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490,383 | 33,913 | 382,932 | 10 | Probably the Best Film if Not most Entertaining of 2007 ! | Ratatouile is one of those films than can entertain children as well as adults . It's smart , beautifully crafted in animation . The story of a Rat who aspires to be a great French chef like Gusteau , a fictional male Julia Child . He gets caught up watching Gusteau as he learns of his death from television where the r... |
490,418 | 33,913 | 413,845 | 10 | The Best Film of 2005 ! | I saw a few films this year but this documentary about the rise and fall of Enron is far more important than anything out there today including Brokeback Mountain . This film provides insight into an American tragedy . The thoughts and opinions and observations of reporters , businessmen , businesswomen , and everybody... |
490,105 | 33,913 | 640,541 | 10 | Ask Mama ! | When Aunt Fran gets a temporary job as an advice columnist , her ideas and research go out the window when her sister gives her better advice which the paper uses over the helpful information and analysis . While the real advice columnist is out having an operation , Aunt Fran is becoming a successful substitute and mi... |
489,916 | 33,913 | 640,543 | 10 | Welcome to Harper House ! | Mama Harper wants a new appliance and she would sleep in a ditch to get it so sleeping with her family can't be too bad . Raytown is having a convention fair and the town is filled to capacity . They suggest that Raytown residents open their homes and rent rooms . Well , Mama Harper decides to rent a room . She expects... |
490,618 | 33,913 | 640,542 | 10 | Classic Lost Episode ! | Who says you can't have fun when you're old . In this episode which features guest stars like Imogene Coca as Aunt Gert and Jack Gilford as a resident of a nursing home . Mama Harper visits Aunt Gert at the nursing home and is appalled by the treatment of the nurse played by Barbara Stuart who treats them like little c... |
490,061 | 33,913 | 120,737 | 10 | You want more after 3 hours | The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring would make the late author very proud . It is extremely well done with a great cast of actors . There are not enough female roles in this story and it is a great story . Who would have thought that Sean Astin grew up to be a hobbit from his days as a " goonie " and Tob... |
489,959 | 33,913 | 98,898 | 10 | Everything is brilliant and almost perfect ! | Watching Prime Suspect again makes me realize and appreciate every episode . Dame Helen Mirren is always worth watching whether Prime Suspect or anything else . Her role of Jane Tennison will go down in history as one of the best female roles ever written and acted by this wonderful dame . The writing is superior to an... |
490,678 | 33,913 | 101,070 | 10 | A Shocking Movie of Racism against Natives | The true story of a Native Canadian girl who was brutally murdered in November 1972 by four white Canadian teenagers . the four hour mini series is long enough to explain the town of The Pas ' racism and reactions to the crime . One murderer even confesses to the crime . The character of Lee Colgan can become sympathet... |
490,434 | 33,913 | 640,535 | 10 | We Need Season Two on DVD ! | Thelma Harper goes to pay her respect to her dearly departed Carl on his birthday . When she can't get anybody in the family to go with her , she goes alone . She learns that he is buried next to a strange woman . Furious , she goes home and is greeted by Ellen who has her phone off the hook to avoid the telephone call... |
490,465 | 33,913 | 250,838 | 10 | It answered so many questions about 1900 | I really can't recommend this documentary and experiment enough . It is really entertaining and brilliantly done to help us understand life in 1900 . I found the Bowlers as a challenging adventurous family who was willing to undertake this difficult project . Mrs . Bowler is a remarkable woman who was wonderful . Her t... |
489,951 | 33,913 | 151,804 | 10 | A great film ! | When I first saw , Office Space , I couldn't believe how somebody in Hollywood could create a comic masterpiece . I have worked in offices for years and I totally recommend this film to all office employees . I love Ron Livingston's character as the unhappy coworker ready to explode any minute . When he finally changes... |
490,260 | 33,913 | 56,592 | 10 | Please Don't Remake This Film ! | Harper Lee created a classic in her novel . This film adaptation is probably the best novel to film ever . It stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in his Oscar winning role . Mary Badham plays the unforgettable Scout . One of the main reasons that I purchased the film was to see Ruth White in her performance as miserabl... |
489,820 | 33,913 | 83,866 | 10 | Almost Perfect ! | Okay , maybe it should have won the Academy Award for Best Picture instead of Ghandhi . It had a great storyline of a young boy Elliot , played by Henry Thomas , who bonds with an alien named E . T . for Extra Terrestial . Of course , people like Peter Coyote is soon out to capture the alien from Elliott's home . His m... |
