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382,762 | 449,021 | 210,070 | 7 | Once bitten . . . not a damn bit shy . | A gory coming-of-age flick with a stark turn of life caused by thoughts of suicide , ovulation and uh . . . werewolves . Ginger Fitzgerald ( Katherine Isabelle ) and her doormat younger sister Brigitte ( Emily Perkins ) share a fixation on suicide and sustain the thought by posing for their own ' phony ' suicide photos... |
384,275 | 449,021 | 240,683 | 7 | Interesting and touching . Story of courage and devotion . | This is the story of Linda Eastman McCartney . Her early life as a music magazine photographer . Her meeting and 30-year marriage to Beatle Paul McCartney . Her becoming a member of her husband's band , Wings ; her publishing cookbooks as well as books of her photos . Linda's rich and famous , but simple life ends with... |
383,824 | 449,021 | 34,828 | 7 | To escape a life of pity ; a sisterly push . | This movie is highly under rated . At the time of production , director Vincent Sherman agreed with his star , Ida Lupino ; will this project hold up ? The answer is . . . yes . The finale could be reworked a bit , but this film is appreciated more now with age . Joan Leslie plays a young woman that has suffered a dism... |
382,958 | 449,021 | 202,470 | 7 | Live the fantasy that others only dream about . | This movie is a lot better than you imagine . Chris Cole is the lead singer of a tribute band that is swept off his feet when he is asked to join the real group and then drowns in the world of sex , drugs and heavy metal . Mark Wahlberg plays the part of Cole and eases into the role excellently probably due to his own ... |
382,654 | 449,021 | 390,521 | 7 | Do you want fries with that ? | Morgan Spurlock directs , writes and stars in this documentary feature that takes a stark look at obesity and the evils of fast foods . Spurlock pledges to eat three meals a day at McDonald's for one month . His plan is to eat every item on the menu at least once . . . and SUPER SIZE every time it is offered by the McD... |
383,582 | 449,021 | 26,393 | 7 | Hey , you ain't just a copper . . . you're a " G " man ! | If you like watching the old cops and robbers battle in old black and white . . . you'll like " G " Men . Plus James Cagney helps put realism in this drama concerning the infancy of the F . B . I . A young man raised and educated by a gangland kingpin switches to the side of the law and becomes entangled with the gover... |
383,648 | 449,021 | 424,600 | 7 | A high octane mini-series . | Robert Wise directed the original ANDROMEDA STRAIN starring Arthur Hill and David Wayne in 1971 . Being slightly outdated , A & E has Mikael Salomon direct this new tense mini-series based on the popular novel by Michael Crighton . A downed satellite carrying a mysterious and highly-deadly infection crashes near Piedmo... |
381,986 | 449,021 | 396,555 | 7 | Very good animation fun from Disney . | Fun filled comedy featuring a time-traveling machine . A brilliant young inventor named Lewis meets a boy from the future named Wilbur Robinson . The two travel forward in time while Lewis learns more about the remarkable Robinson family . The clever Lewis has a number of fantastic inventions ; and the most ambitious i... |
382,983 | 449,021 | 268,380 | 7 | Friends come in different shapes and sizes . | A wonderful animated movie that deserves all the praise it garners . A simple story that comes across big and triumphant . Prehistoric animals rescue a human baby . Lending their voices to this beautiful project are : Ray Romano , Denis Leary , John Leguizamo , Diedrich Bader , Jack Black and Jan Krakowski . Don't miss... |
384,498 | 449,021 | 39,190 | 7 | A very good holiday film with great cast . | Its a joy to watch a movie like this right when you need a break . Bishop Henry Brougham ( David Niven ) is feeling the pressure of building a new cathedral . He prays for guidance and an angel named Dudley ( Cary Grant ) comes to earth to help him , his wife Julia ( Loretta Young ) and his parishioners . Dudley's good... |
382,174 | 449,021 | 43,590 | 7 | Personable and straight forward WWII drama . | Director / writer Robert Pirosh brings a provocative and enlightening war story to the screen . Based on true events , this action drama filters in light comedy and is very interesting from beginning to end . The story line has a unique twist to it . Van Johnson plays the commander of a special unit made up of American... |
383,432 | 449,021 | 30,287 | 7 | How many times can she do her man wrong ? | William Wyler directs this first rate costume drama and Ms . Bette Davis picks up her second Academy Award playing an Antebellum Dixie vixen that goes a little too far to make her fiance ( Henry Fonda ) jealous . Fonda returns to New Orleans from New York with a lovely wife ( Margret Lindsay ) only to put Davis in a je... |
