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420,897 | 2,542,703 | 41,257 | 9 | Religion Was Never this Way as " Come to the Stable Shows " | Loretta Young's beautiful Oscar-nominated performance , as a nun , in the wonderful " Come to the Stable , " highlights this beautiful film . This film deals with a group of nuns who are committed to building a children's hospital and what they must go through to get the necessary approval as well as the funds . After ... |
421,431 | 2,542,703 | 67,589 | 9 | Neil Simon Romp | 3 wonderful short stories are fused together in this 1971 film . The first story , which is the best , stars Walter Matthau and Maureen Stapleton as a couple whose marriage is failing and is spending their 23rd or 24th wedding anniversary there . Stapleton is terrific here as always . She shows great depth in going fro... |
420,293 | 2,542,703 | 804,522 | 9 | Rendition - Very Intriguing Political Thriller | Very good political thriller regarding the aftermath of terrorism and the using of political torture to obtain one's objectives in flushing out the terrorists . The story is interwoven where two families are adversely affected by the terrorist events . This is one of Meryl Streep's best roles in years . She plays a col... |
420,468 | 2,542,703 | 53,226 | 9 | Room At the Top . . . And They Lived Miserably Ever After | Laurence Harvey delivers a knock-out performance as Joe , the status climbing guy , who will do just about anything to achieve his goal . This story reminds me somewhat of A Place in the Sun , where a young man is torn among lust , social climbing and ultimate tragedy . Harvey was never better in any film , even the 19... |
420,296 | 2,542,703 | 289,992 | 9 | The Life of David Gale-Capital Punishment Debate with A New Twist | Kevin Spacey turned in another excellent performance as a Ph . D college philosophy professor whose sexual escapade , while his wife is away , invariably leads to his downfall . Laura Linney does well as the dying member of the philosophy department . Both she and Spacey belong to an organization committed to being aga... |
420,649 | 2,542,703 | 64,665 | 9 | Cowboy and the Weakling in Remarkable Sync | Both Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight were best actor nominees for their performances in this 1969 Oscar winning film . Too bad that they probably were able to cancel each other out . American icon , John Wayne , would have probably won anyway due to his long Hollywood history . Can anyone ever say that he was better than... |
420,455 | 2,542,703 | 57,076 | 9 | From Russia With Love - James Bond At His Best | A musical score and song generally can make or break a film . Such is the case for From Russia With Love . This 1963 film has a haunting theme which can never be forgotten . Sean Connery , always fabulous as the sexy James Bond , is at it again . He is just masterful in the role of the darling British Agent up to his n... |
421,267 | 2,542,703 | 294,357 | 9 | Beyond Borders-Love Transcends All | A perfect vehicle for Angelina Jolie . This role was made for her as an activist meeting the love of her life . The picture is basically divided into 3 parts . Starvation torn Ethiopia of 1984 , Cambodia in 1989 and Chechnia of 1995 . Engaged to a wealthy gentleman , who later loses his fortune in the market and shows ... |
421,140 | 2,542,703 | 349,467 | 9 | Freedomland-Constitutional Rights on Being Held Captive ? | Intense drama starring the gift Samuel L . Jackson and Julianne Moore , both of whom turn in outstanding performances . The problem here is with the script . There are too many subplots going on here dealing with a woman who claims her car was carjacked with her child in it , a detective whose son is doing time for arm... |
421,611 | 2,542,703 | 37,557 | 9 | Money Can Be Everything-Brewster's Millions | Dennis O'Keefe in a field day romp in Brewster's Millions . He becomes an instant millionaire through inheritance but in order to get the full $8 million , he must spend $1 million by age 30 , which is in 2 months . He is not permitted to tell anyone why he is spending money as if there is no tomorrow . Naturally , his... |
420,730 | 2,542,703 | 32,145 | 9 | Wuthering Heights - Descends the Clouds | The New York Film Critics defied conventional thought in 1939 by selecting " Wuthering Heights " as the best picture of the year . This must have come as quite a surprise to all the " Gone With the Wind " fans out there . Laurence Olivier will probably be forever remembered as our hero Heathcliff . His love for the Mer... |
421,171 | 2,542,703 | 41,373 | 9 | Flamingo Road - Upper Society vs . Joan Crawford | A fabulous Joan Crawford vehicle reuniting her with Zachary Scott of " Mildred Pierce " fame . Again , Scott eventually takes a bullet , but this time it's by his own doing . The film came 4 years after " Pierce " and Crawford looks a lot older here , probably because of her lighter hair . The film is a good one involv... |