490,065 | 33,913 | 32,904 | 10 | One of the greats starring the great Kate , Cary , and Jimmie Stewart ! What more can you ask for in a film ? | To tell you the truth , they don't make films like The Philadelphia Story anymore . Maybe it's because the talent , class and grace of the great Katharine Hepburn , Cary Grant , and Jimmie Stewart don't exist anymore in the film industry . This film brought back Kate Hepburn , America's most honored actress of all time... |
490,421 | 33,913 | 120,663 | 10 | More Questions than Answers but we miss Kubrick ! | I was a bit disappointed because I felt that I still need to know more about the party . I wanted to shake Sydney Pollack's character and asked him more questions . Why was he there ? How do you join ? Is it a secret club ? What was the purpose of the red caped man ? All I could think of was that the red caped man was ... |
490,175 | 33,913 | 373,175 | 10 | A Brilliant Heartwarming and Heartbreaking Documentary ! | I never heard of architect , Louis Kahn , until this documentary . In this almost two hour documentary which goes very quickly , his son , Nathaniel Kahn , explores his father's life from Estonia to the slums of North Philadelphia to the University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia where he studied and taught . He t... |
490,131 | 33,913 | 375,063 | 10 | Brilliant American Story of Two Men Making A Journey Together ! | The casting is first rate although at the time , the actors Paul Giamati and Thomas Haden Church and the actresses Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen were barely members of the A-list . This film is quite a feast of fun and at times quite sad . Miles played beautifully by Giamati is a school teacher who aspires to be a publ... |
489,950 | 33,913 | 120,689 | 10 | Your view of Death Penalty will change from watching this movie ! | Despite the difficult subject of death row , Stephen King's Green Mile is a story about death row inmates and the men who guard and will execute them in the end . The cast is excellent with Tom Hanks always turning in an Academy Award winning performance as the head guard . I never imagined the Bosom buddy could be bru... |
490,472 | 33,913 | 98,945 | 10 | Don't Wait Much Longer ! | One of the funniest shows to come out of England in the nineties , it has a terrific cast of veteran television and stage players . It's funny and timeless comedy with a bit of slapstick humor and a polished verbal English wit . The wonderful relationship between atheist feminist single Diana and the widowed Tom Ballar... |
489,990 | 33,913 | 61,180 | 10 | Are you there ? | The Whisperers is a quiet British film set in Manchester , England which is northern and quite separate from the southern part of the country . In this film , Dame Edith Evans plays Margaret or Maggie Ross , a lonely elderly woman , who has a son , Charlie , and an estranged husband , Archie . The film opens as she spe... |
490,826 | 33,913 | 103,360 | 10 | 13 Episodes Weren't Enough ! | The Ben Stiller Show proved that good comedy exists out there . Unfortunately , Fox never gave the show a chance and it was cancelled after only airing twelve episodes . In fact , the show earned an Emmy award in the following year . The show is brilliant satire of television and modern culture of the early 1990s . I l... |
490,484 | 33,913 | 108,550 | 10 | A Heartbreaking film ! | I have to say that this film really broke Leonardo DiCaprio's career . He earned his first Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role as retarded Arnie . Somebody who was never expected to survive . His brother is played by JOhnny Depp and their mother was casted by Darlene Cates who gives a superb ... |
490,527 | 33,913 | 74,119 | 10 | Damn the Consequences ! | I can't imagine the thought of remaking this film . To begin with , the cast is amazing . You have Dustin Hoffman , Robert Redford , Martin Balsam , Jason Robards , Jack Warden , Penny Fuller , Jane Alexander , Polly Holliday , Hal Holbrook , Valerie Perrine , Allyn Ann McLerie , Meredith Baxter Birney , Stephen Collin... |
490,376 | 33,913 | 56,767 | 10 | Those idiots at the network ! | The reason that Judy Garland Show was canceled was because she attracted the wrong audience , a mostly gay crowd . But who cares , Judy Garland was one of the legends of Hollywood who can sing like nobody else can or did . The show had Judy as the star but it also had guest performers who were the A-list celebrities of... |
490,605 | 33,913 | 74,152 | 10 | C'est Magnifique ! | This film is one of the best French films that I have ever seen recently . It is no wonder that French filmmakers like Francois Tuffaut are brilliant and terrific storytellers . Despite being released in 1976 , it still has the ability to remain fresh and wonderful today like a brand new film . The story is wonderfully... |
