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384,108 | 449,021 | 65,537 | 8 | A swinging doctor brings help to the ghetto . | A hip , young Dr . John Carpenter ( Elvis Presley ) comes to a bad neighborhood slum to manage a clinic . He hires three nurses , unknowing that they are nuns in plain clothes . One of the nurses ( Mary Tyler Moore ) , falls in love with the guitar playing doctor and has to make up her mind to stay with him or go back ... |
384,046 | 449,021 | 858,479 | 8 | Allow yourself to live . Can a person be too smart ? | SMART PEOPLE is a temperamental comedy that puts focus on a dysfunctional family you can't help but like . Complicated characters that can be tolerated because of who they are . Afterall family is family even if every member lives in their own world . Lawrence Wetherhold ( Dennis Quaid ) is a widower and very self-abso... |
383,429 | 449,021 | 83,193 | 8 | Tremendous documentary spotlighting a dynamic Icon . | Malcolm Leo and Andrew Solt : enough said . These guys do deep research and do everything first class . This will be one of the best documentaries of an entertainer ever put on film . Elvis Presley meant so many different things to so many different people . He effected society , hair and clothing styles like no one be... |
382,262 | 449,021 | 217,505 | 8 | Fear preserves the spectacle of life . | Martin Scorsese directs a savage and brutal masterpiece . A young boy ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) witnesses the killing of his father the Priest Vallon ( Liam Neeson ) . Amsterdam Vallon ( DiCaprio ) returns from a fifteen year or so stay in reform school to the Five Points area of NYC seeking revenge against Bill the Butche... |
382,941 | 449,021 | 454,841 | 8 | Off the beaten path . . . to a blood bath . | Director Alexandre Aja is faithful to Wes Craven in this " updated " and " unrated " version of a genuine cult classic . Not for the weak of stomach or faint of heart . . . its either puke or cardiac arrest . This is a must see for every horror flick freak . " Big Bob " ( Ted Levine ) and his bible spewing wife Ethel (... |
382,627 | 449,021 | 373,283 | 8 | Powerful and gripping World War II story . | SAINTS AND SOLDIERS is based on true events set following the Malmedy Massacre . Five Allied soldiers , one being a British airman with important intelligence that needed to be forwarded to Allied command , are trapped behind enemy lines . Outgunned and without food or supplies , they have to deal with the frigid wilde... |
383,659 | 449,021 | 360,717 | 8 | Yes , beauty can still kill the beast . | Super-director Peter Jackson has his way with the mightiest Kong ever . Screenplay credits are given to Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens as they regenerate the original story by Edgar Wallace and Merian C . Cooper . Have no fear , the original 1933 classic version of KING KONG starring Fay Wray and Bruce Cabot still has ... |
383,374 | 449,021 | 454,848 | 8 | Great value is placed on reputation . | Spike Lee directs this edge-of-your seat thriller . Clive Owen has had plenty of time to plan and orchestrate the perfect robbery . Owen and his group disguised as painters enter the Manhattan Trust and things border bizarre . Denzel Washington is a NYPD hostage negotiator that is ready to redeem himself by getting som... |
384,119 | 449,021 | 87,469 | 8 | Indiana Jones ' adventure in India . | Director Steven Spielberg and the imagination of George Lucas are back at work again . This time a little toward the darker side with level of gore and violence on the rise . Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones ( Harrison Ford ) travels to India in search of the legendary Ankara Stone . In tow are a winsome gold-digg... |
383,192 | 449,021 | 113,309 | 8 | Hell on earth . | Excellent . Recounted are the events leading to President Truman's decision to drop an A-bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 and its aftermath . Filmed primarily in " tinted " black and white with the weaving of newsreel and stock footage . Witness testimonials put the explanation point on the haunting depictions . Kenneth Welsh... |
383,491 | 449,021 | 364,569 | 8 | Revenge can devour you and spit you out . | Perverse , obtuse , profane , controversial ; but award-winning revenge drama about a common businessman ( Min-sik Choi ) with a family and a habit of getting drunk after work being kidnapped and put in a makeshift prison . He is incarcerated for no obvious reason ; his prison resembles a rundown hotel room . . . but t... |
384,208 | 449,021 | 78,788 | 8 | It smells like a nightmare ! But it is just napalm in the morning . | APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX ( 2001 ) features forty-nine minutes added to Francis Ford Coppola's surreal Vietnam epic . A dillusional , but loyal and steadfast Capt . Willard ( Martin Sheen ) accepts a classified mission to terminate Col . Walter Kurtz ( Marlon Brando ) , who is a loose cannon that has strayed from the progra... |