384,317 | 449,021 | 47,878 | 7 | First is first and second is nothing . | A very good gangster flick and evocative film-noir directed by Joseph H . Lewis . A zealous cop ( Cornel Wilde ) seeks the aid of a gangster's ( Richard Conte ) ex-girlfriend ( Jean Wallace ) in bringing down a crime syndicate . Conte's character is relentless as he rules his corrupt world with murder , gunplay and tor... |
382,201 | 449,021 | 43,565 | 7 | Underwater bravery . | Lloyd Bacon directs this World War II drama with Richard Widmark in the lead role as Lt . Commander John Lawrence , who must earn the respect of a group of underwater demolition divers . The strict hard nosed Lawrence is replacing a popular senior officer that was very close to his men . He does manage to tighten up th... |
384,222 | 449,021 | 361,127 | 7 | Life has its boundaries . | Stark and compelling . The subject is found to be dark and disgusting . Walter ( Kevin Bacon ) is a convicted pedophile who tries to start his life anew and re-enter society after serving 12 years in prison . The quiet and somber Walter does his best to stay anonymous as he finds work and an apartment . One drawback is... |
382,510 | 449,021 | 478,134 | 7 | Suspenseful murder mystery . | Director Paul Haggis also writes the screenplay of a tightly woven cover-up . Mike Deerfield ( Jonathan Tucker ) returns home after his stint in Iraq and immediately turns up missing . Mike was a pretty gung-ho soldier and his disappearance doesn't sit easy with his father Hank ( Tommy Lee Jones ) , a by-the-book ex-Ar... |
382,550 | 449,021 | 351,977 | 7 | The old town is not the same anymore . | Dedicated to the memory of Sheriff Buford Pusser , but this is a far cry from the original WALKING TALL ( 1973 ) starring Joe Don Baker . Retired U . S . Special Forces Sgt . Chris Vaughn ( The Rock ) returns to his small hometown and finds out the old lumber mill has been replaced with a big gambling Casino ran by an ... |
383,064 | 449,021 | 368,891 | 7 | Hide and seek begins with our Founding Fathers . | Director Jon Turtelaub and the usually entertaining Nicolas Cage make a good combination and a darn good movie . Cage plays Ben Gates , an archaeologist-historian on a present-day quest for an ancient treasure of the Knights Templar . This treasure has been kept secret for what seems forever by a long line of Freemason... |
382,597 | 449,021 | 43,540 | 7 | A man battles himself in the Korean War . | Veteran filmmaker Samuel Fuller writes and directs this war drama about conscience and survival . It is kill or be killed . Richard Basehart plays Corporal Denno , who is intellectual and refined hiding his fear of assuming responsibility as he is part of platoon forming a rear guard against the enemy while the rest of... |
383,144 | 449,021 | 424,205 | 7 | A fleeting moment of humanity in the trenches . | This is an unbelievable true-life story of a spontaneous truce on Christmas Eve during WWI . The Scottish , French and German troops in the trenches stop their fighting each other to celebrate Christmas together . This holiday cease-fire allows these warriors of war a few fleeting moments to redeem themselves and prove... |
383,452 | 449,021 | 963,794 | 7 | Disturbing vacation goes from bad to worse . | Gut-wrenching and not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach . OK , maybe not that horrific ; but you will immediately check for any opened wounds . A group of college friends are on vacation in Mexico and they meet a German traveler who is going to meet up with his girlfriend that is an archaeologist on a " dig " n... |
383,436 | 449,021 | 286,493 | 7 | Politics and murder make for strange bedmates . | Robby Henson writes and directs this provocative realistic tale of a homophobic sheriff ( Billy Bob Thornton ) investigating the murder of a transsexual in Louisiana's LaSalle Parish . He must battle political interference as well as his own prejudice . Thornton is absolutely the right actor for the role . At this poin... |
382,055 | 449,021 | 213,149 | 7 | The sleeping giant awakens . Awesome blockbuster ! | Even before this movie's release it was hard to hide from . The trailers only hint at the visual spectacle it is . Expertly directed by Michael Bay and written by Randall Wallace , this truly qualifies for epic status with its nearly three and a half hours running time . Outstanding visual effects ; the Japanese attack... |
384,034 | 449,021 | 64,519 | 7 | Journey to the far side of the sun . | Written by science fiction veterans Gerry and Sylvia Anderson . This space fantasy is aptly directed by Robert Parrish . Experienced American astronaut Colonel Glenn Ross ( Roy Thinnes ) agrees to a manned flight to the far side of the sun . The mission is to be controlled by Jason Webb ( Patrick Wymark ) and his Euro ... |
383,514 | 449,021 | 39,589 | 7 | Murder by way of the " personal " ads . | Much surprising and over-looked crime drama . Lucille Ball in Film-Noir . Miss Ball , fresh , leggy and lovely , plays Sandra Carpenter , an American living in London and working as a taxi-dancer . Her friend Lucy ( Taris Chandler ) goes missing after answering a job offer in the " personal " column ; just like several... |