490,437 | 33,913 | 256,153 | 10 | Just Unbelievable ! | Liza Minnelli has it in her genes from her beloved mother , Judy Garland , and Vincente Minnelli . Although she states that her sister Lorna Luft is the singer in the family , LIza is the entertainer of our generation . She can sing , dance , act , and do it all . Thirty years later , her career is revived after anothe... |
490,787 | 33,913 | 160,219 | 10 | It was one of the first and best of E ! True Hollywood Stories ! | Dominique Dunne had everything going for her . She was on the brink of acting stardom and came from a prominent Dunne family . Unfortunately , she had an abusive relationship with her boyfriend which resulted in her tragic murder . The story here is well-told in two hours on E ! . This and the Rebecca Shaeffer murder w... |
490,118 | 33,913 | 80,832 | 10 | Chilling , Terrifying but True ! | I will never forget this film or the events that lead up to Jonestown in Guyana . It just seems so tragic but needs to be told . Powers Boothe give a commanding performance as the leader Rev . Jim Jones from obscurity until total madness . It would have won him an Academy Award easily if it was released in the movie th... |
489,767 | 33,913 | 74,330 | 10 | Jack Cassidy , we still miss you ! | All I knew about Jack Cassidy was his sons who were in the Hardy boys . He died before I got to know him . I think this is my favorite Columbo episode with him as a magician with a secret , he was a Nazi in Germany during World War II . Cynthia Sikes plays his lovely daughter who is clueless about her father's identity... |
490,803 | 33,913 | 74,331 | 10 | An Excellent Columbo ! | The Lyttons are not a normal Southern California family . They are of the old money and had a place in society . Peter Falk's Columbo could not be more out of place than with eccentric bunch . Joyce Van Patten is a brilliant , under-rated actress who deserves awards and nominations for always leaving her mark in any ro... |
489,764 | 33,913 | 74,329 | 10 | I just loved this episode ! | This is one of my favorite episodes . I love watching Diane Baker and Robert Vaughn . Wilfrid Hyde-White is also in it . Both Vaughn and Hyde-White are Columbo veterans by now , I love the unusual love story in this film an I won't spoil it for the viewers . I love Columbo and have seen almost all of them about a hundr... |
489,779 | 33,913 | 69,902 | 10 | Simply Columbo | This Columbo episode is one of the best episodes of this popular long running series . It is based on a California Senate campaign . I loved to watch this one to see Katey Sagal as the candidate's secretary , years before her Married with Children fame . I enjoy watching Joanna Linville's performance as the drunken can... |
489,930 | 33,913 | 69,901 | 10 | One of My Personal Favorite Episodes ! | I love Peter Falk as Columbo . Here he investigates the disappearance of a very active groom to be . Well , Joyce Jillson plays his fiancé . He learns that the groom was considering selling the family business over the objection of his older half brother played beautifully by the wonderful Donald Pleasance ( who should... |
490,042 | 33,913 | 104,597 | 10 | You get goosebumps ! | I remember my first film with Katharine Hepburn . I saw her in Ernest Thompson's " The Golden Pond " which won her fourth Academy Award with Henry Fonda and his daughter Jane Fonda . I believed for a long time that she was Henry's wife and Jane's mother in real life . That was how good she was . I didn't know much abou... |
490,704 | 33,913 | 78,714 | 10 | It was the Saturday Night Live for Children | I am not going to deny This show's place in children's television history . It may have been slapstick , silly humor but it still brings back so many happy memories . I watched this show as a child religiously . Back when Nickelodeon was for children . I just wanted to be part of their cast too . I loved their opposite... |
490,597 | 33,913 | 215,164 | 10 | I have rediscovered the brilliance of Chekhov | After having studied Chekhov in college classes , I never considered his work to be in the same league as Tennessee Williams or Eugene O'Neill . yes , he was a brilliant Russian playwright who wrote The Seagull . In this filmed play version , the material is fresh with great actors like Blythe Danner who could have bee... |
490,490 | 33,913 | 248,152 | 10 | An excellent performance by Ruth White ! | I bought this tape because Ruth White was a Perth Amboy gal who died before my own birth . Ruth plays the role of Helen exquisitely . Ruth White died before her time in my opinion . Had she had lived longer ? She would have done so much more on stage , film , and television . Ruth is the heart and soul of this theatric... |