420,748 | 2,542,703 | 39,501 | 9 | It Happened in Brooklyn-Only in My Borough | Wonderful film with a stellar cast . Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford shine as two quiet buddies who return to Brooklyn after World War 11 service in England . Actually , it's a first trip to Brooklyn . The film is so endearing due to its themes of clinging to your aspirations . Sinatra finds Kathryn Grayson and falls i... |
420,643 | 2,542,703 | 32,194 | 9 | All This , And Wonderful Too | Bette Davis is not the villain in this one . That's a sure change of pace . She plays an innocent French teacher who tells the class of a tragic love affair with a Duke , well played by Charles Boyer . She has to talk as gossip is swirling about the incident that occurred in France . Davis was the governess to the two ... |
420,983 | 2,542,703 | 58,743 | 9 | Shirley Shines in Hilarious Romp | Shirley MacLaine again proves that she is quite an actress in this 1964 film . Showing that money isn't everything , Shirley keeps marrying and losing her husbands to sudden deaths . Along the way , they leave her with a bundle ; therefore , she accumulates a vast amount of money . However , this is the film where m is... |
420,619 | 2,542,703 | 58,745 | 9 | Where Did Love Go ? | Danny has some very serious emotional hangups . Seems that she plunged a knife into her mom's boyfriend . Was it to save her mother ? Was it out of a jealous rage ? With a film starring Bette Davis and Susan Hayward , you know that the fireworks are there and they sure are . Nevertheless , they are well matched by a te... |
420,806 | 2,542,703 | 37,614 | 9 | The Corn is Certainly Ripe " Corn is Green " | In comparison to past and her performances after 1945 , Bette Davis gave a restrained but compelling performance as the schoolteacher in a Welsh town who wants to improve the education of the town's children ( already mostly miners in " The How Green Was My Valley " vein ) through education . In this wonderful performa... |
420,327 | 2,542,703 | 53,125 | 9 | North By Northwest A Great Geographic Film | Alfred Hitchcock at his very best with this 1959 suspense thriller . Advertising executive Cary Grant becomes unwittingly involved with spies when he is confused for someone else . The problem is that Kaplan , the someone else that he is confused with , never existed . The latter name was created by the CIA to deflect ... |
420,592 | 2,542,703 | 399,301 | 9 | Where There's A Will . . . | Excellent film starring Marion Ross , as an ailing grandmother , and the grandson she finds , played quite well by Frank Whaley . Whaley appears to be a grandson on the way to doing no good . Owing money to a mobster , he flees to Texas when he discovers that he has a grandmother . The product from a young relationship... |
421,063 | 2,542,703 | 60,921 | 9 | Running Aground and Amok Was Never Better than This | Hilarious best describes this 1966 Oscar nominated film for best picture . The laughter actually begins when a Russian submarine , commanded by Theodore Bikel , runs aground off the coast of a small New England town . The problem is not only the submarine but the absolute craziest people who reside in the town . Carl R... |
420,867 | 2,542,703 | 45,205 | 9 | Sudden Fear - The Advantage of Being A Writer | Joan Crawford was absolutely marvelous in this 1952 thriller . In this film , she plays a wealthy playwright who rejects Jack Palance for the lead role in her new play only to wind up marrying him instead . Crawford has everything until she discovers from a taping machine that Palance and secret girl friend , Gloria Gr... |
420,427 | 2,542,703 | 488,120 | 9 | Fracture-No Break in this Law | Anthony Hopkins basically continues his eerie ways from " Silence of the Lambs " in this film . Problem is that he is probably a little too old for this part . Nice to see Embeth Davidtz in this picture . It has been 15 years since Ralph Fiennes threw a bookcase at her in " Schindler's List . " Ryan Gosling , on the ot... |
420,376 | 2,542,703 | 43,224 | 9 | Yes , May the Lord Bless Red | Red Skelton was still another major star who made the transition from movies to television with ease . His shows certainly brought a laughter to the American households of years back . He would begin the show with an opening monologue . Afterwards , we would have a variety of characters . Remember Gertrude and Heathcli... |
421,648 | 2,542,703 | 60,420 | 9 | Follow Me Boys Tribute to the Boy Scouts | Wonderful Fred MacMurray fanfare dealing with a man who settles in a small rural town in 1930 and in order to impress Vi , ( Vera Miles ) he embarks on a career as the scoutmaster of the town . Little does he know that this will become a lifetime position for him as he guides countless numbers of boys to maturity throu... |
421,558 | 2,542,703 | 57,168 | 9 | Sing You Judy Believers | Judy Garland turned in still another phenomenal performance in 1963's " I Could Go On Singing . " As a singer touring England , Garland lets out the secret that she is the mother of Dirk Bogarde's son . Bogarde had passed the boy off as his adopted son so as not to humiliate his wife . The problem is that the latter is... |
