made up of bits and pieces , never quite coming together . Goldie Hawn ( vivacious as ever ) is an American actress vacationing in Rome who gets mixed up with her friend's married lover ( a smoldering Giancarlo Giannini ) . They have little screwball mishaps and misunderstandings before making... |
553,070 | 989,035 | 110,932 | 6 | So tasteful it becomes mummified . . . | Dramatization of the TV quiz show scandal of the late 1950's , wherein the popular program " Twenty-One " was found to be fixed . Based on the book by Richard N . Goodwin , Paul Attanasio's screenplay takes great liberties with the facts , but is still exceptionally entertaining for the first hour . Director Robert Red... |
552,127 | 989,035 | 50,422 | 6 | The three leads are more charming than this scenario . . . | Haughty blonde movie star , about to premiere her latest picture " The Kidnapped Bride " , is kidnapped herself by two would-be ruffians who are actually just a couple of nice guys out to catch a break . United Artists comedy-drama , produced on the cheap and with perplexing changes in tone . Jane Russell , Ralph Meeke... |
551,262 | 989,035 | 314,412 | 6 | Making death more convenient for everybody . . . | Working-class wife and devoted mother to two small girls finds out she has ovarian tumors which have spread , leaving her with only two months to live ; she decides not to tell anyone her prognosis , instead writing out a list of things to do before she dies and making voice-tapes to her loved ones expressing her emoti... |
551,699 | 989,035 | 41,514 | 6 | Another ' Miracle ' story from Valentine Davies . . . | Lloyd Bacon directed this swift , compact major-league fantasy featuring a fine cast . Ray Milland is engaging as a college professor who invents a wood-repelling substance . . . which he then applies to a baseball . Soon , he's the star pitcher on a professional ball team , and what appears to be a succession of unqua... |
550,489 | 989,035 | 50,307 | 6 | So . . . how much DOES the Earth weigh ? | One of the better Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn films : a light comedy which doesn't necessitate his anger or her stridency . Hepburn heads up a charming group of gals in the research department of a broadcasting firm ; Tracy is a computer man eager to install his latest creation in their office . Adapted from the Br... |
550,923 | 989,035 | 418,773 | 6 | It has a sweet sensibility that , when looked at in a different light , seems almost sinister . . . | Worldly , willowy art dealer from Chicago , a newlywed hoping to sign a notoriously shy , eccentric artist to her gallery , travels with her spouse down to North Carolina for the meeting ; her husband's family , whom he hasn't seen in three years , happens to live nearby , and the husband's pregnant sister-in-law devel... |
550,746 | 989,035 | 59,084 | 6 | Cynically amusing fluff dressed up with pseudo-pungent observations | Director John Schlesinger is so anxious to score points against the British that he almost forgets to make the leading character's childish angst worth watching . Julie Christie , a curious Best Actress Oscar winner ( must've been her work that same year in " Dr . Zhivago " ) , is lovely but ( intentionally ? ) one-not... |
550,677 | 989,035 | 41,503 | 6 | A buried gem . . . | Crafty little B-flick has devoted husband Brian Donlevy finding out the hard way that his wife ( the inimitable Ella Raines ) wants her freedom - - she's been conspiring with her lover to have him rubbed out ! Intricate plot twists and involving characters , courtesy screenwriters Dorothy Reid and Jay Dratler , make fo... |
553,361 | 989,035 | 28,505 | 6 | Top talents vs . an unsurprising script . . . | Clark Gable gives a giddy , frisky performance as a happily-married magazine magnate in New York City who works closely but professionally with efficient though somewhat demure secretary Jean Harlow ; his wife ( Myrna Loy ) and her fiancée ( James Stewart ) misconstrue the business-only relationship as something more v... |
553,293 | 989,035 | 120,646 | 6 | Why does it have to have that all encompassing , feel-good ending ? | Noble , decent film about a crises in suburbia : a boy , kidnapped nine years ago from a nice , normal family , is returned to them - - a virtual stranger . This premise was done great justice in the grittier TV-film , " I Know My First Name Is Steven " . This theatrical drama has fabulous , full-throttle performances ... |