490,396 | 33,913 | 825,900 | 10 | They should have kept Aunt Effie as a Regular ! | My only complaint is that they should have hired Dorothy Van to be a regular cast member but she was also a writer on the show with her husband , Jim Evering . In this episode , Aunt Effie suffered from a fall in which she's just dazed and out of it . Mama Harper takes matters into her own hands when she finds Aunt Eff... |
489,873 | 33,913 | 272,397 | 10 | They left an impression on me that I can't get rid of ! | I love Kath and Kim . I only saw a few episodes of this show on a British Airways flight in 2003 and I hope and pray that it will come out on DVD or be shown in the New York City area . I think Britcom fans would get a kick out of this show . I know I did . I think the writing and acting both out of this world or just ... |
490,224 | 33,913 | 64,665 | 10 | The Movie that Broke All the Rules in the Industry ! | Midnight Cowboy is not for everybody . It's raw , painful , and realistic but very entertaining . The lead actors Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman who would go on to become Oscar winning actors deliver amazing performances . Voight as the Texas hustler , Joe Buck , who migrates from small town Texas to New York City to be... |
490,265 | 33,913 | 89,560 | 10 | Cher's best performance to date ! | It's sad , depressing , and inspiring to watch this movie about a disfigured teenager and his wild mother played by Cher . It is the teenager who acts more like a parent to her . He is smart , brilliant , kind , generous , and has no many qualities lost by the tragedy . Cher's is untouchable and deserved to be nominate... |
490,186 | 33,913 | 104,454 | 10 | Excellent Merchant Ivory Production ! | James Ivory and his longtime partner Ismail Merchant produced some of Britain's classic first-rate films . In this adaptation of E . M . Forster's novel of the same name , it has a first rate cast which introduced Emma Thompson in her Academy Award winning performance as well as Oscar winner and nominee Vanessa Redgrav... |
490,380 | 33,913 | 32,138 | 10 | Off to see the Wizard and Dorothy and Toto too ! | The Wizard of Oz has survived , thrived , and often influenced great works like Broadway's Wicked musical based on the evil witch who died . The story from L . Frank Baum's novel of the same name is adapted again but starring the wonderful Judy Garland as Dorothy , a role that never really escaped her identity . Margar... |
489,828 | 33,913 | 427,944 | 10 | Smartest Film of 2006 so Far ! | I wanted to see this film for a long time and on a flight to London , I finally got to see it and it was worth the wait . This movie is funny , smart , and entertaining . Let's face it , we all know smoking is bad for you just as too much alcohol or anything else . I have never smoked but I know a lot of smokers . They... |
490,771 | 33,913 | 85,136 | 10 | When network films were excellent ! SOmetimes better than cinema ! | THe movie of Adam based on the tragic tale of Adam Walsh is heartbreaking . It chronicles the tragedy of a young boy's life who was snuffed out from under us . His death was not in vain because his parents became advocates for missing children in real life . The movie ends with photos of missing children . The tragedy ... |
489,853 | 33,913 | 98,790 | 10 | A Great Show ! | There are few shows that have such a talented cast . Beginning with Burt Reynolds , Charles Durning , Ossie Davis , Hal Holbrook , Marilu Henner , Michael Jeter , Elizabeth Ashley , etc . The show was aimed for success . It lasted for at least one hundred episodes . Maybe Burt's high profile divorce from Loni Anderson ... |
490,683 | 33,913 | 173,528 | 10 | Terrific Show for Kids and Adults | Bill Nye is an established scientist and comedian from Almost Live with fellow announcer Pat Cashman . His show is very enjoyable , informative , and entertaining . I wish it was around when I was a kid . I learn more from him than any science teacher in my life . He has one topic on his show and he sells it easily lik... |
490,071 | 33,913 | 454,753 | 10 | It's addictive ! | I have to say that after watching it last night . I became addicted to this groundbreaking show . Andre Braugher best known for his role as Frank Pemberton on the NBC show , Homicide : Life on the Streets , which I still consider one of the best cop shows ever made has breathed life into this character , Nick , who by ... |
490,646 | 33,913 | 83,395 | 10 | Not Nice ! But Excellent ! | Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly redefined female relationships . No , they were never lovers and the thought had never occurred back in the 1980s . They were partners , allies , friends , and comrades in a man's profession . They were unlikely heroines . Mary Beth was married to Harvey with two sons and a daughter . Christi... |
489,772 | 33,913 | 274,468 | 10 | A movie that inspires you to be the best with what you got ! | William Macy and Helen Mirren deserve Emmys for their performances as mother and son . Helen is almost unrecognizable as his ailing mentally unstable mother . William is perfect as the lovable Bill Porter . If anybody had doubts about the casting choice of Helen Mirren as Mrs . Porter are going to be shocked . William ... |