383,829 | 449,021 | 53,085 | 7 | Spell binding remake of a horror classic ! | Director Terence Fisher and crew at Hammer Films revives life in the MUMMY . Horrific color and a much livelier and threatening wrapped menace is the modern slant on the 1930's original . Boris Karloff was almost mystic in the title role decades ago . Stealing some of his thunder is Christopher Lee . Lee is down right ... |
383,603 | 449,021 | 130,623 | 7 | Fantastic family fare . | The people at Disney keep out doing themselves . This a wonderfully computerized animated movie about the life , struggles and triumphs of a dinosaur named Aladar . Some of the scenes may be too intense for younger children , but on a whole this is a very enjoyable and safe movie for the entire family . Lending voices ... |
384,118 | 449,021 | 443,274 | 7 | Gripping intelligent thriller . | Director Pete Travis gives us a pulse-pounding , quick-cut action movie . U . S . President Ashton ( William Hurt ) is in Spain to address a global summit on terrorism . Just after stepping to the podium in the crowded town square , he is hit by an assassin's bullet and almost immediately the crowd is rocked by a bomb ... |
382,897 | 449,021 | 295,700 | 7 | A traveler's worst nightmare . | Asking for directions is not always helpful . Jessie ( Eliza Dushku ) and four of her friends are on their way for a weekend of camping , when their vehicle blows a tire . Chris ( Desmond Harrington ) happens to be using the same West Virginia back-road , when he swerves to miss road-kill and smashes into the camper's ... |
383,705 | 449,021 | 83,111 | 7 | A whole new meaning to " weekend warriors " . | In 1973 , a squad of Louisiana National Guard gets lost while on an exercise and decides to borrow some canoes from unsuspecting Cajun trappers . The trappers declare their own bayou brand of war on the soldiers that are mostly armed with blank ammunition . Real rugged cast that includes : Keith Carradine , Powers Boot... |
384,079 | 449,021 | 470,705 | 7 | A government project gets in the blood . | William Friedkin , of THE EXORCIST fame , directs BUG . . . a creepy psychological thriller that will make your skin crawl . Lonely waitress Agnes ( Ashley Judd ) holds up in a cheap , run-down Oklahoma motel . She looks fine in her " daisy-dukes " and T-shirt : but she lives in fear of her abusive ex-husband Jerry ( H... |
383,563 | 449,021 | 109,446 | 7 | Intense thriller . A must see . | Joel Schumacher directs an intense and enthralling catch as catch can thriller based on John Grisham's novel of the same name . A young boy ( Brad Renfro ) witnesses the suicide of a high dollar lawyer , who is do to represent a Mafia hitman that is accused of killing a Senator . An egotistical district attorney ( Tomm... |
382,333 | 449,021 | 69,976 | 7 | Fearless . Relentless . Public Enemy # 1 . | Director John Milius also takes writing credit for this very colorful look at the most famous bank robber John Dillinger ( Warren Oates ) . This story begins in the middle of his criminal career ending in his death at the Biograph Theater . This is a very romanticized tale complete with Baby Face Nelson ( Richard Dreyf... |
382,294 | 449,021 | 53,220 | 7 | Ride tall and forget about leaving a trail . | A rather short , but complete western drama . Great sets , script and photography . A simple and to the point story line . Randolph Scott is an ex-sheriff who plans on taking an outlaw ( James Best ) to Santa Cruz to be hanged . The slow talking Scott rides tall and seems to always be in command . The all-star cast inc... |
382,221 | 449,021 | 65,687 | 7 | Acclaimed documentary of Elvis in Vegas . | Denis Sanders garnered high honors for directing this somewhat candid view of Elvis Presley at work and play , preparing for his summer 1970 stint in Las Vegas . Elvis at this time was still in his return to splendor . Looking fit and a fine specimen of singing , sex machine . Not yet feeling the passion for the real g... |
383,798 | 449,021 | 289,992 | 7 | Just how important is it to take a stand ? | Alan Parker directs this moody crime drama featuring Kevin Spacey as David Gale , a brilliant opinionated crusader taking his stand against the death penalty . His hard drinking almost equals his commitment . Gale finds himself on death row accused of raping and murdering a close friend and anti-death colleague Constan... |
382,321 | 449,021 | 57,076 | 7 | Istanbul is a rough town . Bond stays on the move . | This is the second James Bond film and starts setting the template for the future 007 flicks that follow . Bond ( Sean Connery ) is assigned to pilfer a secret encryption machine and weaves in and out of a trap set by the evil organization SPECTRE . He also encounters a ruthless assassin ( Robert Shaw ) ; a soviet spy ... |