421,506 | 2,542,703 | 45,410 | 9 | We Made Room for Daddy | Outstanding comedy series of the 1950s starring Danny Thomas as Danny Williams , a comedy pro who battles his loving family along the way . Created by Sheldon Leonard , the show was memorable with a phenomenal supporting cast . When Jean Hagen left the show to pursue a movie career , she was replaced by Marjorie Lord .... |
421,121 | 2,542,703 | 52,840 | 9 | Gene Krupa Story Drums Up My Support | Sal Mineo , who made a career of played conflicted people , does a magnificent job in the biography of legendary drummer Gene Krupa . Mineo , as Krupa , gets wonderful support from James Darren and Susan Kohner . 1959 was a remarkable year for Miss Kohner . It was that year where she received a best supporting actress ... |
420,475 | 2,542,703 | 416,320 | 9 | Match Point Strikes A Right Balance | This is one of Woody Allen's best picture in years . With his usual philosophy of life and ethics , Allen is able to blend this film in with such classics as " A Place in the Sun , " and " Crimes and Misdemeanors . " He successfully recreates the dilemma of the emotions generated by the desire for upward mobility seen ... |
421,405 | 2,542,703 | 29,843 | 9 | Adventures of Robin Hood A Marvelous One | With a rousing musical score that won the 1938 Oscar for Erich Wolfgang ( Wolfie ) Korngold , and an outstanding Natalie Kalmus work in Technicolor , " The Adventures of Robin Hood " still stands out as a marvelous film . What a great cast ! Errol Flynn is dashing , charming and most provocative in the lead role . He i... |
420,337 | 2,542,703 | 31,750 | 9 | The Old Maid Shows Similar Themes | A spinster named Charlotte giving up her life for a girl named Tina . Sounds like the great " Now , Voyager . " It's not as good but is passable . Davis plays a woman settling down to a grim spinsterhood after having an illegitimate child . She stays with relative Miriam Hopkins and the two battle it out as the years p... |
420,369 | 2,542,703 | 47,580 | 9 | Three Coins in the Fountain Made it Mine | Dazzling cinematography and a wonderful story line made this 1954 blockbuster film the treasure that it is . The story of the loves of 3 secretaries in Rome is absolutely captivating . Headed by a fine cast , the film succeeds beyond expectations . The real-life tragic Maggie McNamara is engaging as an Audrey Hepburn l... |
421,401 | 2,542,703 | 29,852 | 9 | Alex's Memorable Ragtime - | What a wonderful musical for Tyrone Power , age 24 , to appear in 1938 . When fate brings Miss Kirby to the band , the 3 become instant pals . The 3 being Don Ameche , Power and the wonderful Alice Faye . Faye gives by far her best performance in pictures . At the beginning , she shows depth in playing a loud mouth com... |
420,349 | 2,542,703 | 490,084 | 9 | See this Film " Because I Said So " | Diane Keaton does it again , this time as Daphne , a single mother , totally engrossed in the romantic failures of her daughter . She actually goes through the motion and puts an ad in the newspaper regarding her daughter . She then interviews prospective suitors for the daughter . The latter is well played by Mandy Mo... |
420,652 | 2,542,703 | 95,953 | 9 | Rain Man Autism Speaks Out | Dustin Hoffman , in a truly brilliant performance , as an autistic person , shut out of family life by his parents . It is only with the death of his father that the normal son , Tom Cruise , learns of the brother he never knew . Hoffman is totally believable as the victim of autism . We see and feel his very struggle ... |
421,583 | 2,542,703 | 157,996 | 9 | Miracle at Midnight-A Rosh Hashanah in Denmark to Remember | Outstanding film reliving the events of Rosh Hashanah , 1943 in Denmark . After occupying the country for 3 years , the Nazis chose the solemn Rosh Hashanah holiday to arrest people . The film showed the courage of the Danish people in hiding the Jews on that fateful night . There had always been a strong feeling of to... |
421,586 | 2,542,703 | 78,341 | 9 | Summer of My German Soldier-A Love Story to Remember | This movie should have easily qualified as a filmthat best promotes human understanding among people . It may be rather annoying to even try to comprehend that a young Jewish southern girl could would give shelter to an escaped German prisoner of war . Kristy McNichol depicts an amazing portrait of the unhappy , young ... |
420,660 | 2,542,703 | 107,050 | 9 | Grumpy Old Men We Need More Grumps Like this | Wonderful film pairing the great Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon as feuding neighbors who really both have so much in common . The feud intensifies with the coming of widowed neighbor-Ann Margret to the neighborhood . Both our old friends go after her . Daryl Hannah is along for the ride . As Lemmon's separated from her... |