489,780 | 33,913 | 83,399 | 10 | Cheers for Cheers ! | Cheers was a comedy which lasted eleven seasons miraculously . The comedic rivalry and interaction between Sam and Diane has survived and thrived even today . Even after Diane's swan song due to personal problems in her life ( she still is married to the same man for twenty years and they have a daughter together ) , t... |
490,801 | 33,913 | 100,486 | 10 | Still a classic film ! | First , Jeremy Irons ( when will he get Knighted by the Queen for his services ? ) is brilliant as Claus Von Bulow , a chilly , complicated , man to begin with and even likable portrayed by Irons . Von Bulow is suspected of putting his wife , Sunny , into a coma at their Newport cottage which is an enormous estate in R... |
489,981 | 33,913 | 43,229 | 10 | Save Our Soaps ! | Back in the 1980s , soaps ruled daytime . It's not replaced with talk and service shows now . There are only 9 shows . Only four are produced in New York City and the 5 are produced in Los Angeles . There was a time when it was 14 and New York City ruled daytime television . Those days are long gone because of producti... |
489,868 | 33,913 | 460,091 | 10 | Gotta love Earl and Jason Lee | I like Jason Lee as an actor ever since I saw him in Dogma . In this quirky television show , he plays lovable Earl Hickey who wants to redeem himself and bring karma to his life . He creates a list of over 200 people , deeds , and mistakes that he made . Last night on NBC , they aired 4 episodes and I was in love with... |
489,975 | 33,913 | 102,719 | 10 | Still lots of fun ! | I am giving this film a perfect score because I think it's still worth watching again and again . I love John Ritter and Jack Warden as father and son . You can't forget Junior . Amy Yasbeck who first played his wife in the first film now plays a lovely school nurse who has a problem child of her own . I love Gilbert G... |
490,613 | 33,913 | 98,352 | 10 | One of Farrah's best performances | I watched Small Sacrifices again just recently after many years . Farrah Fawcett should have got an Emmy for that portrayal of Diane Downs . Her performance in this mini-series is incredible and the fact that the mini-series follows the book closely . Ann Rule's book of this horrible crime leaves you wanting more . So ... |
489,983 | 33,913 | 69,658 | 10 | The Most Classic of All Soaps ! | As a lifetime soap opera fan , I have watched a lot of soaps and most can't compare to the best soap on television . Screw the Emmys for not naming it the Best Daytime Drama of the year . Since it's debut in 1973 , The Young and the Restless revolutionized daytime by the master , William J . Bell and his wife Lee Phill... |
489,821 | 33,913 | 87,244 | 10 | A Great Mini-Series ! | Joe McGuinness wrote about the McDonald case . First , I am skeptical about the doctor's role that night . Why did his beautiful pregnant wife and his beautiful two daughters get brutally murdered is still much a mystery to me much the Sam Sheppard case . Anyway the role of the doctor is played well by Gary Cole . The ... |
490,609 | 33,913 | 83,455 | 10 | We need more shows like this now ! | Newhart was indeed a funny and brilliant show without being crude or vulgar . It was fun watching the late wonderful Mary Frann and the amazing genius of Bob Newhart as innkeepers in Vermont . Newhart had a wonderful supporting cast of interesting characters played by Tom Poston , Julia Duffy , and Peter Scolari , and ... |
490,062 | 33,913 | 314,994 | 10 | It's the best show on television | Paul Winfield can make any small town or city fascinating . He could sell ice to Eskimos or anything else . The language and description of towns like Skidmore , Missouri , Fairbanks , Alaska , Seattle , Boston , Hunt Country , Virginia , Philadelphia , St . Augustine , Florida , and Salem , Massachusetts can entice pe... |
490,232 | 33,913 | 6,864 | 10 | Unforgettable ! | D . W . Griffith whether you like him or not is one of the pioneer film directors of all time . Watching Intolerance , you can witness his genius . The filming is extraordinary . The visuals are phenomenal . THe acting is equally impressive since the voice couldn't be heard . It was not until 10 years later that we hea... |
489,832 | 33,913 | 120,255 | 10 | Oh how sweet it isn't ! The Best Film of 1997 ! | The Sweet Hereafter is my choice for the best film of 1997 . I consider it a five star film . Acting , writing , and directing are all Oscar winning caliber . 1997 was a terrific year for film compared to 1998 dismal films . If there is any justice , one day this film will inherit its triumph over the shallow Titanic .... |
490,164 | 33,913 | 402,711 | 10 | A long overdue review of one of the best new shows of the season | David Kelley had a brilliant idea in allowing James Spader's Allan Shore in his own show , Boston Legal . With cast mates like the great William Shatner and Candice Bergen , you can't go wrong . It is entertaining , fresh , and fun to watch than The Practice . The spin off is actually better than the original series . ... |