383,887 | 449,021 | 35,612 | 7 | A British sleuth goes undercover for maybe the last time . | This is a real good spy yarn . Well written and well acted . The versatile Robert Donat is Captain Terrence Stevenson a . k . a . Jan Tartu , a British spy well versed in Russian and Rumanian that is assigned to aid Czech partisans in destroying a poison gas factory operated by Nazis . Donat is excellent as the calm an... |
383,237 | 449,021 | 39,461 | 7 | A story of true love that survives the sands of time . | This is a wonderful , romantic drama . A navy pilot played by Van Johnson crashes in the Pacific not far from a make believe island named High Barbaree . June Allyson plays the childhood sweetheart . While the downed flier drifts in his crashed plane , he recounts his life story to his injured buddy . The cast is flesh... |
381,969 | 449,021 | 43,379 | 7 | British swashbuckling heroics . | Raul Walsh directs this action packed adventure , based on three novels by C . S . Forester . Captain Horatio Hornblower ( Gregory Peck ) is a stern 19th-century seafarer during the Napoleonic wars . He sometimes hides the truth from the hands on the ship Lydia in order to survive battles with Spain and France in Centr... |
382,678 | 449,021 | 382,077 | 7 | Hide and Seek takes on a twisted concept . | This is not your average childhood game . Pure knuckle cracker and mind bender . David Callaway ( Robert De Niro ) is an established psychologist who awakens in the wee hours of the morning and finds his wife dead in a bathtub full of blood . At the door watching this discovery is daughter Emily ( Dakota Fanning ) . In... |
383,147 | 449,021 | 373,469 | 7 | Queer private eye and a straight guy . | Flippant , smug and a times pretty hilarious . If you like satire and slapstick comedy with your reckless gun play . . . KISS KISS BANG BANG is the film for you . A convoluted murder mystery that holds interest . Harry Lockhart ( Robert Downey Jr . ) is a bad actor / petty thief that thinks he's going to be in a movie ... |
383,971 | 449,021 | 435,625 | 7 | What goes down . . . has trouble coming up . | Scary ! What starts off as a ' chick flick ' ; finishes as a story of survival . One year after a tragic accident took the lives of Sarah's ( Shauna Macdonald ) husband and young daughter ; she joins five of her girlfriends for their annual extreme outdoor excursion . Juno ( Natalie Mendoza ) , the real thrill-seeker a... |
382,647 | 449,021 | 22,286 | 7 | Gangster classic ! | James Cagney made his first big mark in Hollywood with his memorable portrayal of a small-time hood who becomes a powerful Prohibition gangster . The bigger they come , the harder they fall . This is the movie where Cagney puts a grapefruit in the face of Mae Clarke . Edward Woods originally had the lead role until dir... |
383,846 | 449,021 | 53,183 | 7 | Victory is fragile and fleeting . | Excellent war drama and realistic account of a courageous U . S . infantry unit trying to gain control of high ground held by snipers and flame throwers in Korea on the edge of Armistice in 1953 . All-star cast that features Gregory Peck , Rip Torn , George Peppard , Woody Strode , Harry Guardino and Bob Steele . Also ... |
383,671 | 449,021 | 427,969 | 7 | Not krypton , but a speeding bullet takes out Superman ! | Allen Coulter directs this story based on one of the most intriguing unsolved murders in Los Angeles . This is a time , the 1950's , when Hollywood is beautiful , scandalous , corrupt and ran by the major movie studios . Star of TV's Adventures of Superman , George Reeves ( Ben Affleck ) , is found dead in his Hollywoo... |
382,629 | 449,021 | 35,664 | 7 | A handful of American soldiers against uneven odds . | BATAAN is one of my very favorite war movies and is based on an actual endeavor in the Phillipines . Sgt . Bill Dane ( Robert Taylor ) leads a small platoon of thirteen devoted men in the mission of blowing up a pivotal bridge , the Japanese need to prolong their war efforts . The Japanese do not take their bridge bein... |
384,479 | 449,021 | 910,970 | 7 | Futuristic fantasy of robot love . | A very likable animated film ; the brainchild of writer / director Andrew Stanton . The star of this cosmic comedy is Wall-E ( voiced by Ben Burtt ) , who is a clean-up robot that has been working for hundreds of years picking up and compacting trash left over after the human race has destroyed earth . Somehow the dete... |
384,526 | 449,021 | 190,590 | 7 | Hillbilly hi-jinks . Bluegrass music . Laugh out loud funny ! | The Coen Brothers have done it again . Three depression era convicts ( George Clooney , John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson ) escape a Mississippi chain gang and head off in search of buried treasure that will fund their new lives . Along the way , they sing on the radio and become much sought after stars as well as esc... |
384,516 | 449,021 | 391,111 | 7 | One of Elvis ' first loves . | My rating is not based on quality ; it is based on being an Elvis fan and the interesting story and rarely seen 8mm film footage and still photos . In July 1956 , Elvis is taking giant steps in becoming the King of Rock ' n ' Roll . The world is about to become his oyster . Elvis plays a show in Biloxi , Mississippi an... |