420,705 | 2,542,703 | 268,978 | 9 | A Beautiful Mind-Fine With Inaccuracies | John Nash , a brilliant mathematician , is also a paranoid schizophrenic . Played admirably by Russell Crowe , this guy really has some serious hangups . Married to his former student , played by supporting actress Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly , the professor goes through some rough stages , and even as the movie end... |
421,009 | 2,542,703 | 150,377 | 9 | Double Jeopardy - Where's Barbara Stanwyck for this One ? | The film reminded me of the 1944 classic " Double Indemnity . " Bette Davis , Joan Crawford and Barbara Stanwyck would have had a field day with this one . Instead , we have Ashley Judd in an average performance in a great thriller of a movie . Ms . Judd is framed for the murder of her husband , who is played quite wel... |
420,674 | 2,542,703 | 85,295 | 9 | Careful , This is Excellent | One of the best British movies that I've seen . This is certainly in the tradition of the 1946 heartbreak " Brief Encounter . " This gem of a film deals with the ensuing custody battle between a couple and the wife's sister . The problem is that their third sister , the mother of the child , has died and the father , a... |
421,552 | 2,542,703 | 43,175 | 9 | Amos N Andy - Done in By Political Correctness | Outstanding television series originally from radio . It dealt with life among black people . Though the show was an instant hit , it came at the time of the rising influence of the NAACP and other civil rights groups of the early 1950s . Through successful efforts of threatening advertisers with boycotts , the show wa... |
420,737 | 2,542,703 | 1,225,826 | 9 | Bound By A Secret - A Very Good Soap Opera | One point of contention is that through a lot of the movie , you think that Lesley Ann Warren and Meredith Birney are sisters . Only later on do you discover that they've been life-long friends with quite a secret . Birney took Warren's child at birth and raised her as her own . Warren goes on to become a Broadway lumi... |
420,405 | 2,542,703 | 76,666 | 9 | Great Fever to Catch | John Travolta truly shines as dance hero Tony Monero in this wonderful 1977 production of " Saturday Night Fever . " When Friday night comes around , Tony can quickly forget about the rest of the week , get those dancing shoes ready , dress up and head down to that Bay Ridge Disco and dance the night away . The songs f... |
420,736 | 2,542,703 | 906,664 | 9 | Sacrifices Will Tug at Your Heart | Excellent film with Melissa Gilbert giving a wonderful performance as a young girl , a successful lawyer , who returns to her father's farm , when her brother informs her that there is something wrong with her father . When she returns , she is confronted with her past-finding her mother dead from carbon monoxide poiso... |
421,066 | 2,542,703 | 100,352 | 9 | Case of Silenced Singer Brings Added Surprises | Another very good Perry Mason film where a singer , with a changing personality , is murdered and her second husband is arrested for this . As always , Perry uncovers a slew of others who could have done the victim in . You know that something is really amiss when of all people , Alice Ghostley , is killed by the kille... |
421,494 | 2,542,703 | 338,751 | 9 | Great Ride in ' Aviator ' 12 | Leonardo Di Caprio might very well suffer from the Dorian Gray complex . He just looks too young for his parts whether it be this engrossing film or 1997's " Titanic . " Nevertheless , he was quite good as Howard Hughes . The film shows Hughes ' life , complex as it was , totally absorbed in aviation and film making . ... |
420,484 | 2,542,703 | 454,921 | 9 | Well , Leo Nice Guys Can Succeed - Pursuit Rates | Former Giant manager Leo Durocher always claimed that nice guys finished last . This movie contradicts that famous statement . The film may definitely be described as another " Kramer vs . Kramer , " but on a very poor side . Thandie Newton continues her moody , nasty ways that she so well exhibited in " Crash . " This... |
420,805 | 2,542,703 | 33,459 | 9 | Miss Bishop Meets Mr . Chips and Miss Dove | Martha Scott gives a memorable performance as Miss Bishop , who teaches freshman English for over 50 years and obviously has an effect on her students . The effects should have been more closely depicted . We briefly see a student with interest in astronomy . We can hardly think that a student will be nurtured through ... |
420,391 | 2,542,703 | 50,815 | 9 | This Film is Everyone's Pal " Pal Joey " | Great Frank Sinatra-Rita Hayworth-Kim Novak effort in this marvelously staged 1957 film . The part of Joey Evans must have been created for Frank Sinatra . He is still that swinging bachelor at his swinging best . As the widowed wealthy woman with an interesting past , Rita Hayworth hits her stride in this one . Kim No... |
421,161 | 2,542,703 | 69,765 | 9 | Bangs With A Wallop-Bang the Drum Slowly | Usually in baseball every pitcher and catcher on a particular team develop some sort of relationship since they need team work to be successful . Such is the story here added with the complication that the catcher Bruce , shyly but beloved character played by Robert De Niro , is dying of Hodgkins Disease . As the dying... |