490,755 | 33,913 | 268,978 | 10 | A Princeton State of Mind ! | The cost of brilliance might be madness . You don't need to look further than the brilliant math genius John Nash played here by Oscar Winner Russell Crowe . He should have won another Academy Award for Best Actor in this role . It's not easy at Princeton University . They probably didn't flinch an eyeball in their ivy... |
490,606 | 33,913 | 319,343 | 10 | Great Family movie for people of all religions ! | Will Ferrell is a comic genius . Only somebody with his talent could develop naive Buddy the human elf into a great family film . The film is done with a lot of heart and sometimes is even corny but it is a great family film . There is rarely expletives or violence in the film . Will steals this film easily from stars ... |
489,867 | 33,913 | 386,676 | 10 | The Show you should be watching ! | The Office regardless of the British version is probably one of the best comedies out there . Steve Carrell is a comic genius and I remember him from his days at the Daily Show on Comedy Central . The other cast members are really unknown . They look like office workers that you and I work beside five days a week . His... |
490,661 | 33,913 | 330,069 | 10 | Hollywood , Please Pay Attention ! | The Blue Collar Comedy Tour came out of nowhere and has blown the comedy world wide open . Between New York City and Los Angeles , there lies America . Maybe the real America , I was born and raised in New Jersey where I still live . It was there that I grew up watching Hee Haw and Mama's Family with great affection . ... |
490,645 | 33,913 | 280,375 | 10 | The Best Morning Show on Television ! | First , I am a fan of Don Imus . Second , I don't care what your opinion of him is nowadays because of all the Rutgers Controversy . I am a Rutgers Alum and not ashamed to say it here . Yes , Don said something stupid and he has apologized . I think when the air settles down around them . His rating will go up on radio... |
490,033 | 33,913 | 1,164,621 | 10 | Left Wanting More ! | An attractive woman walks down the street alone . She is being followed by an attractive man . Of course as a woman , I sympathize with her about being followed whether innocent or not of anything . There is not much language between the characters but the tension is built and sent on screen . It's quite a chilling exp... |
489,833 | 33,913 | 33,467 | 10 | Spectacular ! | When I first saw Citizen Kane , I did not know what the hype was all about . Since I heard about it on Happy Days , I wanted to see it . After the first few times , it was nothing spectacular . But there is something perfect about this film . I also fell to sympathize Citizen Kane in my last viewing . It is also a pure... |
490,513 | 33,913 | 24,310 | 10 | An early French classic ! | Marie Epstein was an amazing person . Her collaboration on this film with Jean Benoit Levy is important to understand her contributions to French cinema . Their classic film , " La Maternelle , " is one of the earliest French films to use speech . But what makes this film special is that it reminds me of what films can... |
490,090 | 33,913 | 159,847 | 10 | They don't make enough them to satisfy me ! | Let's face it , we are all trying to make money in these tough times or invest it in antiques . In this series , the appraisers travel around the country to appraise various items . There are always interesting items that pop up at the road shows . There are thousands of willing guests praying that they hold a treasure... |
490,653 | 33,913 | 395,169 | 10 | The Timing of the Actual Genocide could not be anymore poignant ! | In 1994 , Steven Spielberg and the film , Schindler's List , won countless awards and honors for it's subject on the Holocaust and how one German businessman , Oskar Schindler , caught in the struggle helped save over a thousand lives . Like Paul in Hotel Rwanda , Oskar was a businessman who was seeking opportunity in ... |
490,342 | 33,913 | 107,207 | 10 | Great Cast and writing makes for a wonderful true film about injustice ! | It is no surprise that Peter Postlewaite O . B . E . was rated as one of Steven Spielberg's favorite actors . He gives an understated and well deserved academy award nomination for his performance as the father of Daniel Day-Lewis's character . You learn to easily accept them as father and son in this film . They work ... |
490,163 | 33,913 | 100,419 | 10 | I just love this movie ! | Problem Child may get hammered by critics for being too infantile but I can watch it over and over without getting tired . I can't say that about most Oscar winning movies . Problem Child introduced the excellent John Ritter to Amy Yasbeck . This movie brought them together in real life . I love John Ritter and now tha... |