383,557 | 449,021 | 52,820 | 7 | Is it all that hard to keep your head ? | From United Artists , a very interesting black & white horror flick . Somewhat predictable , but atmospheric and haunting . . . you really want to take the invitation to be chilled . Jonathan Drake ( Eduard Franz ) , a professor specializing in the occult and the eldest male descendant of the cursed Drake family , arri... |
383,255 | 449,021 | 57,191 | 7 | Romance in the air at Seattle's World Fair . | The 1962 World's Fair is the eye filling backdrop for this typical Elvis Presley project . Elvis and his flying buddy ( Gary Lockwood ) have their plane confiscated . Trouble occurs with involvement with gamblers and gangsters . Elvis befriends a little 7 year old girl that wants to go to the fair . Elvis uses the girl... |
382,348 | 449,021 | 47,573 | 7 | Mutant ants go on the attack . | This movie builds your anxiety to a minor frenzy . I think the old black and white did not hinder this sci-fi drama that still holds up well today . The creepy sound of the desert wind really sets the mood . The other effects seemed pretty darn good to be in a mid 50s movie . Of course the giant mutant ants don't look ... |
383,033 | 449,021 | 880,578 | 7 | Cyberspace killings monitored by the FBI . | Creepy and tension-filled to the hilt . Special Agent Jennifer Marsh ( Diane Lane ) works for an elite division of the FBI . This group is dedicated to fighting cybercrime . A tech-savvy internet predator is posting live feeds on his website killwithme . com and the more hits his site gets , the faster the victim dies ... |
384,475 | 449,021 | 427,591 | 7 | There went the neighborhood . | Kid you not , this sucker gets a bit grisly . Bob and Wendi ( Jack Huston and Pell James ) move to their new home in what they thought would be like paradise , but low and behold this suburban neighborhood is more like a dead zone . What neighbors left seem pretty strange , but none stranger than the former mayor's son... |
382,354 | 449,021 | 43,153 | 7 | Music is a harsh mistress . | The legendary director Michael Curtiz presents a glimpse into the world of jazz and a story loosely based on the life of immortal jazz trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke . Kirk Douglas is a guilt-ridden trumpeter that has trouble hitting that elusive " high note " . Doris Day , Lauren Bacall and Jerome Cowan also star ; but the... |
383,333 | 449,021 | 39,881 | 7 | Treasury Agents expose counterfeiters . | Anthony Mann directs this docudrama based on true events . Dennis O'Keefe stars as treasury agent Dennis O'Brien helping bring a counterfeiting ring to justice . Agent O'Brien teams with Tony Genaro ( Alfred Ryder ) going undercover to be accepted by a Detroit crime mob in order to crack down on counterfeiters in Los A... |
384,131 | 449,021 | 320,661 | 7 | A sweeping tale of honor , devotion and conscience . | Ridley Scott directs this epic sage set during the Crusades of the 12th century . Balian ( Orlando Bloom ) is a French blacksmith , who is grieving the loss of his wife and young child . Balian is approached by his estranged father Godfrey ( Liam Neeson ) , who is a Baron of the king of Jerusalem . After murdering the ... |
383,834 | 449,021 | 245,706 | 7 | There is only ONE Elvis ! | Often imitated , but never duplicated . . . the most impersonated person in the world . . . Elvis Presley . His legacy lives on through his records and his movies . . . and even digging through the myth is no easy chore . But no doubt his legion of fans come in every shape and color ; as does that breed of fan who's de... |
383,038 | 449,021 | 1,092,014 | 7 | Friends to the end . . . not this time . | If not for Lou Diamond Phillips this would be a mediocre made for TV western . Phillips plays Bobby Hattaway , a decorated soldier on his way home to the family business and his long time sweetheart . Bobby finds that his childhood friend Stu Croker ( Vincent Spano ) has pretty well taken control of every business in t... |
383,772 | 449,021 | 454,921 | 7 | This man will do what he has to do . | I have not enjoyed a Will Smith movie this much since Ali ( 2001 ) . Based on a true story , Smith portrays Chris Gardner , a struggling down on his luck salesman . The streets of San Francisco can be rough ; Gardner knows because that is where he must make a living . When his girlfriend ( Thandie Newton ) walks out , ... |
382,433 | 449,021 | 265,086 | 7 | Only The Dead Have Been The End Of War . | Ridley Scott directs this excellent war drama . America Elite soldiers , Delta Force , Army Rangers and the 160th SOAR are sent into Mogadishu to remove the warlord Aidid and his lieutenants hopefully to restore some order in Somalia . A Black Hawk is shot down in the middle of the combat zone , and now it is a rescue ... |