382,430 | 449,021 | 381,966 | 8 | Hidious fiend homesteads subway tunnels . | Christopher Smith writes and directs this tense creepy thriller . Kate ( Franka Potente ) is an attractive model agency broker , who leaves a party to go to another . It is near the midnight hour and she falls asleep in a London subway station . Upon awakening she realizes she is the only one locked in the subway tunne... |
382,468 | 449,021 | 82,971 | 8 | Adventure masterpiece . | Written by George Lucas and directed by Steven Spielberg , RAIDERS of the LOST ARK is a template for success in the genre . Indiana Jones ( Harrison Ford ) is a man's man , professor , acclaimed archaeologist and international adventurer that is hired by the US Government to locate the mystical Ark of the Covenant . In... |
384,354 | 449,021 | 43,265 | 8 | Classic adventure for the times . Bogart and Hepburn . | This John Huston classic combines drama , adventure and romance within a background of war . Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn are at , some say , their very best . In WWI Africa , a Bible-thumping spinster Rose Sayer ( Hepburn ) tries hard to turn the other cheek when her missionary brother is killed . A hard drin... |
383,320 | 449,021 | 91,763 | 8 | Strangle hold on reality . | This is the movie that sets the standard for the war flicks that followed . This is Oliver Stone's Oscar winning account of a young man's tour of duty near the Cambodian border , circa 1967 . Innocence is the first thing to go ; pride is what a survivor takes home along with memories that will haunt for a lifetime . To... |
384,100 | 449,021 | 30,044 | 8 | Young British fliers become defenders of the sky . | Exciting and equally dark , this remake of Howard Hawks's original ( 1930 ) starring Douglas Fairbanks , Jr . This World War I drama finds Basil Rathbone as Major Brand , the ruthless commander of a squadron of British fliers . Capt . Courtney ( Errol Flynn ) and Lt . ' Scotty ' Scott ( David Niven ) are hard drinking ... |
384,492 | 449,021 | 765,443 | 8 | Dark and forbidding . | David Cronenberg directs a thriller set in the underbelly of London . Russian-born Nikolai ( Viggo Mortensen ) is a driver for one of the most ruthless crime families of Eastern Europe . He is a chauffeur that has more skills than his employer can imagine . The family is headed by Semyon ( Armin Mueller-Stahl ) , who h... |
383,337 | 449,021 | 29,843 | 8 | The exceptional swashbuckler for the ages . | A genuine classic from directors Michael Curtiz and William Keighley . Adventure , bravery and romance . Robbing the rich and giving to the poor . . . the colorful and dynamic swashbuckler Robin Hood ( Errol Flynn . Fighting nobly for justice and the common man , the dashing Robin Hood duels the evil Sir Guy of Gisbour... |
383,880 | 449,021 | 462,322 | 8 | Grissly violent double feature not to be missed . | Strong graphic violence , blood , guts , gore , exploitation , gratuitous nudity and every kind of inappropriate material possible . . . and too damn much fun to miss out on . With a running time of 3 hrs 12 min , directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez offer two full-length movies in a awesome horror double f... |
382,005 | 449,021 | 95,953 | 8 | Barry Levinson directs a masterpiece . Greed or family ? | Well acted . Well written . One of my favorites . A greedy young hustler ( Tom Cruise ) seeks to reunite with his brother played by Dustin Hoffman . Hoffman's character is an idiot savant and has just inherited the bulk of their father's estate . Cruise takes Hoffman out of the asylum and back into the mainstream hopin... |
382,499 | 449,021 | 47,550 | 8 | A scriptwriter meets a real challenge . | SUSAN SLEPT HERE is a cute comedy about a Hollywood scriptwriter Mark Christopher ( Dick Powell ) , a former Oscar winner , having trouble scripting another smash . His hardworking typist Maude ( Glenda Farrell ) is about to her wits end as well . Christopher has had an idea of writing a script about juvenile delinquen... |
382,622 | 449,021 | 92,099 | 8 | Powerful . Macho . Action packed romantic drama . | The top 1 % of the nation's flyers gather for fighter pilot training . Outstanding maneuvers in the sky . Great soundtrack embellishes the hi-jinks , action and drama . You walk away from this one proud and pumped . This had to be a Godsend to the military recruiters ! I can watch this one again and again . Tom Cruise ... |
382,867 | 449,021 | 57,129 | 8 | Creepy is a pretty good word for it . | Director Robert Wise lets our imaginations slide into overdrive . This is an eerie adaptation of Shirley Jackson's " The Haunting of Hill House " . Dark shadows , noisy doors and loud sounds from who-knows-where . Perfect lighting and atmosphere for a genuine horror tale . ' Nell ' Lance ( Julie Harris ) is the skeptic... |
382,383 | 449,021 | 401,088 | 8 | One helluva ride . Dale is # 1 ! | This is a well-spirited bio picture honoring Dale Earnhardt . This film chronicles the life of probably the best loved NASCAR driver to date . Earnhardt , who was known as " The Intimidator " , won multitudes of NASCAR titles over the course of his career . Spectacular and pulse pounding finishes was his fashion and su... |