490,134 | 33,913 | 388,789 | 10 | A Brilliant , Perfect Documentary of Forgotten Children ! | This documentary is about the children of the Calcutta Red Light district whose mothers and fathers are sex workers . The mothers are prostitutes and the fathers are usually pimps . The women are in a line where they are chosen from their clients to perform sex acts . The director is a New York City based photographer ... |
490,343 | 33,913 | 375,679 | 10 | Breathtaking , horrifying , and yet probably the best film of the year ! | In Hollywood , they should just look outside their walls and gates for a good story . They don't have to travel very far . The story of Crash is complicated to describe but it is an ensemble piece with an excellent cast like Matt Dillon who plays the racist cop with sick father at home fighting with an African American... |
490,703 | 33,913 | 120,094 | 10 | I didn't expect to like it so much ! | Selena was the Spanish answer to Celine Dion . Unlike Celine , she was not a native Spanish speaker . The film is actually touching at times . There is a feeling of great sadness to what might have become of Selena . This film is a great tribute to somebody who died too young . Her father played by Edward James Olmos i... |
490,469 | 33,913 | 115,756 | 10 | A Brilliant Movie | Brilliant Lies is truly a brilliant movie . There is terrific acting among the Carides sisters , Zoe & Gia . Anthony LaPaglia is surprisingly like any other Australian actor around . Just imagine that he and Gia are married to each other . But I was very surprised by Zoe's performance as the lesbian feminist sister . I... |
489,722 | 33,913 | 96,626 | 10 | Canada's Saturday Night Live ! | I have been a Saturday Night Live fan since I first saw it as a child . So it doesn't surprise me that it's originator Lorne Michaels who is also a proud Canadian has contributed by producing a homespun all male revue featuring the hilarious , obviously homosexual Scott Thompson in the cast . Dave Foley is better here ... |
490,786 | 33,913 | 84,516 | 10 | A Hollywood Classic Thriller Just in Time for Halloween ! | Poltergeist became famous because it had a stellar star cast featuring Craig T . Nelson and Jobeth Williams as parents in a California suburban home in a new development . Their children are played by Dominique Dunne and Heather O'Rourke who both sadly died before their time . Anyway the cast also features Oscar Winner... |
489,765 | 33,913 | 421,470 | 10 | We just love Tony's spirit ! | Is it true that his show is getting canceled ? I hope not . I think it's kind of sad if you think about it . When is cancellation ever a good idea especially about a guy like Tony who appeals to an audience from all walks of life . Tony comes across as a nice guy and a pleasure to be around . I never heard anything bad... |
490,286 | 33,913 | 183,659 | 10 | Only Artists Would Understand Pollock | Only artists like myself would understand Pollock's inner turmoil and insecurities . He was a brilliant artist but a tortured soul and an alcoholic . His relationship with Lee Krasner was one of the rare relationships in true life . She understood him and his art . Too bad , they did not have any children . I think it ... |
490,201 | 33,913 | 123,338 | 10 | Still on Top after Almost 40 years ! | 60 Minutes does something that the other shows like Primetime Live and Dateline try to capture . 60 Minutes is the top show if you're a serious journalist . If you're not , go elsewhere . On this show , ratings are always high and it was higher during the years before it led to Murder , She Wrote on Sunday nights . 60 ... |
490,657 | 33,913 | 113,828 | 10 | A Masterpiece ! | Jean Paul Belmondo plays a dual role that should have garnered him awards for his performance as both Valjean and as Henri Fortin who takes in a Jewish girl during World War II . Her parents have been taken by the German Nazis . The girl reads to Henri from Victor Hugo's classic novel , Les Miserables , since I believe... |
490,072 | 33,913 | 51,459 | 10 | Packs a punch ! | I am big fan of Tennessee Williams ' A Streetcar Named Desire . Finally , I watched a video film of this yesterday and it still packs a punch . Imagine all the events take place in one day . Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Dame Judith Anderson playing southern wives and belles but they're not weak just desperate . Madeleine ... |
490,031 | 33,913 | 133,302 | 10 | Legendary Documentary ! | PBS's Frontline has been a source of both information and enlightenment . It's one of the shows that is sorely not advertised enough because it's on public television . They show an unbiased , objective point of view regarding any issue , situation , or circumstances . One of the episodes is about climbing Mount Everes... |
490,656 | 33,913 | 115,638 | 10 | Must be seen to appreciated ! | I remember when I first heard and saw this film . It was June 1996 and I was flying Air France to spend seven weeks in the Loire Valley of France and a week in Paris which was a lifelong dream . I still yearn to go back there . On the flight back then we did not have personal screens like we do now , we had one screen ... |