384,145 | 449,021 | 252,299 | 7 | Why can't a guy do a little bit wrong ? | This seems to be a little noticed military dramatic comedy that deserves being looked at . Joaquin Phoenix is at his best as Ray Elwood a supply unit clerk in West Germany . Due to lack of combat and lax rules and regs Elwood finds himself the mastermind of a very profitable bootlegging operation . Col . Berman ( Ed Ha... |
384,238 | 449,021 | 100,414 | 7 | Prisoners of the Sun . Post traumatic . | This 1990 Aurstralian feature is based on the real-life tribunal in 1945 held to investigate atrocities committed during WWII . At an interment camp , the Japanese tortured and slaughtered 1100 Australian soldiers . Three hundred survived , nearly most scarred , suicidal and suffering post traumatic disorder . This hor... |
382,216 | 449,021 | 133,093 | 7 | A computer world Alice in Wonderland . Sci-fi greatness ! | A computer cowboy rides into a new realm of reality . Not to learn right from wrong ; reality from the surreal . What is it like going too far into the looking glass ? This movie sets new standards for science fiction and making movies period . Don't worry about trying to understand what you see . Just buckle up and en... |
384,219 | 449,021 | 69,765 | 7 | Baseball melodrama . | There's no crying in baseball . That's not exactly etched in stone in Cooperstown . John Hancock directs this tear-jerker based on a novel by Mark Harris . Pro pitcher Henry Wiggen ( Michael Moriarty ) and catcher Bruce Pearson ( Robert De Niro ) are as different as night and day . No real chemistry between the two . T... |
383,870 | 449,021 | 52,905 | 7 | Don't venture the moors alone . | Hammer House . Peter Cushing . Christopher Lee . Not exactly strong horror , but enough suspense and atmosphere to satisfy that urge to be frightened . One of the better treatments of A . Conan Doyle's gripping novel . Sherlock Holmes ( Cushing ) and Dr . Watson ( Andre Morell ) are called upon to help protect Sir Henr... |
382,557 | 449,021 | 35,432 | 7 | To frame a hit man . | Very good Film-Noir starring Alan Ladd as Phillip Raven , an assassin who is paid for his last assignment with counterfeit bills by sleazy Willard Gates ( Laird Cregar ) . Gates by day works for a wealthy chemist and at night operates a night club . Raven passes one of the phony bills and is now being hunted by police ... |
383,141 | 449,021 | 497,116 | 7 | A world of change . | As a lecture . . . evocative , resourceful and alarming . AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH as a movie may be less interesting . Based on his book , former Vice President Al Gore raises the thoughts of the challenge for the future of our planet to change attitudes , climate and man-made pollutants in order for survival . Eye-openi... |
384,102 | 449,021 | 43,014 | 7 | Still great after all these years . A classic full of suspense ! | Director Billy Wilder probably at his best . Shot in black , white and shades of gray ; the screen sparkles with the brilliance of the script and very good acting . William Holden plays a once successful script writer down on his luck . He finds himself at the mansion of an aging silent movie star played by Gloria Swan... |
382,874 | 449,021 | 39,776 | 7 | Marry who ? Hope and Crosby stow away to Rio . | Fifth of the Hope and Crosby ' road shows ' . Not wacky , just straight comedy as Hot Lips Barton ( Hope ) and Scat Sweeney ( Crosby ) flee from Oklahoma and Texas avoiding matrimony . After burning down a tent show , the boys stow away on a ocean liner headed to Rio . Aboard ship , the song and dance duo fall for the ... |
383,513 | 449,021 | 1,175,491 | 7 | A portrait of # 43 . . . George W . Bush . | Oscar winner Oliver Stone directs an all-star cast in a retrospective of some trials and tribulations in the life and career of George W . Bush . Whether you like Mr . Bush or not this satiric glimpse of a man who became President is fascinating . We see Bush ( Josh Brolin ) , from his troubles in college , Texas oilfi... |
384,470 | 449,021 | 183,649 | 7 | When a phone rings . . . | Director Joel Schumacher preserves his reputation with a script by Larry Cohen about personal morals and hopefully the truth providing some kind of redemption . This is a white knuckle nerve wrecker about a self-serving publicist ( Colin Farrell ) making the mistake of his life by answering a public telephone . On the ... |
383,642 | 449,021 | 64,072 | 7 | Very interesting war reenactment . | Guy Hamilton directs this M-G-M well photographed battle of Britain . It is inevitable that Hitler's Luftwaffe under Goering's blueprint will attempt destroying British air power . The RAF recovers from attacks in southern England and Air Chief Marshall Hugh Dowling ( Laurence Olivier ) nears desperation in maintaining... |
384,453 | 449,021 | 243,931 | 7 | A good tip is not always good advice . | Entertaining romantic comedy . Ryan Turner ( Charlie Sheen ) is a suave stockbroker that loses his job for accusations of insider trading . His lovely girlfriend Cindy ( Denise Richards ) leaves him for free flowing money . She also walks out on her job as an advice columnist for a small , near-broke newspaper ran by t... |