384,023 | 449,021 | 35,530 | 8 | Doomed Marines fight to the last man . | Arguably one of the better WW2 movies . As Pearl Harbor is being devastated , a limited number of Marines on the small Pacific island Wake face an onslaught of Japanese prowess by sea and air . Knowingly outnumbered , these brave men put up the good fight for pride and country . John Farrow directs this action packed f... |
384,314 | 449,021 | 25,878 | 8 | Say hello to a very interesting couple . | This screwball comedy / murder mystery launched a very successful series that pleases with each viewing . William Powell is Nick Charles , a semi-retired detective that ends up in the middle of murder capers that are solved with the aid of his lovely wife Nora played by Myrna Loy . This charming couple love their alcoh... |
383,102 | 449,021 | 338,751 | 8 | To know him is to understand him . | Martin Scorsese directs this biopic that peaks at the life / career of eccentric billionaire industrialist Howard Hughes ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) . Beginning in the late 1920's to the mid 1940's Hughes directed movies , would test fly innovative aircraft of his own design and battle his physical disabilities . His life lo... |
384,064 | 449,021 | 884,328 | 8 | A real chiller . THE MIST from the master . . . Stephen King . | Absolutely no disappointment . Writer / director Frank Darabont successfully adapts for the screen , Stephen King's short story about frightening things lurking in a nasty fog . After a violent thunderstorm , artist David Drayton ( Thomas Jane ) , his son Billy ( Nathan Gamble ) and next door neighbor Mr . Norton ( And... |
382,584 | 449,021 | 432,021 | 8 | Do you know Alice . . . the world is on her shoulders . | Very good Sci-Fi with violence throughout . Alice ( Milla Jovovich ) has been subjected to biogenic experimentation . She is pretty and pretty damn volatile with super-human abilities . Superior strength and dexterity and she is hiding in the shifting sands of Nevada . She joins forces in the desert with Carlos Olivera... |
384,346 | 449,021 | 317,219 | 8 | Do doubt . . . an instant classic . | An absolute joy to watch . One of the better animated features is an understatement . Lightning McQueen ( Owen Wilson ) is a hotshot , outspoken rookie race car that lives for speed . He finishes in a three way tie with The King ( Richard Petty ) and Chick Hicks ( Michael Keaton ) for the chance to go on to the Piston ... |
383,307 | 449,021 | 416,449 | 8 | Outstanding and highly graphic . | An absolute knock-out . Photography as good as it gets . 300 is based on a historically-inspired comic book series later to become the novel by Frank Miller . The retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae circa 480 B . C . may be historically inaccurate , but hell fire its a great movie . King Leonidas ( Gerald Butler ) o... |
384,047 | 449,021 | 929,237 | 8 | Almost perfect plan for revenge . | Well thought out . Interest sustaining story . Christie ( Danielle Kind ) is almost twenty and has led a very miserable life . Three years after her parent's divorce , her father committed suicide ; but Christine is easy to blame her Uncle Ray ( John Wesley Shipp ) for his despondence . The vengeful Christie comes up w... |
383,389 | 449,021 | 462,200 | 8 | Stark , real and torrid . Can you hear the moan ! | In two words . . . hot damn ! This scorching drama is derived from a 1927 song by Blind Lemon Jefferson . Lazuras ( Samuel L . Jackson ) is a God-fearing former blues musician , who is bitter and broken from a cheating wife . His soul seems lost in his crop of butter beans . One fateful day , he finds the town nymphoma... |
383,832 | 449,021 | 424,136 | 8 | Fiendish thriller . | Is a little girl that looks like a woman suppose to do things that women do ? HARD CANDY is a sadistic chiller full of hard sweat suspense . Hayley ( Ellen Page ) is a 14 year old girl that seems to have the wisdom of a woman a bit older . On the internet , she converses with an easy enough to like photographer ( Patri... |
384,240 | 449,021 | 490,204 | 8 | Dark , but very enlightening . | A powerfully wonderful movie . You are held in a death-grip once you let yourself get involved with the story . A successful dentist , Alan Johnson ( Don Cheadle ) , is torn in a life crisis of balancing his career with his family . He notices his former college roommate Charlie Fineman ( Adam Sandler ) and wants to to... |
382,850 | 449,021 | 442,933 | 8 | A classic Old English poem comes to life . | Director Robert Zemeckis presents BEOWULF in a digitally enhanced live action Sci-Fi fantasy . Very visual with intense violence and ' simulated ' sexual sequences . Why wasn't high school English literature this exciting ? If you happen to be a Beowulf purist this movie may cause some agony . King Hrothgar ( Anthony H... |