421,177 | 2,542,703 | 100,405 | 9 | Pretty Woman is Really Pretty Good | Julia Roberts earned a well deserved Oscar nomination for her role as a prostitute hired by a businessman to escort him for a week . Richard Gere does extremely well in the part of the guy , who needs an escort , but finds true love instead . Roberts does well as a woman who must rise to the occasion when she is hired ... |
420,827 | 2,542,703 | 390,941 | 9 | The Book of Ruth - Excellent : Story of Immaturity , Lust and Violence | This was a terrific film dealing with a teenage girl , verbally abused continuously by a mother , who drove 2 men out of her own life . Christine Lahti gives an absolutely fabulous performance as the mother who always comes up with a line to put down her n'eer-do-well son-in-law . When her simpleton daughter marries th... |
421,601 | 2,542,703 | 71,803 | 9 | This Mame is Still My Kind of Dame | Lucille Ball gets better and better as this film goes on . Still , it would have been nice to have the fabulous Bea Arthur in the title role . Lucy is effective in the title role but her voice was not good at the film's beginning . However , as was the case with the rest of her performance , that improved as well . Don... |
420,329 | 2,542,703 | 449,467 | 9 | Babel-Talk Sure Isn't Cheap in this One | If ever there were a picture that shows how world-wide gun control is needed as well as exploring the problems of immigration , that's " Babel . " This is an excellent heart-wrenching film . As with last year's Oscar winning film " Crash , " the film deals with interpersonal relationships which are tied together by the... |
420,899 | 2,542,703 | 43,014 | 9 | Sun Never Sets on this Boulevard | Billy Wilder's memorable dramatic film , " Sunset Boulevard , " was made in 1950 . The lead role of Norma Desmond , a washed-up actress , had first been offered to actresses Pola Negri and Norma Shearer before landing in the capable hands of Gloria Swanson . This film heralded the return to the screen by Miss Swanson a... |
420,977 | 2,542,703 | 441,645 | 9 | Go Upstairs for this Killer | A very good film with a major surprise twist describes " A Killer Upstairs . " Tracy Nelson , unfortunately , is not very believable as the mother . You see absolutely no emotion shown . True , she believes that her emotionally disturbed son is innocent of murder , but at least she should act the part out at least by s... |
420,469 | 2,542,703 | 1,175,491 | 9 | W-XYZ and a Botched Presidency Followed | A very good film by left-wing two time Oscar winner Oliver Stone . Yes , we have to remember that since Mr . Stone is so left-wing , he would tend to vilify our 43rd president in any manner he can . As an example , he never stated in the film that following / 01 , the country was not attacked during the remainder of th... |
421,254 | 2,542,703 | 37,884 | 9 | The Lost Weekend - Weekend Worth Remembering | Memorable Ray Milland film where he showed Hollywood that he could really act . After playing numerous cads and other Hollywood types , in 1945 Milland gave a well deserved Oscared performance as a writer who is a hopeless drunk . In conveying what a drunk goes through during binge drinking , Milland fully captured the... |
420,870 | 2,542,703 | 490,204 | 9 | Reign Over Me - Thy Kingdom Come | We knew that invariably films about post-traumatic stress evolving from would be made . Hollywood has done itself a big favor in the making of this film . Adam Sandler creates a part that Dustin Hoffman would have easily snagged years ago as the heartbroken dentist who loses his wife and 3 daughters to the calamity . S... |
420,456 | 2,542,703 | 37,865 | 9 | Leave Her to Heaven - You Can't Leave this One | Gene Tierney , as a fiery woman , driven absolutely mad by jealousy . The latter leads her to tragedy beyond the human realm of comprehension . Cornel Wilde plays the man who loved her dearly and suffered for her actions . Vincent Price is in top form as the prosecuting attorney at her trial . A terrific performance by... |
420,354 | 2,542,703 | 60,645 | 9 | Madame X - My Sonny Boy ! Soap Opera Filled Wtih Golden Suds | 1966's " Madame X " was a second version of the original starring the Oscar nominated Ruth Chatterton in a memorable unforgettable performance . This sudsy story of a woman who accidentally killed her former lover and lived to regret it every day of her life pulls out all the stops . It's as if Lana Turner had to wear ... |
420,714 | 2,542,703 | 458,352 | 9 | This Devil Fashions Well | Win or lose , Meryl Streep is sure to garner her 15th Oscar nomination for " The Devil Wears Prada . " Not since Joan Crawford's performance in " The Best of Everything , " have we encountered such a nasty bitch for a boss . Streep is just impossible to deal with . Cold , demanding , degrading and downright impossible ... |