382,504 | 449,021 | 760,329 | 7 | Happy fantasy based on a Legend . | Jay Russell directs this fantasy a whole family can enjoy . Very good special effects and interesting story line . A young boy named Angus ( Alex Etel ) living in 1940s Scotland has been told his sailor father has been lost at sea . In spite of his own fear of the sea , Angus loves to spend his time on the shore of the... |
382,887 | 449,021 | 36,348 | 7 | Unsolved mysteries challenge Holmes . | Roy William Neil directs this intriguing tale of the famed detective Sherlock Holmes ( Basil Rathbone ) and his partner Dr . Watson ( Nigel Bruce ) during WWII . Dead bodies grow in number as mysteries challenge the detecting duo in a mansion where they are staying . Underground tunnels , secret passages and baffling c... |
383,042 | 449,021 | 36,349 | 7 | Very good Sherlock Holmes flick . | SHERLOCK HOLMES IN WASHINGTON is one of the better Holmes and Watson capers . Directed by Roy William Neil , the master of deductive reasoning Sherlock Holmes ( Basil Rathbone ) and his often bumbling parter Dr . Watson ( Nigel Bruce ) make a trip to Washington , D . C . after a top-secret agent is kidnapped and murder... |
382,434 | 449,021 | 44,953 | 7 | Why should you split the bounty ? Can you get the money and the girl ? | Anthony Mann directs one of the best filmed westerns ever . A bounty hunter ( James Stewart ) is on the trail of a murderer ( Robert Ryan ) who is headed toward California with a lovely younger woman ( Janet Leigh ) . Along the way Stewart picks up the aid of an old prospector ( Millard Mitchell ) and a former soldier ... |
382,071 | 449,021 | 36,342 | 7 | Sometimes people are not what they seem . | One of my favorites from the master , Alfred Hitchcock . The sleepy little town of Santa Rosa is charmed by a dashing personality . A young woman ( Teresa Wright ) is looking forward to a visit from her favorite uncle . Uncle Charlie ( Joseph Cotten ) impresses everyone in town he comes in contact with . But his niece ... |
382,895 | 449,021 | 362,270 | 7 | A strange oceanographer hunts down a killer fish . | Different and refreshing . Wes Anderson writes and directs and Bill Murray is at his best . Murray plays Steve Zissou , an internationally known oceanographer and eccentric . . . to say the least . Zissou gathers a crew to track down the mysterious " jaguar shark " that ate his long time partner while filming a documen... |
383,275 | 449,021 | 209,163 | 7 | Merry old England has a mummy amuck . | This time out I am less critical , because this runs circles around the first entry in ' 99 . Brendan Fraser is much easier to take as the ultimate reluctant hero . Of course he is very " whipped " and who wouldn't be partnered with Rachel Weisz ? She impresses me more than ever . What a stunning looker and a very athl... |
382,965 | 449,021 | 67,116 | 7 | Cop classic . " Popeye " Doyle becomes legendary . | This crime drama became a cult classic quickly . Director William Friedkin presents New York City's underbelly with brilliance . " Popeye " Doyle ( Gene Hackman ) is a colorful NYC Narcotics cop to say the least . He is bold , brash , vulgar and seems to fear nothing . When he plays a hunch it is not always right , but... |
382,117 | 449,021 | 430,105 | 7 | Riveting and powerful drama . Four brothers ARE one ! | John Singleton directs this hard edged urban drama about four adopted brothers searching for who killed their mother ( Fionnula Flanagan ) . The Mercer boys , two white and two black , Bobby ( Mark Wahlberg ) , street-tough Angel ( Tyrese Gibson ) , the business man Jeremiah ( Andre Benjamin ) and the struggling musici... |
384,227 | 449,021 | 265,459 | 7 | He wants so much to belong . | Sy Parrish ( Robin Williams ) is pathetic , sympathetic , apathetic , obsessive and just lonely enough to be dangerous . Sy is a middle-aged manager of a photo-printing department that prides himself in perfection and service . Sy hides away a secret fantasy . He has developed pictures for the Yorkin family for so many... |
383,590 | 449,021 | 113,870 | 7 | Chilling . Griping drama . Alcatraz comes tumbling down . | Two actors at their very best . A fact-based story that led to the demise of the much feared Alcatraz Prison . Kevin Bacon's touching performance is the focus of this drama about a youth , whose cruel imprisonment in the 1930s comes to the attention of a steadfast young attorney ( Christian Slater ) . This movie leaves... |
382,115 | 449,021 | 417,148 | 7 | Mayhem . Snakes on an airliner . | After witnessing a brutal crime , a young man is escorted to safety from Los Angeles to Hawaii by FBI agent Flynn ( Samuel L . Jackson ) . A notorious crime figure wants the witness dead and has a crate load of poisonous snakes to be time released on the flight over the Pacific Ocean . Hundreds of deadly snakes attack ... |