383,189 | 449,021 | 171,804 | 8 | Powerful . Eye opening . True life story ! | Director / co-writer Kimberly Peirce puts on the screen a rather frank and sordid love story that ended in a tragic murder in 1993 . A young girl in Lincoln , Nebraska leaves her home to try and live out her preferred life style , that as a boy . Suffering a gender identity , Teena Brandon / Brandon Teena lived a short... |
383,936 | 449,021 | 102,388 | 8 | Touching drama about first love . | Reese Witherspoon plays Dani , a young country girl that falls madly in love with the new 17 year old neighbor , Court , played by Jason London . Court tries his best to make Dani realize that the difference in their ages would make a love relationship improbable . Soon the nubile charm of Dani starts winning over Cour... |
382,515 | 449,021 | 278,504 | 8 | Don't go to sleep ! There is a crime to solve . | This is a thriller that just keeps stacking on the intrigue and excitement . Powerful and masterful acting . Al Pacino is a high profile detective that goes to Alaska with his partner to help out in a murder case . Hilary Swank plays a young cop that is also trying to solve the crime along with the Alaskan police . Aft... |
383,104 | 449,021 | 362,269 | 8 | Research shocking the world . | Sex is as secretive as a whisper in a hurricane and at the same time has the urgency and power of a hydrogen bomb . Alfred Kinsey ( Liam Neeson ) , a biology professor at Indiana University , unknowingly changed American culture when his " Sexual Behavior in the Human Male " was published in 1948 . Kinsey grew up the s... |
384,459 | 449,021 | 60,196 | 8 | There is a fortune in gold to be found . | THE GOOD , THE BAD AND THE UGLY is the final and finest of director Sergio Leone's ' dollar ' trilogy . The good : Joe ( Clint Eastwood ) . The bad : Sentenza or Angel Eyes ( Lee Van Cleef ) . The ugly : Tuco ( Eli Wallach ) . Joe , also known as Blondie , is a shiftless gunman with a touch of honor . Angel Eyes , is a... |
383,271 | 449,021 | 187,393 | 8 | Pride . Honor . Every brave man takes his turn . | This is a wonderful movie that will restore pride and let you walk away with the feeling of viewing a masterpiece . Bravery can be found in every age , creed and color . Mel Gibson is superb as Col . Benjamin Martin , who reluctantly leads a volunteer militia to heroic fighting in the American revolutionary war . Col .... |
383,133 | 449,021 | 408,524 | 8 | Is sportsmanship that important anymore ? | If you think that bad taste is funny . . . be ready to laugh your butt off . This is not to be confused with the Walter Matthau Bad News Bears of 1976 . Watching this team of misfits is somehow refreshing . Morris Buttermaker ( Billy Bob Thornton ) , a former major league pitcher who saw of an inning in the big leagues... |
382,374 | 449,021 | 404,203 | 8 | Devious minds and lonely hearts intertwine . | Based loosely on the novel of the same name , LITTLE CHILDREN , is provocative , gripping and erotic . A couple of interesting focal points ; a neighborhood living in fear of a pedophile , Ronnie ( Jackie Earle Haley ) ; and a relationship born of necessity and lust . Sarah ( Kate Winslet ) and Brad ( Patrick Wilson ) ... |
384,097 | 449,021 | 443,706 | 8 | Extremely compelling saga of the " Zodiac " . | Edge-of-your-seat drama based on two non-fiction books by Robert Graysmith about the Zodiac killer . The ruthless serial killer haunted and terrorized the San Francisco Bay area in the 60's and 70's ; leaving citizens and police authorities in a constant state of panic and shock . The killer would mock detectives and n... |
382,538 | 449,021 | 117,665 | 8 | Profoundly : friends to the end . | Barry Levinson directs this powerful and gripping crime drama . A youthful prank goes very wrong for four young boys growing up in New York's Hell's Kitchen . The childhood bud's are sent to a brutal reform school where they find out it is not how tough you act . . . its the stamina to sustain your very life . Many yea... |
382,556 | 449,021 | 90,180 | 8 | Riveting crime drama . | Director William Friedkin sculpts the screenplay of Gerald Petievich's novel . After his partner is killed days away from retirement . Secret Service agent Richard Chance ( William Peterson ) starts a ruthless search to find who is responsible . His new partner ( John Pankow ) is not really thrilled with Chance's metho... |
384,499 | 449,021 | 486,655 | 8 | Fantastic fantasy treat . You've just got to see it . | Based on a Neil Garman novel , STARDUST is pleasing to the eye and a great escape flick . Wicked witches , flying pirates , greedy princes and a very magical and forbidden land beyond a protective wall . Tristan ( Charlie Cox ) is trying to win the heart of the beautiful , but cold Victoria ( Sienna Miller ) . He promi... |
384,291 | 449,021 | 844,708 | 8 | Well made graphic remake . | A contemporary remake of Wes Craven's controversial 1972 shocker . Briefly after arriving at her family's vacation house on the lake , Mari Collingwood ( Sara Paxton ) and her best friend are abducted , terrorized and brutally raped and left for dead by a prison escapee Krug ( Garret Dillahunt ) and his crew . Near-dea... |