421,002 | 2,542,703 | 46,592 | 9 | December Bride Was a 12 Month Affair | Hilarious comedy where Spring Byington played a doting parent ( Lili Ruskin ) living with her married daughter and son-in-law . Along the way , she makes friends with Hilda Crocker , memorably portrayed by Verna Felton . Miss Felton was so adept at comedy ; yet , I remember her for her magnificent performance as the ne... |
421,313 | 2,542,703 | 434,967 | 9 | Generation Gap - Cliché But Hits Home Run | Ed Asner once again proves what a versatile actor he is . His incorrigible grandson goes to spend the summer with him after experiencing behavioral difficulties in school . Trouble is that the boy is depicted to be not as bad at all . Coming from a home where the father abandoned them , the young lad just seems to get ... |
421,248 | 2,542,703 | 31,580 | 9 | Little Princess - Thank Heaven for Little Girls | Charming film in color where Shirley Temple's dad goes off to fight in the Boer War . She is left is a fancy girl's school with a headmistress who is stern . When word is brought to the school that the father , who adored his Sarah ( Temple ) , has been killed and the child is left penniless , poor Sarah is shut up in ... |
420,935 | 2,542,703 | 64,117 | 9 | Cactus Flower Really Blooms | Goldie Hawn's depiction of a simple young lady caught up in a love triangle with an older man , a dentist , played with such relish by Walter Matthau , that she won the best supporting actress Oscar for 1969 . The film , however , is another tribute to Ingrid Bergman . Rarely , did we ever see her in a comedy and she l... |
420,864 | 2,542,703 | 950,740 | 9 | Grandpa for Christmas - Another Good One for Strong Family Values | At the age of 90 , Ernest Borgnine turns in a wonderful performance as a grandfather discovering that he has a granddaughter . Problem is that he has been estranged from his daughter for many years . The daughter sided with her mother in a messy breakup between her parents . It is only after the daughter becomes injure... |
420,725 | 2,542,703 | 51,516 | 9 | Damn Yankees - Cinderella , Time Machine & Just Great / 2 | A Washington Senator fan makes a pact with the devil to make him young so that he can play against those Damn Yankees . A truly great opportunity for Tab Hunter to perform in the leading role and he comes through with a genuine performance . The devil is the wonderful Ray Walston ; he was always devilish by nature so t... |
420,429 | 2,542,703 | 44,954 | 9 | This Narrow Margin Provides A Clear Landing | Excellent film-noir wonderfully paced with a memorable performance by Marie Windsor as the widow of a mobster called to testify in Los Angeles and she must get there by train from Chicago . The surprise is who Windsor really is as well as Jacqueline White , an unassuming mom on the train who is mistaken as the mobster'... |
421,065 | 2,542,703 | 498,399 | 9 | We Own the Night A Wonderful Possession | The best roles that Joaquin Phoenix and Robert Duvall have had in years . They along with Mark Wahlberg show their mettle in this memorable film . While the theme may be cliché , a wayward brother from a police family , goes on the right side when his commissioner father is killed and officer brother is shot by drug de... |
420,525 | 2,542,703 | 42,767 | 9 | My Blue Heaven - Almost A Penny Serenade Musical | Wonderful Bette Grable and Dan Dailey fanfare dealing with a musical couple's hard luck in having their own child . They are forced to resort to adoption when a traffic accident causes the loss of her unborn child . We then see unscrupulous adoption procedures and other mayhem preventing this couple from having a child... |
420,503 | 2,542,703 | 796,368 | 9 | Talk To Me , Please Do | Don Cheadle gave a remarkable performance as an ex-con who gets out of jail and enters the world of talk radio . His vulgarity seems to make it appear that he will get nowhere quite quickly but that all changes with the tragic assassination of Dr . Martin Luther King . Petey Greene ( Cheadle ) rises to the occasion and... |
421,280 | 2,542,703 | 117,627 | 9 | She Woke Up Pregnant-Biology Never Lies | Very interesting story which we can certainly relate to in our times . Connie , who is married with 2 children , finds herself pregnant . Tests indicate that her husband is not the father and naturally his suspicions are aroused . This is so since he had a vasectomy and the couple had briefly separated for 3 weeks . Su... |
420,698 | 2,542,703 | 45,029 | 9 | One Phone Call You'd Never Want to Receive | Surviving a plane crash and then going on to meet the families of those who did not . What an intriguing idea ! How morbid , to say the least ; but yet this is a well-done film mostly because of a fine ensemble cast . Shelley Winters is one of the passengers who did not make it . Following a difficult life and breakup ... |
420,487 | 2,542,703 | 40,087 | 9 | All My Sons - For Social Justice and Humanity | Excellent film dealing with Arthur Miller's story of a man who sold defective plane parts to the military during World War 11 resulting in the death of many pilots . Edward G . Robinson gave us an outstanding performance as the conflicted individual , who did this for his own selfish-interests only to escape prosecutio... |