550,566 | 989,035 | 120,679 | 6 | Surrealistic storybook presented in sweeping , romantic fashion . . . at the expense of the art | Mexican artist Frida Kahlo ( 1907-1954 ) painted self-portraits and surreal acts of God and madness like a woman possessed by a half-demon / half-angel ; a book of her paintings is almost difficult to look through , as her singular sense of color ( such as bloody crimson-reds and inky , staring blacks ) and unflinching... |
552,069 | 989,035 | 403,455 | 6 | Rollerskatin ' & celebratin ' . . . | Engaging disco fantasy set in 1978 from writer Norman Vance , Jr . , who seems to have overdosed on a mixture of roller-boogie movies and reruns of " What's Happening ! ! " Five teenage friends from the Southside of Chicago are let down after their local skating rink is closed for good , forcing them into the city's de... |
551,888 | 989,035 | 790,623 | 6 | Eckhart's fabulous comic performance nearly saves strident send-up of human principles . . . | Whoever could have guessed that suave , manicured , handsome-devil Aaron Eckhart would become our next great sad-sack comedian ? The rubber-face which Eckhart uses here , playing a disgruntled , disappointed , directionless human resources exec at his father-in-law's bank , is nothing short of remarkable . Cast as midd... |
553,169 | 989,035 | 243,134 | 6 | Streisand on the stilted side . . . | Now on DVD , this one-hour CBS television special from 1973 has the fatigued conceit of mostly being built around one song ( " I Got Rhythm " ) , with La Streisand changing costumes , hairstyles and personas to become tantalizing women from different countries . Barbra enchants , tempts , and coos to the viewer with un... |
552,794 | 989,035 | 72,272 | 6 | Nostalgic grab-bag with silly movie star introductions isn't very useful today . . . | America was so high on nostalgia in the early 1970s that Roaring Twenties dances were being taught at Arthur Murray and even a remake of " The Great Gatsby " was pulling in viewers . M-G-M , on the verge of financial ruin ( and about to liquidate its assets ) , finally found a way to turn a profit very cheaply : edit t... |
551,374 | 989,035 | 41,650 | 6 | Mighty silly , but the effects rival " Kong " . . . | A return to " King Kong " territory , with Oscar-winning special effects by " Kong " ' s main wizard Willis O'Brien , is bubblegum , bubble-headed nonsense , though viewed strictly as matinée fodder does entertain in its gaudy fashion . Campy plot has Terry Moore and her humongous pet gorilla lured out of their African... |
552,374 | 989,035 | 72,289 | 6 | Very smart TV-movie with an amazing cast . . . | James L . Brooks wrote this funny / sad , grown-up television movie about two poker pals ( Gene Wilder and Bob Newhart ) who inadvertently neglect their spouses in search of deeper meaning in their lives . Filmed in 1971 , " Game " is a beautifully nuanced and sardonic middle-age-crazy tale with a sensational ensemble ... |
553,325 | 989,035 | 120,633 | 6 | Straightforward legal case with environmental overtures . . . | John Travolta gives a dandy performance as a cocky Boston personal injury lawyer who heads up a small but burgeoning firm , almost passing up on headline-making case of a major food company subsidiary found to be dumping toxic chemicals into the water supply of a small-town Massachusettes town , causing many of the chi... |
550,731 | 989,035 | 58,972 | 6 | Patty is a whirling dervish of energy | Scrappy theatrical comedy filmed on a television budget , with Patty Duke putting the high school jocks to shame with her athletic abilities ( seems sneaky Pat has been running track to a secret " beat " in her head ! ) . Nothing memorable , but worth-watching for the always-good Jim Backus as Patty's politician father... |
552,544 | 989,035 | 51,198 | 6 | Bringing air power to the Navy . . . | Frank " Spig " Wead's life story , as directed by real-life friend John Ford , starring John Wayne as the hot-shot aviation expert who transforms the U . S . Navy in the 1920s with his piloting prowess , rivaling ( but not alienating ) the Army in aviation power ; later , after suffering a spinal cord injury and a sepa... |
550,981 | 989,035 | 51,193 | 6 | Clandestine passions well-presented but not altogether convincing . . . | Anthony Quinn is solid playing a sheep-farmer near Reno - - still grieving after the death of his beloved wife - - who marries his sister-in-law and brings her over from Italy . Vittorio Nino Novarese's story , which turns into a love-triangle after the new wife falls for the farmer's unofficially-adopted son , may hav... |
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