383,457 | 449,021 | 848,557 | 8 | Geogre A . Romero masterpiece . | The legendary George A . Romero continues his string of " dead " flicks and this one will not let the zombie fans down . Probably the most daring and relentlessly gruesome of them all . Intense , grisly , guts hanging out and heads exploding . . . the high-master of gore adds to his reputation for stomach turning reali... |
382,568 | 449,021 | 426,459 | 8 | It's a gore feast ! And a hoot . | Buddies Matt Damon and Ben Affleck , combined with the services of Chris Moore and horror master Wes Craven , produce a rollicking horror comedy . Kudos to John Gulager for his quirky direction . A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a roadside tavern in the middle of nowhere ; this diverse gathering must get... |
382,530 | 449,021 | 64,177 | 8 | Man vs machine . Intelligence can be dangerous wisdom . | This is an under rated Sci-Fi gem . Absolutely powerful story line leaving no room for cob webs in your mind . Dr . Charles Forbin ( Eric Braeden ) puts his life's work into creating a super intelligent computer that links up with a similar machine created by the U . S . S . R . and tries to hold the world hostage . Dr... |
382,263 | 449,021 | 135,659 | 8 | Give him what he wants . | Craig Baxley directs the script written by Stephen King inspired by his novel " The Storm of the Century " . Intrigue , mystery and horror . The population of Little Tall Island off the coast of Maine is getting ready for one hell of a storm . . . the storm of the century . A mysterious man ( Colm Feore ) arrives and s... |
382,085 | 449,021 | 756,707 | 8 | Real dirty fight flick . | MILLION DOLLAR BABY is a pantywaist compared to RIGGED . As good as that acclaimed movie is , RIGGED is just as real and powerful as FIGHT CLUB . And Rebecca Neuenswander is a knockout . FIGHT NIGHT is about the underground boxing circuit . . . from Dalhart , Texas to Tulsa , Oklahoma and Kansas City , Missouri to Miam... |
382,968 | 449,021 | 824,747 | 8 | Emotional drama about a mother's love . | Another Clint Eastwood effort snubbed . This time directing the ever beautiful Angelina Jolie in a role where her acting abilities step to the forefront . It is 1928 , and Los Angeles single mother Christine Collins ( Jolie ) leaves to go to work and returns home to find that her son Walter ( Gattlin Griffin ) has vani... |
383,100 | 449,021 | 465,602 | 8 | Non-stop action with high body count . | Absolutely adrenaline driven with a body count so high you lose count . Bloody and violent and a damn powerful movie . Hardboiled and angry , Mr . Smith ( Clive Owen ) delivers a baby in the middle of a rapid fire gun battle . The baby's mother dies , so Smith enlists the help of a lactating hooker named DQ ( Monica Be... |
383,586 | 449,021 | 257,044 | 8 | You are your father's son . | Tom Hanks like you've never seen him before . Hanks plays Michael Sullivan , " The Angel of Death " . He is a hitman for his surrogate father John Rooney ( Paul Newman ) an elderly Irish mob boss . Sullivan's young son ( Tyler Hoechlin ) witnesses what his father does for a living and both are soon on the road for seve... |
382,540 | 449,021 | 408,306 | 8 | Is it really just an eye for an eye ? | Steven Spielberg directs this riveting movie based on real events . The world was stunned as it watched the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich . Eleven Israeli athletes were held captive and then slaughtered . A former bodyguard for Isreali Prime Minister Meir ( Lynn Cohen ) named Avner ( Eric Bana ) is assigned to lead a te... |
384,112 | 449,021 | 814,075 | 8 | Astonishing . Beloved priest . . . a child molester . | Written and directed by filmmaker Amy Berg , DELIVER US FROM EVIL is an expose that is appalling , frustrating and infuriating . The crime is heartbreaking and life-changing and absolutely unforgivable . This is the frank account of a Roman Catholic priest , Oliver O'Grady , who for 20 years raped and sodomized multitu... |
383,169 | 449,021 | 40,369 | 8 | The last western outpost . . . Fort Apache . | Classic western . Not exactly the real west . . . but John Ford's west . Almost methodical and definitely deliberate with very good characterization . Lt . Col . Owen Thursday ( Henry Fonda ) takes command of his last regiment and seems to cross each man with his arrogant and ' by-the-book ' demeanor . The only soft sp... |
383,531 | 449,021 | 443,632 | 8 | Above the call of duty or traitor ? | Suspense thriller with all the goods ; very interesting . Pete Garrison ( Michael Douglas ) has already laid is life on the line for a former president ; now the current President Ballentine ( David Rasche ) has Garrison , a well respected career agent , heading the detail guarding the First Lady ( Kim Basinger ) . The... |