384,277 | 449,021 | 117,571 | 7 | Top notch , scary slasher thriller ! ! | Wes Craven has the talent to scare your pants off and proves it with this well done blood letting . The script is refreshing and the story moves along at a pace that keeps you jumping . The cast is very energetic and interesting . Featured in this crisp chilling tale are Neve Campbell , Courtney Cox , Skeet Ulrich , Dr... |
384,422 | 449,021 | 60,397 | 7 | Fantastic ! Fantastic ! Fantastic ! | This sci-fi adventure is unlike all that came before it . A great visual movie takes your mind off of the script . The special effects will keep you more than interested . A vanilla coke and large popcorn doesn't last long during this adventure . A precision medical team is reduced to microscopic size to journey throug... |
384,028 | 449,021 | 473,348 | 7 | Prisoners become zombies . | Get ready and hold on . This horror entry starts a bit slow , but then the pace picks up and all hell breaks loose . A prisoner with a viral infection is transfered to a maximum security prison and soon prisoners and guards alike are infected and become hyper-violent zombies . A CDC rep ( Bay Bruner ) does not even get... |
382,474 | 449,021 | 29,511 | 7 | Star studded prison flick . | One of the better early prison movies is SAN QUENTIN directed by Lloyd Bacon for Warner Brothers . A fast paced drama starring Pat O'Brien as ( Captain Stephen Jameson ) , a former military officer who accepts a job at the infamous San Quentin prison and brings with him ideas of military-style-reform . His changes don'... |
382,323 | 449,021 | 443,680 | 7 | Brad Pitt as Jesse James . | Friendship turns into betrayal in this lumbering tale that puts focus on the assassination of Jesse James . In the late 1800s Jesse James ( Brad Pitt ) was one of the most well known men in America . Reputation , folklore and dime store novels are credited with making the Missouri outlaw a Robin Hood type hero to some ... |
383,305 | 449,021 | 768,212 | 7 | Whimsical must-see fantasy . | Round up the kiddies and pop the popcorn . This film will entertain all ages . Noah ( Chris O'Neil ) and Emma ( Rhiannon Leigh Wryn ) Wilder were excited to leave Seattle on vacation to the beach of Whidbey Island . The children find a mysterious box washing ashore . Upon opening , the puzzle box contained shiny rocks ... |
383,818 | 449,021 | 491,005 | 7 | The raven is the eyes of the devil . | Sheldon Wilson , a well-regarded maker of horror flicks , presents something worth attention . KAW is interesting enough . There is an outbreak of mad cow disease on a Mennonite farm . The virus is transfered to the ravens who eat the rotting cattle carcasses . The infected flock of coal black birds descend on a small ... |
384,117 | 449,021 | 443,649 | 7 | Pre-Historic epic falls short of hype . | Director Roland Emmerich's 10 , 000 BC is very likable , but really fails to garner the interest created by its trailers . Relying a lot on fantastic CGI to support this caveman adventure . A village is ravaged by " demons with four legs " , raiders on horseback . A pretty young woman Evolet ( Camilla Belle ) is kidnap... |
384,125 | 449,021 | 174,856 | 7 | Not the expected knockout , but packs a punch . | Denzel Washington portrays Rubin " Hurricane " Carter , a champion prize fighter that is unjustly sentenced to prison for murder . The movie drags in some spots making the flick seem too long for it's intention . There is enough interest to make you look for a copy of the autobiography . Washington makes you feel the c... |
383,461 | 449,021 | 358,884 | 7 | They were assigned to provide an heir to the King Henry VIII . | Controversial historian Dr . David Starkey narrates and provides historical insight into the assignments of the wives of Britain's most famous monarch Henry VIII during his long reign from 1509 to 1547 . Six wives in all and between them titles of Queen , lover , victim and survivor . Catherine of Aragon , Anne Bolelyn... |
382,716 | 449,021 | 117,293 | 7 | The horrible truth can be scary as Hell . NOT FOR THE TIMID . | This is the most even handed documentary I ever remember seeing . I actually watched the sequel two nights before sitting glued to the original HBO investigative special . A cold hard look at life lost . Three young second graders in West Memphis , Arkansas were found dead along a creek bank . They were nude , brutally... |
383,739 | 449,021 | 40,427 | 7 | The template for " Dragnet " . | This black and white and fuzzy gray Film Noir is primarily a dark drama based on a ' true story ' from the L . A . police files . This surely was the template for TV's DRAGNET considering one of the minor stars is the one and only Jack Webb , who plays a forerunner forensic lab tech . A war hero Roy Martin / Roy Morgan... |
382,493 | 449,021 | 51,221 | 7 | Suspenseful . Gut wrenching . | Air-borne adventure that keeps you on the edge of your seat . A Canadian passenger plane finds itself in trouble . Accidental ptomaine poisoning strikes all passengers that were served baked halibut instead of pork chops . The pilot Captain Bill Wilson ( football legend Elroy ' Crazylegs ' Hirsch ) manages to keep cont... |
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