490,323 | 33,913 | 88,847 | 10 | One of the greatest films of the 1980s | I work with teenagers . I remember when I saw the Breakfast Club . It was on television , cable or regular , maybe both . I grew up in the 1980s and I can relate to this group of teens . This film was serious and funny , dark and light comedy all at the same time . John Hughes is one of my favorite directors of all tim... |
490,379 | 33,913 | 58,331 | 10 | Why can't all nannies be like Mary Poppins ? | Dame Julie Andrews won an Academy Award for her performance in this film as Mary Poppins , the nanny ever child and adults loves . In this film , the supporting cast includes the wonderfully talented and big television star , Dick Van Dyke ( he deserves to get America's honors such as the Kennedy Center Honors for exam... |
489,745 | 33,913 | 81,283 | 10 | Simply an Extraordinary Film | First , Ordinary People should have made AFI top 100 hundreds films of the last century . This film has excellent performances by Timothy Hutton , Mary Tyler Moore , Donald Sutherland , Judd Hirsch , Elizabeth McGovern and Dinah Manoff . The story could have been another movie of the week but it stands out from the res... |
490,258 | 33,913 | 443,781 | 10 | An Excellent Summary of the DaVinci Code ! | Host Patrick Macnee ( who should be knighted by now but that's another forum ) provides a clear , concise history of Leonardo Da Vinci , the famous artist created the Last Supper and Mona Lisa . In this documentary which was probably inspired by the craze regarding Dan Brown's book about the Da Vinci Code , the documen... |
490,528 | 33,913 | 81,398 | 10 | A Classic Film by even today's standards ! | Martin Scorsese , Joe Pesci , and Robert DeNiro : When these guys get together , you know something big is going to happen and this film is a perfect example of great quality . Raging Bull is Jake LaMotta's rise and fall as an athlete to a nightclub performer . I think this is the film that Joe Pesci shows that even li... |
490,073 | 33,913 | 117,631 | 10 | Shine ! Shine ! | It's hard to be an artist , both talented and in turmoil by inner demons like David Helfgott . Geoffrey Rush deserved his Oscar for this role . He truly brings the character alive and well to the audiences . Lynn Redgrave deserved a supporting actress nomination for her performance as the woman who would turn out to be... |
490,542 | 33,913 | 77,000 | 10 | There will be only one Dallas ! | I can't believe that Dallas is being made into a film starring John Travolta as J . R . Ewing . There will only be one J . R . Ewing and that's Larry Hagman . I don't care if he is too ill to play him but I can't imagine another J . R . Ewing . I remember watching Dallas on Friday nights after another southern show , D... |
489,946 | 33,913 | 53,494 | 10 | I wished I'd live on Coronation Street | In America , we get the depressing and unattractive grim EastEnders rather than the funny and tragic Coronation Street . I was watching the first five episodes of Coronation Street on DVD yesterday . It was worth it . I love watching the original episodes and I followed it by the documentary of its 40 year celebration ... |
490,160 | 33,913 | 48,845 | 10 | Save As The World Turns ! An American Triumph ! Just Watch It ! | As the World Turns is a piece of Americana culture . Cast members like Helen Wagner , Bob Hastings , Eileen Fulton , Kathryn Hays , Colleen Zenk Pinter , Marie Masters , Elizabeth Hubbard , Larry Bryggman etc . have really helped make my days sometimes . The show was created Irna Phillips , the creator of daytime telev... |
490,039 | 33,913 | 144,168 | 10 | Not All the President's Men ! It's funnier ! | I bet Richard Nixon would love this film anyway . It's not so much about Watergate than it is about two girls played perfectly by Kirsten Dunst and unrecognizable Michelle Williams , who stumble upon the Watergate burglary . I love the set up and it's clear that they filmed this movie in Washington D . C . Of course , ... |
489,979 | 33,913 | 87,010 | 10 | Farrah should have got an Emmy ! | Farrah Fawcett might be a troubled person personally but don't take that into her acting ability . She is simply one of the most under-rated actresses in America today . She gets older , better , and more beautiful . This film proved that she can act beyond Charlie's Angels . In fact , she plays the lead character , a ... |
490,036 | 33,913 | 458,254 | 10 | Not Everybody's Cup of Tea but I love it ! | Now I have something to watch from 8-9 on Comedy Central . This show and it's brother show , the Daily Show , proves to be the funniest hour on television . We love Stephen Colbert as Comedy Central's answer to Bill O'Reilly . He's not to be taken seriously but he is always funny but it's not a slapstick , vulgar kind ... |
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