383,303 | 449,021 | 381,849 | 8 | One of the greatest westerns ever . | Everything you could ask for from a western . I rate this one right up there with UNFORGIVEN ( 1992 ) and TOMBSTONE ( 1993 ) . The 1957 original starring Glen Ford and Van Heflin was pretty darn good ; but Russell Crowe and Christian Bale makes this 3 : 10 to Yuma one of the great ones . Full flavor shoot-em-up western... |
382,381 | 449,021 | 465,551 | 8 | Jealousy reveals secrets . | Richard Eyre directs this enticingly nasty little tale . More or less based on the 2003 novel by Zoe Heller , this movie is clever and sensational . A dewy eyed attractive Sheba Hart ( Cate Blanchett ) starts her first teaching assignment at St . George's School in the north of London . Some see through her supposed in... |
382,229 | 449,021 | 40,338 | 8 | Did the butler do it ? | This is a Graham Greene thriller . A small boy , Phillipe ( Bobby Henrey ) , hero worships the household butler , Baines ( Ralph Richardson ) , working in the French embassy in London . When Baines ' wife ( Sonia Dresdel ) accidentally falls to her death , it is investigated as a murder my Inspector Crowe ( Denis O'Dea... |
383,695 | 449,021 | 377,471 | 8 | Absolutely cool ! | This sequel to 1995's GET SHORTY has former loan shark enforcer Chili Palmer ( John Travolta ) looking to get out of the movie business and going into the music business . Chili comes to the aid of a recently widowed music exec ( Uma Thurman ) to jump start the career of a newly discovered chanteuse ( Christina Milian ... |
382,623 | 449,021 | 395,584 | 8 | The family that slays together . . . well , slays together . | Jump back or strap yourself down . This is gore deluxe and I love it . THE DEVIL'S REJECTS is a sequel to Rob Zombie's HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES ( 2003 ) . Not so campy ; instead grisly , nasty depravity . Sheriff Wydell ( William Forsythe ) and a band of armed officers ambush the homestead of a redneck family of psycho se... |
383,693 | 449,021 | 315,733 | 8 | What is life ? | Stark and deeply dark . 21 GRAMS is the telling of three disparate people who become linked as a result of an ill-fated auto accident . Jack Jordan ( Benicio Del Toro ) is a born-again Christian ex-con , who accidentally kills a family on his way home from work . He turns himself in and finds himself behind bars again ... |
383,127 | 449,021 | 465,494 | 8 | Thoroughly riveting . An assassin with a number . | A mega selling video game comes to life on the silver screen with a high body count and enough action to have you hanging on the edge of your seat . You just won't want to miss a second of this thriller . A genetically-engineered assassin known only as Agent 47 ( Timothy Olyphant ) , works for a top secret organization... |
383,866 | 449,021 | 55,796 | 8 | Powerful story of the ways of the sea . | A classic . Herman Melville's short novel comes to life in distinguished black and white cinematography . Peter Ustinov directs , co-writes , produces and stars in this stirring tale of might verses right on a British warship in 1797 . Ustinov plays Captain Vere with Robert Ryan as his Master d'Arms John Claggart . Ter... |
382,211 | 449,021 | 486,822 | 8 | Cabin fever spawns suspicions . | Better than expected and very interest sustaining . O . J . Caruso directs this tense tale of high school senior Kale ( Shia LaBeouf ) , who punches one of his teachers and is put under house arrest . Under surveillance by way of an ankle bracelet , Kale becomes a voyeur taking interest in everything from his suburban ... |
382,025 | 449,021 | 473,188 | 8 | Things aren't always what they seem . | Almost non-stop action . Tim Kearney ( Paul Walker ) is a former Marine , and a three time loser and is serving his time in prison . His life has the chance to change when a scheming DEA agent , Ted Gruza ( Laurence Fishburne ) , needs somebody to impersonate drug lord Bobby Z ( Jason Lewis ) , who has died of a heart ... |
383,517 | 449,021 | 482,572 | 8 | Riveting story of family ties . | Gavin O'Connor directs and co-writes what sometimes looks brilliant . . . then appears like a muddled mess . Definitely an intense crime drama . Ray Tieney ( Edward Norton ) is a reputable homicide detective and good at what he does . A recent NYPD drug bust goes bad leaving two cops down and two should wish they were ... |
384,294 | 449,021 | 116,999 | 8 | Ironically there is humor found in illness . | MARVIN'S ROOM is a character-driven drama based on the Scott McPherson play . Director Jerry Zaks manages to get the best from an all-star cast . Bessie ( Diane Keaton ) is a care-giving soul that discovers she has her own health dilemma . Bessie takes care of her bedridden father Marvin ( Hume Cronyn ) , who always se... |
383,134 | 449,021 | 405,159 | 9 | When a dream coming true is destiny . | Marvelous . Outstanding . The only thing I can find wrong is the film's title . . . MILLION DOLLAR BABY . This is a drama that packs a punch . Clint Eastwood directs and stars as Frankie Dunn , a cautious and wise gym owner and former boxing manager . His gym is managed by one of his former fighters Eddie ' Scrap Iron ... |