420,869 | 2,542,703 | 368,382 | 9 | A Time to Remember - The Years Go By Too Quickly | Doris Roberts does a wonderful job as a difficult mother who is having her daughter home for the Thanksgiving Holiday . Trouble is that the daughter has been alienated from her mother for quite a while . This daughter ( Dana Delaney ) has had a child out of wedlock and is an accomplished artist on the verge of winning ... |
420,604 | 2,542,703 | 37,913 | 9 | Mildred the Great | Mildred Pierce , a comeback film for star Joan Crawford , brought her a well-deserved Oscar for best actress of 1945 . Crawford , as Pierce , portrays a woman whose marriage to her husband , nicely played by Bruce Bennett , falters . Left with 2 children , a vicious older daughter played in a superb memorable performan... |
421,052 | 2,542,703 | 36,277 | 9 | This Princess is A Real Gem Princess O'Rourker | Olivia de Havilland shows once again that she can play a quiet , timid young lady as she had done 4 years earlier in the epic " Gone With the Wind . " Cast opposite a wonderful Robert Cummings , as Eddie O'Rourke , the two provide an absolute great chemistry between them in this wonderful film . My only surprise here i... |
421,223 | 2,542,703 | 377,752 | 9 | Dear Frankie - A Daddy for 2 Days Shines | This film is all about how pictures used to be and the way they should be . A woman , together with her mother and deaf-mute child , has been fleeing the abusive father of the child . The child , who is now 10 , believes that his father is on the ship Accra . When he writes his father , mother does the responding . Emi... |
421,452 | 2,542,703 | 67,314 | 9 | Kotch is Top Notch | What a wonderful movie . For a change , Walter Matthau plays a sympathetic rather than a cantankerous character . He is just wonderful here in his Oscar nominated performance . What makes the movie so good is that it doesn't really stress the attempt of his son and daughter-in-law to put him in a home and then show the... |
421,475 | 2,542,703 | 90,203 | 9 | A Trip to Remember | Finally , an Oscar win for 8 time nominee Geraldine Page . Page , who died at age 62 in 1987 , made a career out of playing older frustrated women . She fits the bill perfectly here in her crusty portrayal of an elderly woman , with a heart condition , who wants to return to her home for one last visit . She currently ... |
420,492 | 2,542,703 | 443,706 | 9 | Zodiac Offers Compelling Guessing Game | Absorbing , taut thriller about a serial killer in San Francisco and the resulting havoc that is caused . The film is a continuous guessing game of leads , innuendos , and much more as the state of California struggles with these bizarre killings which are spread over several years . The acting here is top notch with c... |
420,791 | 2,542,703 | 49,470 | 9 | Man Who Knew too Much Just too Good | Doris Day had already proved herself as a fine dramatic actress the year before this film in the great " Love Me or Leave Me . " This time she does it again along with James Stewart in Alfred Hitchcock's " The Man Who Knew Too Much . " In typical Hitchcock style , a vacationing couple in Morocco accidentally stumble on... |
421,215 | 2,542,703 | 473,404 | 9 | Another Day that Shall Live in Infamy | , a monumental event in our history , is given fair treatment in this well-made TV movie . Both the Clinton and Bush Administrations take it on the chin , for their lack of true understanding of the dangers posed by the likes of Osama Bin Laden and his gang of murderers . Condoleeza Rice and others come off as absolute... |
420,626 | 2,542,703 | 27,345 | 9 | Beloved Enemy-Woe to Wonderful Foe | Film loosely based on Irish revolutionary Michael Collins . They added romance to this 1936 picture , and even though it has been fictionalized , it's still a very good picture . The chemistry between revolutionary Brian Aherne and Merle Oberon , the daughter of a British diplomat is just fine here . They meet by chanc... |
421,620 | 2,542,703 | 473,376 | 9 | Our House is Our Wonderful Movie | Doris Roberts proves once again that she can do dramatic parts as well as being the mother in the comedy television show with Ray Romano . In this one , she is a very wealthy woman , whose life has come to a dead end . His suicide attempt is thwarted by a homeless woman . Soon , the Roberts character brings the homeles... |
421,499 | 2,542,703 | 48,673 | 9 | Summertime Seasonly Good | The adventures of an American spinster schoolteacher , in Italy on summer vacation , make for a wonderful Oscar nominated vehicle for Katharine Hepburn . Meeting handsome Rossano Brazzi brings delight to our heroine . Her dip in the pool and her purchasing of a goblet make for an enjoying film . Of course , along the w... |
420,845 | 2,542,703 | 38,104 | 9 | This Song is Worth Remembering-Song to Remember | Entertaining and beautifully arranged fictional account of the life of Friedrich Chopin . Jose Iturbi playing for Cornel Wilde did an outstanding job in the recitals . With Poland on the verge of revolution , a young Chopin dedicates his music to his beloved homeland only to forget himself by the female writer Georges ... |