382,412 | 449,021 | 493,464 | 9 | Impressive , brutal and relentless . | One Hell-of-a ride and worth slinging off the sweat and jumping back on again . Outstanding special effects and butt kicking action that just keeps on coming . Wesley Gibson ( James McAvoy ) is a high anxiety suffering account consultant letting his miserable job consume his life . His pathetic existence changes when h... |
382,706 | 449,021 | 101,198 | 9 | Erotic crime drama series . Close to excellence . | Stephen J . Cannell created one my most favorite TV series SILK STALKINGS . Stalking ran from 1991 to 1999 on CBS and then USA . Mitzi Kapture as Detective Rita Lance and Rob Estes as Detective Chris Lorenzo made the show what it was . Two detectives solving sexually-based crimes in Palm Beach , Florida ( although the ... |
382,970 | 449,021 | 415,856 | 9 | Dakota Fanning is marvelous . | Outstanding and memorable drama set in rural Alabama in the late 1950s . The focus is on Lewellen ( Dakota Fanning ) , a precocious and free spirit living in isolated desperate repression . Lewellen lives with her Grammie ( Piper Laurie ) , but spends most of her time with her Daddy ( David Morse ) and his girlfriend E... |
383,507 | 449,021 | 39,305 | 9 | Don't upset Bogie , the madder the tougher . | Geronimo . Exceptional Film-Nior starring Humphrey Bogart hard and rugged as ever . Bogie plays Captain ' Rip ' Murdoch , who is traveling to Washington , D . C . with fellow paratrooper Johnny Drake ( William Prince ) to accept their Medals of Honor . Drake disappears and ' Rip ' follows him to his hometown where he d... |
382,748 | 449,021 | 368,709 | 9 | Angst . Dispare . A new understanding of life . | Charming , heartfelt and very engaging . Reality can be believable . Drew Baylor ( Orlando Bloom ) , a hot-shot shoe designer , is overwhelmed when his sneaker design fails and causes his company a loss of near $100 million . Not only does he lose his job , the hands of fate are hard handed with the news of the death o... |
383,040 | 449,021 | 83,866 | 9 | Blockbuster of 1982 . Spielberg masterpiece . | Much talked about heartwarming and cherished movie from Steven Spielberg . Unparalleled magic and imagination that touches hearts of all ages . A 10-year-old boy Elliott ( Henry Thomas ) befriends an extra-terrestrial accidentally left behind on Earth . A moving story of Elliott helping the lost little alien learn of w... |
382,388 | 449,021 | 74,235 | 9 | Exceptional look at Americans in protest . | Director Hal Ashby's screen presentation of Woody Guthrie's autobiography is cinematic pleasure . Bleak and heartfelt , sympathetic and proud . Guthrie ( David Carradine ) as a young man was trying to support his wife Mary ( Melinda Dillon ) and two small children by painting signs during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s . J... |
383,022 | 449,021 | 109,450 | 9 | The " Georgia Peach " was actually NO peach . | This is a damn good biopic about baseball legend Ty Cobb . Not much baseball action , but a not-to-miss movie if you are a real baseball fan . Cobb was probably the most hated ballplayer in history ; but definitely one of the best . . . and that for sure is debatable . This movie shows what happens when a biographer di... |
383,508 | 449,021 | 39,689 | 9 | Evocative Film-Noir . Hard not to like . | A very definitive noir classic directed by Jacques Tourneur . You can't get much better than this . Jeff Bailey ( Robert Mitchum ) , a chain-smoking former-gumshoe trying to change his life by running a small gas station in Connecticut , is visited by a man from his past ( Paul Valentine ) . Joe Stephanos urges Jeff to... |
382,786 | 449,021 | 404,802 | 9 | She knew what she wanted . And she thought it was right . | An HBO Presentation of high caliber . Very interesting and captivating . Gretchen Mol plays Bettie Page , who grew up in a religious family in 1940's Nashville , Tennessee . She loved being photographed and in the 1950's , she became a legendary pinup model . Some of her photos were so provocative that they led to a U ... |
383,509 | 449,021 | 884,224 | 9 | Leave it to America to make business out of war . | Hilarious satire starring the talented John Cusack , who also helps write and produce . Cusack plays cold as ice and hot as Tabasco hit-man Brand Huaser , who is sent to Turaqistan , a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former U . S . Vice President ( Dan Aykroyd ) . Hauser's assignment is to ... |
383,082 | 449,021 | 47,396 | 9 | Tremendous thriller . Classic Hitchcock . | In ' 54 , I was seven years old and this is one of the first ' grown up ' movies I remember seeing . I have seen it at least ten times since and realize seeing something different each time . James Stewart is a photographer in a wheelchair recovering from an accident . He passes the time by watching his neighbors out h... |
384,493 | 449,021 | 373,883 | 9 | Halloween . . . the remaking of a classic . | Rob Zombie re-invents John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN . Zombie writes and directs this remake of the 1978 slasher masterpiece and turns it into the ultimate stab-a-thon . The director really goes out on a limb successfully as he shows us how Michael Myers became one of the most memorable psychopaths on screen . We witness a... |
384,215 | 449,021 | 45,029 | 9 | Everybody has their troubles . | Very good movie . Very good stars . Very good story . David Trask ( Gary Merrill ) , is an attorney that has left his wife because of an affair and by circumstance is the sole survivor of an airplane crash . He has listened to the problems of three individuals while in a weather delay ; and he takes it upon himself to ... |
383,251 | 449,021 | 117,666 | 9 | A dynamic tale of desperate lives crossing . | Billy Bob Thornton plays Karl , just released from the state metal hospital for murdering his mother and her lover . Karl has not matured mentally and life proves him slow and awkward . He is befriended by a little boy ( Lucas Black ) and his mother ( Natalie Canerday ) . Karl becomes very protective of his new friends... |
382,535 | 449,021 | 67,328 | 9 | True classic . The loss of innocence . | The world will now know the name Peter Bogdanovich , who directed this great movie about an often forgotten time . THE LAST PICTURE SHOW is set in a small intersection on the highway Archer City Texas . A look at coming of age , disllusionment and the beginning of the end of innocence . There is the hangout owned by Sa... |
383,721 | 449,021 | 289,701 | 9 | Tremendous documentary . A must see for lovers of rock ' n ' roll ! | 1956 is the year that a 21 year old truck driver exploded upon the music scene and began his legacy . This documentary follows Elvis Presley through a very busy year of accomplishment . Two days after his 21st birthday , Elvis has his first recording session for RCA Victor . The session produced his first million selle... |
384,340 | 449,021 | 36,775 | 9 | Absolute classic . Lust , greed and double-cross . | Some of the best suspenseful Film Noir ever . Billy Wilder directs and co-writes with Raymond Chandler . Totally out of character is Fred MacMurray as Walter Neff , an insurance salesman that is smitten with the beautiful and devious Phylis Dietrichson ( Barbara Stanwyck ) , who is tired of her abusive oilman husband (... |
384,298 | 449,021 | 455,824 | 9 | Entertaining and enjoyable epic . | I have no idea where the discouraging words are coming from about this film . Beautifully photographed and two stars very easy to watch . Set against the brink of World War II Australia , a romantic and intense adventure unfolds . Lady Sarah Ashely ( Nicole Kidman ) , an English aristocrat travels down under to check o... |
382,291 | 449,021 | 446,689 | 10 | A legend up close , private and personal . | This is a great two hour special event presented by CBS . An intimate look at the family and private life of the legendary Elvis Presley . Candid comments from his former wife , Priscilla and their daughter , Lisa Marie . Exclusive , never-before-seen TV performances and photos from the Presley Estate blended with priv... |
384,258 | 449,021 | 765,429 | 10 | Instant classic Americana . | Kudos to director Ridley Scott for pulling this together . . . and no punches pulled . In your face biopic based on drug-kingpin Frank Lucas ( Denzel Washington ) , who ruled Harlem and was total master of his domain . His product was twice as good at half the accustomed price . Cutting out the middle-man , Lucas perso... |
384,027 | 449,021 | 83,833 | 10 | Will there be fries with that ? | Produced , written and directed by Barry Levinson . DINER has been one of my favorite movies from the first time I watched it . This comedic drama takes a look at a group of Baltimore guys in 1959 . They spend most of their time at a local greasy-spoon diner discussing their collective fears of growing up . Inspite of ... |
382,879 | 449,021 | 160,244 | 10 | ELVIS : Bigger than life and meant for Hollywood . | A very well done documentary , officially authorized by the Elvis Presley estate . Info and tidbits focusing on the films " Love Me Tender " , " Loving You " , " Jailhouse Rock " and " King Creole " . . . all made prior to Elvis ' stint in the Army . Included are clips from those movies , Elvis ' screen test , movie ou... |
384,255 | 449,021 | 477,348 | 10 | Terrific saga . Not to be missed ! | Joel and Ethan Coen cunningly adapts a story by Cormac MaCarthy that is set in 1980s West Texas . A beginning with so much anticipation ; and a fade to black finale with your's truly expounding . . . s ^ @ t ! Llewelyn Moss ( Josh Brolin ) is a redneck slave to his resources that while hunting in the dusty Texas desert... |
383,728 | 449,021 | 285,063 | 10 | A legendary performer finds himself . | After much convincing , Elvis Presley does something about his career teetering on the brink of stagnation . During the last week of June 1968 , the man who almost single handedly led a musical revolution in the mid ' 50s made use of " Western Recorders " and the " NBC Studios " , Burbank , California to put on tape a ... |
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