420,540 | 2,542,703 | 473,389 | 9 | Ron Clark : This Teacher is in A Class of His Own | An excellent , extremely interesting film of a teacher in the New York City school system . While the movie is terrific and a joy to watch , it is unfortunately unrealistic . I give the movie for effort because this is the way that situations like this should turn out but they don't . The New York City school system is... |
420,356 | 2,542,703 | 51,640 | 9 | Don't Miss this Fraulein | A simply marvelous film made in 1958 dealing with post-war Germany . Actress Dana Wynter delivers a marvelous performance as Erica . What she has to endure here is absolutely memorable . Both Erica and her father shield an escaped American prisoner of war ( Mel Ferrer ) in their Cologne home towards the end of the war ... |
421,398 | 2,542,703 | 34,272 | 9 | Superb Acting Marks That Hamilton Woman | Vivien Leigh , two years after " Gone With the Wind , " is remarkable here again . She possesses those Scarlet like qualities here . The film uses history as a backdrop in exploring the relation between Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson , a tragic ill-fated romance if there ever were . Though very effective in the part , L... |
420,916 | 2,542,703 | 404,055 | 9 | Sinatra Shines with Ella and Antonio | Not only did Frank Sinatra have a great singing voice , the guy knew how to put over a song . His dancing , and other movements around the stage are just a joy to watch . Why he had to smoke while singing The Girl from Ipanema was beyond me . Poor Antonio Carlos Jobim had to be subjected to second hand smoke . Ella Fit... |
420,876 | 2,542,703 | 417,217 | 9 | You Bet . . . Gamble on " Two for the Money " | for viewing gambling as the root to all evil . Brandon knows how to pick sport winners so he is recruited by big-shot gambler Al Pacino to come to N . Y . and work for him . Brandon starts off as a Willie Stark , naive , smart and a regular guy . Pacino soon puts him through a metamorphosis of changing his name to John... |
421,053 | 2,542,703 | 44,903 | 9 | Million Dollar Mermaid A Honey | Wonderful film exhibiting the talents of Esther Williams portraying swimming Annette Kellerman at the turn of the 20th century . The water sequences were never lovelier and the story of Kellerman , who overcame adversity as a young child , was remarkable . Victor Mature is in fine form as her promoter and eventual love... |
421,173 | 2,542,703 | 48,724 | 9 | Tight Spot-Excellent Film Position to Be In | Ginger Rogers sheds her usual movie ways and portrays a girl surviving a sentence for hiding a criminal . She is offered her freedom if she will testify against someone who the government is trying to get . Problem is that her ex-boyfriend has already taken a fatal bullet on his way to testify . Edward G . Robinson is ... |
420,704 | 2,542,703 | 84,707 | 9 | An Impossible Choice 12 | Note to Mr . Styron : This was an impossible choice . The worst of all moral dilemmas . Meryl Streep was magnificent as Sophie . She seems to come a long way from the horrors of the concentration camp to Coney Island in Brooklyn . Well supported by Kevin Kline , Sophie eventually recounts the impossible situation she f... |
421,438 | 2,542,703 | 74,958 | 9 | Network Great View on Screen 12 | I'm mad and I'm not going to take it anymore , yells anchorman Howard Beale . Marvelously played by Peter Finch , Beale etched an unforgettable movie character . It was certainly a sad scene when Finch was posthumously awarded the best actor Oscar for his portrayal of a very frustrated anchorman . As a news honcho ho... |
420,636 | 2,542,703 | 49,474 | 9 | Man in the Gray Flannel Well Suited | Gregory Peck relives his war experiences as he tries to settle down to a normal existence as a civilian following World War 11 . Move over , Frederic March , ( " Best Years of Our Lives " and also in this film as well , ) Peck has other problems . It seems that he fathered an illegitimate child while in the service . T... |
421,631 | 2,542,703 | 58,150 | 9 | Goldfinger - A Golden James Bond Film | A very good film based on the Ian Fleming character . Wonderful to read that it has been brought out that Gert Frobe , who played Goldfinger , used his membership in the Nazi Party to help Jews escape from Germany . It is said that a Jewish family came forward to thank him . If this is true , he should be considered by... |
420,964 | 2,542,703 | 36,126 | 9 | Madame Curie Great Chemistry Between Stars Mingles With the Physics | Faithful rendition of the tale involving physicists Marie and Pierre Curie . Fresh out of their " Mrs . Miniver " roles , Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson again etched unforgettable characters . Pidgeon here is even better here then as Clem Miniver . In this film , he shows a frigidness , never depicted by him before in... |
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